Friday Interview: Margaret Thatcher’s Lasting Legacy

RALEIGH — More than 20 years after she left office, the late Margaret Thatcher’s name still evokes strong positive and negative reactions in Great Britain and around the world. John Blundell, former director general at the Institute of Economic Affairs and current visiting fellow at the Heritage Foundation, wrote the 2008 book, Margaret Thatcher: A Portrait of the Iron Lady. Blundell discussed his memories of Thatcher during a presentation to the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society. He also discussed Thatcher’s legacy with Mitch Kokai for Carolina Journal Radio.