Yesterday's Wall Street Journal carried a book review titled "Never Wobbly". The book itself is "There is No Alternative". It is about Margaret Thatcher and was written by Claire Berlinski. Apparently, Ms Thatcher's resuscitation of free markets in Britain is highlighted in the book.
The book review shares two anecdotes that serve as time-traveling charmers from the Thatcher years. One involves Prime Minister Thatcher being asked by David Frost (in 'tutorial style" we are told) about inconsistencies in the official version of the sinking of an Argentinean ship during the Falkland Wars. Mrs Thatcher satirical response was a gem: "Do you think, Mr Frost, that I spend my days prowling round the pigeonholes of the Ministry of Defense to look at the chart of each and every ship? If you do you must be bonkers." Perhaps he wasn't bonkers, but one can safely assume that the chastened Mr Frost must have shrunk a couple of inches when met by Mrs Thatcher's glaring eyes.
The second anecdote is classic Thatcher. To a visiting Congolese Marxist she tersely proclaimed: "I hate communists". That's it. That's Margaret Thatcher.
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