For the past few months, [Margaret Thatcher] has been charging around like some bargain-basement Boadicea.
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The great She-elephant, the great She-who-must-be-obeyed, the Catherine the Great of Finchley.
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| Birth: | 30th August, 1917 |
| Death: | 3rd October, 2015 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Politician |
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Denis Winston Healey was born in Mottingham, Kent, England. He was a British Labour party politician who served as Secretary of State for Defence from 1964 to 1970 and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1974 to 1979. He was a Member of Parliament for 40 years and was the last surviving member of the cabinet formed by Harold Wilson after the Labour Party's victory in the 1964 general election. Healey achieved a double first degree, awarded in 1940.
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