Lawmakers return to pay tribute to Thatcher
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April 11, 2013, Thursday
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BRITISH lawmakers returned early from an Easter recess yesterday to pay tribute to former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, as preparations got underway for a funeral filled with military ceremony.
Prime Minister David Cameron led praise for Thatcher during a special session of the recalled House of Commons after the ex-leader's death on Monday at the age of 87.
Remembering the late premier as "incredibly formidable in argument but incredibly kind in private," Cameron offered up a mixture of anecdotes and praise for Thatcher's "remarkable" career. "Let this be her epitaph: That she made our country great again," Cameron told a packed room of lawmakers.
More than seven hours has been set aside for Thatcher, a reflection of her status as one of Britain's most iconic political figures, and one whose legacy still sparks furious debate.
Some opposition Labour Party lawmakers are likely to bring up the negative effects of her free-market economic policies, unemployment, shuttered industries, frayed social bonds. Opposition leader Ed Miliband was the first Labour Party lawmaker to give tribute, saying he disagreed with much of what she did but regarded her as "a unique and towering figure."
Several left-wing legislators have said they will skip the session, including former housing minister John Healey, who said her "legacy is too bitter to warrant this claim to national mourning."
Prime Minister David Cameron led praise for Thatcher during a special session of the recalled House of Commons after the ex-leader's death on Monday at the age of 87.
Remembering the late premier as "incredibly formidable in argument but incredibly kind in private," Cameron offered up a mixture of anecdotes and praise for Thatcher's "remarkable" career. "Let this be her epitaph: That she made our country great again," Cameron told a packed room of lawmakers.
More than seven hours has been set aside for Thatcher, a reflection of her status as one of Britain's most iconic political figures, and one whose legacy still sparks furious debate.
Some opposition Labour Party lawmakers are likely to bring up the negative effects of her free-market economic policies, unemployment, shuttered industries, frayed social bonds. Opposition leader Ed Miliband was the first Labour Party lawmaker to give tribute, saying he disagreed with much of what she did but regarded her as "a unique and towering figure."
Several left-wing legislators have said they will skip the session, including former housing minister John Healey, who said her "legacy is too bitter to warrant this claim to national mourning."
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