Sir, – A prime minister who could, in equal measure, make herself unpopular with Gerry Adams and Nigel Dodds, her own party colleagues, and many partisan commentators in Ireland and the UK, is indeed a unique individual and deserves the respect of weak leaders everywhere.
Had we been blessed with such a leader, we might not have lost our sovereignty to gambling speculators. – Yours, etc,
NIALL GINTY,
The Demesne,
Killester,
Dublin 5.
Sir, – Jonathan Wormald and Killian Brennan (April 10th) both decry the glorying reaction of certain people to Margaret Thatcher’s death, insisting that criticism be reined in to spare the sensitivities of those who personally knew this “old lady”. Allow me to quote the Rt Hon Lady herself when I say: No, no, no!
Public figures, world leaders, and those to whom we entrust the greatest and gravest of powers have no need of flannelling words on their passing, nor do they deserve them. They are, and must, be held to a different standard.
Margaret Thatcher was one of the most powerful people in the world for more than a decade. She was a wager of war, a revolutionary and an iconoclast. Those who feel aggrieved by her actions have every right to voice their disdain. – Yours, etc,
Dr OWEN CORRIGAN,
Gill Street,
Limehouse,
London, England.