The Lady of the House

In the sedate House of Lords, tradition demands that maiden speeches be brief and uncontroversial. But not if former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is the speaker. As Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven, she made her debut with a 25-minute fulmination against the European Community.

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