Royal Knight: William Honoured By The Queen Apr 23, 2008
Recent famous knights include Sir Winston Churchill, Lord Montgomery and, more recently Baroness Thatcher. The Queen opened the order to women in 1987. (Sky News)
Duncan to take on Iron Lady role Apr 10, 2008
Other actresses to have recently portrayed Baroness Thatcher during her years in power include Patricia Hodge and Sylvia Sims - who also played the Queen Mother in Oscar-winning film The Queen. Bookmark with. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
New Lady Thatcher on the scene as Sir Mark weds Mar 31, 2008
The couple plan to visit Baroness Thatcher after a honeymoon in the Middle East and the Indian Ocean. News of the nuptials came days after Equatorial Guinea issued an arrest warrant over Sir Mark's alleged role in a failed 2004 coup. (Independent)
Bonnie Miss: She's All Eltish takes control Mar 30, 2008
Shirley Jones: Sweep for Sugar Swirl Sugar Swirl completed a sweep of the three graded stakes races for filly and mare sprinters during the 2008 meet and gave jockey Javier Castellano the first of his two stakes wins on the card when she rallied to a 5 1/2-length victory over Baroness Thatcher in the $200,000 Shirley Jones Handicap. The Grade 2 Shirley Jones had been postponed from the previous Saturday, when the second half of the card was canceled due to unsafe track conditions. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Clinton Says Shes In It for the Long Haul Mar 29, 2008
Please don t put Hillary Clinton in the same bracket as Baroness Thatcher. There is no comparison between the two women. (New York Times)
Sugar Swirl going for stakes sweep Mar 22, 2008
Sugar Swirl will meet six other older fillies and mares, including the Grade 1-placed pair of Shaggy Mane and Baroness Thatcher along with Grade 3 winner Lady Marlboro ... Baroness Thatcher comes off a disappointing fourth-place finish as the 1-2 favorite in a second-level allowance race on Feb. 27. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Ex-UK PM Thatcher leaves hospital Mar 9, 2008
She was named Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven after leaving office. Thatcher was Britain's first and only female prime minister and the first 20th century British leader to win three terms. (CNN -- International)
Thatcher resting at London home Mar 9, 2008
Baroness Thatcher told waiting reporters that she was feeling better. Baroness Thatcher is resting at her London home after spending the night in hospital undergoing tests ... Baroness Thatcher met Chelsea pensioners last month. (BBC News -- UK)
Thatcher leaves hospital... Mar 9, 2008
Immaculate as ever, Baroness Thatcher leaves hospital after collapsing over the fruit jelly. Stuffy heat of Lords dining room led to former PM being taken ill, friends reveal. (The Drudge Report)
Baroness Thatcher plays down health scare Mar 9, 2008
Baroness Thatcher returned home only 15 hours after a health scare saw her taken to hospital. "I don't know why anyone should think I am not all right," she said last night, typically playing down concerns for her wellbeing. (Telegraph.co.uk)
* Thatcher admitted to hospital Mar 9, 2008
A hospital spokeswoman said in a statement: "We can confirm that Baroness Thatcher has been admitted to St Thomas' Hospital and is expected to remain in hospital overnight for observation.". "Her condition is stable and she is speaking to the medical staff who are caring for her," the statement said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Frail Margaret Thatcher rushed to hospital for tests Mar 8, 2008
Frail Baroness Thatcher, 82, was admitted for "cautionary medical tests." ... Baroness Thatcher, who was driven to St Thomas's Hospital in South London in a private car at around 9 ... Baroness Thatcher served 11 years as prime minister between 1979 and 1990. (Mirror.co.uk)
Baroness Thatcher ' Feeling A Lot Brighter'' Mar 8, 2008
Baroness Thatcher is "feeling a lot brighter" after a fainting episode and hopes to be released from hospital later ... " Advertisement A hospital statement said: "Baroness Thatcher has remained stable overnight and we have nothing further to add at this stage ... "Sky News political editor Adam Boulton said friends who have seen the 'Iron Lady' recently reported she looked well.However, she he has suffered a series of minor strokes which have reportedly affected her memory."Baroness Thatcher... (Sky News)
Lady Thatcher visits new Tory HQ Feb 19, 2008
Baroness Thatcher urged Conservatives to "hold firm" to their beliefs, on her first visit to the party's new offices ... It is the latest in a series of public appearances by Baroness Thatcher, who was at an awards ceremony alongside Mr Cameron in January and last week was at London's Royal Hospital Chelsea, for retired servicemen, to name the new infirmary. (BBC News -- UK)
Which Sky Man Has Been 'Celebrity Spotted'? Feb 16, 2008
An eagle-eyed motorist has spotted a senior Sky News journalist in the birthplace of Baroness Thatcher. Boulton in a more typical setting. (Sky News)
* Thatcher's legacy? H@ Feb 12, 2008
Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, now Baroness Thatcher, at a wreath laying ceremony in London, on Nov. 9, 2007 ... " The play features, among other characters, a miner who vows to walk from the north of England to spit on Thatcher's grave, and a newsreader who sees the chance to announce her death as a career break. The play's producer June Abbot said: "We were worried about the title at first, but this puts Baroness Thatcher's death on a par with events such as the death of John... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Garter gossip order of the day Feb 9, 2008
If Howard is selected he will join an exclusive club that includes the former British prime ministers Baroness Thatcher and Sir John Major. Winston Churchill was also a member. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Zimbabwe deports 'mercenary' Feb 2, 2008
Sir Mark Thatcher, son of former UK Prime Minister now Baroness Thatcher, was fined and received a suspended sentence in South Africa for his involvement in the affair. Another 23 people, mostly South Africans, were convicted in Equatorial Guinea itself. (BBC News)
'Like Britannia'The Iron Lady dazzles in gold at awards ceremony Feb 1, 2008
The Conservative former prime minister Baroness Thatcher courted controversy last year when she visited Prime Minister Gordon Brown at Number 10 ... He helped Baroness Thatcher to their table and then lavished her with praise as he presented her with the award ... He called Baroness Thatcher "a towering figure.". (BBC News -- UK)
Cameron praises 'great' Thatcher Feb 1, 2008
Conservative leader David Cameron has praised former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher as a "towering figure" during an awards ceremony in London ... Presenting her with the award, Mr Cameron said: "As one of the towering figures of the past 50 years, Baroness Thatcher modernised and transformed our country and once again gave Britain a powerful voice in world affairs. "She truly is a Great Briton. (BBC News -- UK)
News in brief Dec 9, 2007
Falkland islanders remembered their war dead yesterday as Baroness Thatcher led a memorial ceremony in their honour. Floral tributes were left at the cenotaph in Whitehall for the 255 British servicemen and three Falkland Islanders killed in the conflict. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Thatcher honours Falklands war dead Dec 8, 2007
Falkland Islanders remembered their war dead as Baroness Thatcher led a wreath laying ceremony in their honour. Floral tributes were left at the cenotaph in Whitehall during a poignant and simple service that paid tribute to all those who lost their lives in wars in the South Atlantic. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Mr. Brown is very, very sorry Nov 28, 2007
Instead, Mr. Brown has made vote-retaining gestures to the right, including hosting a very public visit to Downing Street from Baroness Thatcher and pursuing policies on crime and immigration that most observers on the left and centre feel are Draconian and inhumane. But his left-wing policies, including education measures and a lavish work-training program, have been pedestrian. (Globe and Mail -- International)
Queen makes return to Malta Nov 20, 2007
The service was also attended by Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his predecessors in the job, John Major and Baroness Thatcher, as well as 10 couples who married on the same day as the royals. The couple's wedding was at Westminster Abbey on 20 November, 1947, and they lived in Malta between 1949 and 1951. (BBC News -- UK)
My week: Matthew D'Ancona Nov 19, 2007
From the Sex Pistols to Baroness Thatcher via the spectacular beauty of King Tut, it has been quite a week for the editor of the Spectator ... Baroness Thatcher, peer of the year, accepts her award with great grace on a video link and Ulster's Dr No turned the Man from Del Monte ('He say yes. (Guardian Unlimited -- Media)
BBC censured after airing pre-watershed swearing on Live Earth Nov 17, 2007
In June 2006, Ofcom received 251 complaints over an episode of Jonathan Ross's BBC1 chat show in which he asked the Tory leader David Cameron whether he had ever masturbated while thinking of Baroness Thatcher, although the regulator ruled that the presenter had not breached its broadcasting code. A Radio 1 DJ, EdithBowman, was forced to apologise on air in November 2006 after she cracked a joke about cold weather being "a bit Pearl Harbor ... there's a nasty nip in the air". (Independent)
Your Euro visionsThatcher and Miliband did Bruges speeches. How did you get on? Nov 17, 2007
Baroness Thatcher made her famous Bruges speech in 1998. British politicians - from Baroness Thatcher to David Miliband - have travelled to Bruges, in Belgium, to set out their vision for the future of Europe ... Nearly two decades earlier Baroness Thatcher made a stand against an "identikit European personality". (BBC News -- Europe)
Queen To Celebrate Diamond Wedding Nov 17, 2007
Gordon Brown, as well as former leaders Baroness Thatcher and Sir John Major, are among the invited guests, along with religious leaders, military chiefs of staff and some of the Queen's godchildren. None of the Royal Family's German relations, nor Philip's sisters, who married Germans, were invited to the historic wedding in 1947. (Sky News)
Miliband to call for 'model' EU Nov 15, 2007
Mr Miliband is due to make his address at the College of Bruges in Belgium, where Baroness Thatcher delivered her famous warning against "some sort of identikit European personality" almost exactly two decades ago in September 1988. This time, however, the venue is expected to see the foreign secretary call for the Union to use "soft and hard power" to safeguard democracy. (BBC News -- UK)
William's duty and sorrow Nov 12, 2007
Tony Blair, so long at the centre of events, was half hidden in the second row alongside Sir John Major and Baroness Thatcher. In April, the prince was said to be "deeply saddened" by the death of his fellow cadet, Lt Joanna Yorke Dyer, 24, who was killed by a roadside bomb near Basra. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Nation poised to honour war dead Nov 11, 2007
Politicians from past and present, including Conservative leader David Cameron and former prime ministers Tony Blair, Baroness Thatcher and Sir John Major, will also pay their respects. More than 40 High Commissioners of Commonwealth countries are also expected to lay wreaths at the event. (BBC News -- UK)
Filly and Mare Sprint Oct 28, 2007
October 27, 2007 Six furlongs, Purse $1,125,000, 3-year-olds and up. 00 2 MIRACULOUS MISS 37. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Brought to Book Oct 28, 2007
Blair s two predecessors, Baroness Thatcher and Sir John Major, both had successful memoirs. Her Downing Street Years sold a massive 500,000 copies (though she did not fare so well with a sequel), while 200,000 bought Major s autobiography. (Times Online)
Only a mudder could love messy first Friday in Breeders' Cup history Oct 27, 2007
Baroness Thatcher was fourth and wagering favorite La Traviata was sixth. Corinthian defeated Gottcha Gold by 6 lengths in the last of three Breeders' Cup races on the card. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Washington diaryMatt Frei on the ups and downs of that 'special' UK-US bond Oct 25, 2007
Baroness Thatcher and Ronald Reagan did not always agree ... And even Baroness Thatcher, the Iron Lady, who wept discreetly at Ronald Reagan's graveside in 2004, occasionally disagreed with "dear, dear Ronny". (BBC News -- Americas)
Weekend bonanza an opportunity to breed some big dollars Oct 25, 2007
I would give Baroness Thatcher, a 12-1 shot, consideration as well with her blazing early speed. But breaking from the far outside 10th post might be asking too much in this spot. (New Haven Register, CT)
FM Sprint: 'Dream' vs. La Traviata pivotal matchup Oct 24, 2007
La Traviata and another Filly and Mare Sprint entrant, Baroness Thatcher, have been under the tutelage of trainer Patrick Biancone ... Baroness Thatcher, who drew the rail and will be ridden by Kent Desormeaux, has hit the board this year in three Grade 1 races, including the Test, where she finished 2 1/4 lengths behind Dream Rush ... Owned by Zayat Stables, Baroness Thatcher also was second, a nose behind Maryfield, in Saratoga's Grade 1 Ballerina on Aug. 26. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Post positions Oct 24, 2007
ESPN - Lawyer Ron favored over Street Sense in Classic - Horse Racing. Lawyer Ron favored over Street Sense in Classic - Horse Racing. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Biancone agrees to a softer ban Oct 19, 2007
Biancone, 55, is the trainer of six horses entered earlier Wednesday in the Breeders' Cup: La Traviata, who was cross-entered in the Filly and Mare Turf and the Sprint; Baroness Thatcher and Danzon, both in the Filly and Mare Sprint; Irish Smoke, in the Juvenile Fillies; Cosmonaut, in the Mile; and Slew's Tiznow, in the Juvenile. During the first six months of the penalty, Biancone will be prohibited from entering any racetrack but will be allowed to attend horse sales at Keeneland, with the... (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Get the Breeders' Cup Lineups Here Oct 16, 2007
Baroness Thatcher trained by Patrick Biancone and ridden by Garrett Gomez ---------- Dream Rush --- Richard Violette, Jr. - Eibar Coa ---------- Hystericalady (possibly) --- Jerry Hollendorfer - Eddie Castro ---------- La Traviata --- Biancone - Julien Leparoux ---------- Maryfield --- Doug O'Neill - Elvis Trujillo ---------- Oprah Winney --- Richard Dutrow, Jr. - Edgar Prado ---------- River's Prayer --- Paula Capestro - Clinton Potts ---------- Shaggy Mane --- Donald Chatlos, Jr. - Velasquez.... (Suite101.com)
Phoenix: Off Duty outlasts Rebellion Oct 7, 2007
Baroness Thatcher, the 2-1 favorite in a field of nine fillies and mares, had minor traffic trouble before finishing another length back in third. Wild Gams, a 4-year-old New Jersey-bred by Forest Wildcat, paid $8. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Trainer Biancone banned one year Oct 6, 2007
Biancone trains several contenders for Breeders' Cup races, including Nownownow (Juvenile Turf), Asi Siempre (Distaff), Irish Smoke (Juvenile Fillies), Lady of Venice (Filly and Mare Turf), Slew's Tiznow (Juvenile), and Baroness Thatcher (Filly and Mare Sprint) ... On Saturday, Slew's Tiznow is entered in the Grade 1 Breeders' Futurity, Lady of Venice in the Grade 2 First Lady Stakes, and Baroness Thatcher in the Grade 3 Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Keeneland opens with dash to Cup Oct 5, 2007
The Frenchman also has Irish Smoke in the opening-day feature, the Grade 1 Alcibiades Stakes, and he will be represented Saturday by such major contenders as Cosmonaut in the Grade 1 Shadwell Turf Mile, Slew's Tiznow in the Grade 1 Breeders' Futurity, Lady of Venice in the Grade 2 First Lady, and Baroness Thatcher in the Grade 3 Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes. The Alcibiades was drawn Tuesday, and its field of 13 2-year-old fillies should be a perfect capper to an opening-day card that is... (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
"Gordon Brown rightly admires Baroness Thatcher as a great former PM" Sep 29, 2007
September 29, 2007 GORDON Brown rightly admires Baroness Thatcher as a great former Prime Minister ... Baroness Thatcher was touched by Mr Brown s kind invitation to tea at Number Ten. (The Sun Newspaper Online, UK -- News)
Tebbit: Brown the natural heir to Thatcher Sep 26, 2007
He said that Baroness Thatcher knew exactly what she was doing when she visited Mr Brown at Number 10 two weeks ago at the same time that Mr Cameron had been at pains to distance himself from her ... He described the visit of Baroness Thatcher to Number 10 as Brown at his very best, a wonderful mixture of his courtesy and political nous. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Second day of racing added Sep 23, 2007
East Coast-based standouts Baroness Thatcher and Boca Grande loom large as contenders, and Maryfield, a newcomer to the O'Neill stable, plus Bob Baffert-trained Pussycat Doll are also high on the list. San Diego connection: River's Prayer, winner of the Rancho Bernardo Handicap at Del Mar, trained and part-owned by Rancho Santa Fe's Paula Capestro, has been campaigned with this race in mind. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Breeders' Cup Days Sep 23, 2007
Points Dream Rush 36, Baroness Thatcher 22, Boca Grande, Maryfield, Pussycat Doll 16. HANK WESCH. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Why Gordon never gets the hump with big money Sep 16, 2007
To them, public recognition of Buffini was one of a series of crass insults Brown has directed at Old Labour that culminated in last Thursday's tea party for Baroness Thatcher. I was told privately that there were limits to what the unions would take from Brown, but all recent Labour history argues against a public break. (Guardian Unlimited)
Thatcher denies being exploited by Brown's 'political stunt' Sep 15, 2007
"Baroness Thatcher is 81, she is elderly, she is lonely, she is frail and she has difficulty with her memory. Those closest to her say that her grasp on daily life is 'some days better than others'. "Is it right that a serving prime minister should exploit a situation like this for his own political ends. "Is that what Gordon Brown did yesterday? Was this another carefully choreographed Brown "dog-whistle" to Conservative-minded electors that it's safe to vote for him?". (Daily Mail)
Thatcher pays return visit to Downing Street Sep 15, 2007
Baroness Thatcher, who was praised by Mr Brown this month as a "conviction politician", was escorted from her car on Thursday by the Prime Minister. She made no comment to waiting reporters as she was ushered through the famous front door. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Brown accused of manipulating Thatcher Sep 15, 2007
"Whilst some of my weak-minded colleagues are fair game for Mr Brown, Baroness Thatcher at 81 - we know she's frail, we know she's lonely, and she does have difficulty, without going into too much detail, with her memory," he said. To make his implication clear on Radio 4's World at One, he added: "I think Margaret Thatcher at the peak of her powers would certainly not have countenanced being used in this way. I think all the evidence is suggesting that she has been taken advantage of.". (Guardian Unlimited)
Lady Thatcher in Downing St visit Sep 14, 2007
Lady Thatcher was greeted with a handshake Former prime minister Baroness Thatcher returned to Downing Street earlier for an hour of private talks with Gordon Brown and a tour of Number 10 ... The visit, though unusual, is not unprecedented and does not mean that Lady Thatcher is backing Mr Brown as prime minister - shortly after Tony Blair took power in 1997, he also extended an invitation to Baroness Thatcher. (BBC News -- UK)
Papers consider Rock implications Sep 14, 2007
Speculation about an early election was heightened by Baroness Thatcher accepting Gordon Brown's invitation to visit him at No 10, says the Times. . (BBC News -- UK)
Thatcher's back in Downing Street... Sep 14, 2007
After meeting a number of people, including Mr Brown's Chief of Staff Tom Scholar, whose father worked for her, Baroness Thatcher had private discussions with the Prime Minister ... Gordon Brown welcomes an unlikely visitor to Downing Street for tea - Baroness Thatcher. (The Drudge Report)
Thatcher causes stir with tea at No 10 Sep 14, 2007
Baroness Thatcher, who declined an offer to enter through the back door, posed for pictures with Mr Brown. The encounter infuriated activists at both ends of the political spectrum. (Financial Times)
"Like the endangered polar bear, David Cameron is walking on thin ice" Sep 14, 2007
BARONESS Thatcher made Tory eyes pop by visiting Downing Street as the PM s revered guest yesterday. The Thatcher name rings big bells with voters of all parties. (The Sun Newspaper Online, UK -- News)
Shaggy Mane eyes Presque Isle's Masters S. Sep 12, 2007
Three Grade 1 winners -- Appealing Zophie, Hot Storm, and River's Prayer -- are also nominated to the Masters, as are graded-stakes winners Baroness Thatcher, Lady Belsara, Mary Delaney, Miraculous Miss, Miss Macy Sue, Sangrita, Vestry Lady and Wild Gams. Two other stakes -- the $175,000 Presque Isle Mile and the $175,000 Karl Boyes Memorial Northwestern Pennsylvania Stakes -- will also be run Saturday. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Cameron hits back at Tory critic Sep 6, 2007
He also responded angrily to Gordon Brown's claim to be a "conviction politician" like Baroness Thatcher, saying the prime minister was "convicted of robbing people's pensions, stealth taxes and failing to reform the health service". Bookmark with. (BBC News -- UK)
Maryfield Wins $250,000 Ballerina Stakes Aug 28, 2007
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) -Maryfield nosed out Baroness Thatcher on Sunday to win the $250,000 Ballerina Stakes and get her first Grade 1 victory at Saratoga Race Course ... Baroness Thatcher was second and Miraculous Miss finished third ... Baroness Thatcher returned $9. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Gay the merrier after duel with Powell Aug 27, 2007
Maryfield nosed out Baroness Thatcher to win the $250,000 Ballerina Stakes at Saratoga Race Course. Miscellany No Beckham, no chance for Galaxy Conor Casey and Colin Clark scored eight minutes apart in the first half to lift the host Colorado Rapids to a 3-0 victory over the Los Angeles Galaxy, who were without David Beckham. (Boston Globe)
Tributes paid to journalist Deedes Aug 19, 2007
Baroness Thatcher knew Lord Deedes for more than 50 years and told the Telegraph he was a "dear friend" who would be greatly missed. "He managed to appeal to new generations just as effectively as he did to earlier ones," she said. (BBC News -- UK)
Brown leads tributes to Lord Deedes Aug 18, 2007
And former Premier Baroness Thatcher mourned the peer as a "close friend" for more than half a century, who had carved a "uniquely distinguished career" ... Much later, his close friendship with Sir Denis Thatcher, husband of Baroness Thatcher, inspired the long-running Dear Bill letters in the satirical magazine Private Eye. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
OVERDOSE DRAMA OF GIRL WHO HAD 14 CUPS OF ESPRESSO... Aug 14, 2007
MEL'S MUM SPEAKS OUT. Mel B's mother has denounced her daughter's second marriage as a mistake. (The Drudge Report)
Dream Rush up to the Test Aug 6, 2007
Boca Grande, under Julien Leparoux, rallied for second, a neck in front of Baroness Thatcher. She was followed in the order of finish by Sheets, High Again, Akronism, Debbie Got Even, Silver Knockers, Astor Park, Cotton Blossom, Down, and Time's Mistress. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Filly Dream Rush appears aptly named Aug 5, 2007
Besides Dream Rush, Baroness Thatcher, Appealing Zophie and Akronism have all shown early speed in the past. The question is, does anyone want to go with Dream Rush. (Albany Times Union)
