Why Does Margaret Thatcher Still Matter Today?

I recently finished Claire Berlinski's There Is No Alternative and it was the most interesting biography I've read for a few reasons. Claire writes this biography based on talking to the people who worked with her in government and even those who did battle with her from the other side of the dispatch box. She also knows how to focus in on what matters and so I felt like I was in good hands. It's like that friend who is a great storyteller and knows how to keep you in suspense along the way. Being a novel writer before this book, it helped having a little of the feel of a novel unfolding at certain points and made it interesting.

Claire argues that Thatcher matters today because she was able to perceive the significance of what was going on at that moment in time and she knew how to seize the opportunity to great effect. This short clip is a better explanation, in her words, of what the book is really about. I think it captures the essence of her argument.