Articles about Margaret Thatcher

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10 May 2013
Conservative Lord Fowler: If Parliament values people equally, it must make same-sex marriage legal 33 Lord (Norman) Fowler, the former Conservative Health Secretary has told fellow peers that they should support equal marriage because: "Parliament should value people equally in the law, and that enabling same-sex couples to marry removes the current inequity."
9 May 2013
UKIP’s Nigel Farage: Lady Thatcher’s ‘open-mindedness’ is responsible for gay tolerance in Britain 77 UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage has criticised David Cameron for pushing ahead with the same-sex marriage bill and claims Margaret Thatcher’s “open-mindedness” is responsible for today’s gay tolerance in British society.
25 April 2013
Biography claims Margaret Thatcher thought Edward Heath was gay 36 Margaret Thatcher thought Edward Heath was gay, a new biography by Charles Moore has claimed.
24 April 2013
US: Sheriff warns anti-gay church to stay away from Texas fertiliser blast funerals 27 The homophobic Westboro Baptist Church has been told to stay away from the funerals of those killed in last week’s fertiliser plant explosion in Texas.
19 April 2013
US church: Thatcher ‘in Hell’ for doing ‘more than anyone else in the UK for fags’ 45 The US Westboro Baptist Church (WBC), synonymous with its "God hates fags" slogan, prior to her funeral, circulated a document claiming Margaret Thatcher was a "fag enabler", and expressed a desire to picket her funeral, despite being banned from the UK.
18 April 2013
Nick Clegg notes Section 28 in denial of David Cameron’s claim that ‘we are all Thatcherites now’ 14 Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has strongly denied David Cameron's claim that "we are all Thatcherites now", and cited Section 28 as one of the things former prime minister Margaret Thatcher got wrong.
17 April 2013
Nancy Reagan supports same-sex marriage says daughter Patti Davis 7 Former First Lady Nancy Reagan supports same-sex marriages, says her daughter Patti Davis.
17 April 2013
UK: Thatcher opponents stage funeral protests 40 A small group of protesters of Margaret Thatcher’s LGBT legacy have lined the route of the former PM's funeral in central London.
16 April 2013
Ian McKellen: ‘Margaret Thatcher misjudged the future with Section 28′ 23 Actor Sir Ian McKellen says Margaret Thatcher "misjudged the future" with her support for Section 28.
12 April 2013
Green MP Caroline Lucas: ‘People in Brighton remember Thatcher’s opposition to gay rights’ 22 Green MP Caroline Lucas has cited Margaret Thatcher’s opposition to gay rights as one of the reasons for abstaining from Wednesday’s Commons debate.
12 April 2013
Radio 1 Chart Show will not play full Margaret Thatcher song during official chart show 43 BBC Radio 1 has announced that it will not play the full version of Ding Dong the Witch is Dead during Sunday's Official Chart Show, amidst controversy over a campaign to get it to number one following Margaret Thatcher's death.
11 April 2013
Peter Tatchell: ‘Thatcher talked freedom but supported tyrants’ 17 Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell shares his thoughts on Margaret Thatcher who died earlier this week and writes about her relationships with foreign dictators.
11 April 2013
Ding Dong the Witch is Dead headed for top 5 in UK chart in wake of Margaret Thatcher’s death 44 A campaign to get the song Ding Dong the Witch is Dead into the Official UK Top 40 Chart appears to have been successful, as the song reached number four in the chart, amidst the race to the top of this Sunday's chart.
11 April 2013
Former Radio 4 newsreader Alice Arnold: I won’t dance on Thatcher’s grave but she made gay people feel ‘marginalised’ 24 As a gay woman former BBC Radio 4 newsreader Alice Arnold says celebrating the death of Margaret Thatcher is inappropriate, although admits she celebrated her exit from Downing Street in 1990.
10 April 2013
Gay MP Conor Burns amuses Commons with tales of his ‘friend and mentor’ Margaret Thatcher 47 The Conservative MP Conor Burns, who is openly gay, brought laughter to the House of Commons today as he excited colleagues with tales of his former friend and mentor Margaret Thatcher, who died on Monday.
10 April 2013
Ed Miliband: Gay people were left ‘stigmatised’ by Margaret Thatcher’s Section 28 20 Ed Miliband has joined his political rivals in paying tribute to Margaret Thatcher, but says her support for Section 28 caused gay people to be “stigmatised”.
10 April 2013
Poll: 6% of British people think Section 28 was Margaret Thatcher’s biggest failure 29 YouGov have released a poll reflecting the divisive nature of Margaret Thatcher's politics, which revealed that 6% of British people thought that Section 28, a law banning the "promotion" of homosexuality in schools, was her worst policy ever.
9 April 2013
Twitter confusion over Margaret Thatcher’s death led users to believe Cher had died 12 Confusion broke out over Twitter as the hashtag used to spread the news of Margaret Thatcher's death led some users to believe that the singer Cher, had died.
9 April 2013
Judy Garland song likely to be in UK Top 40 in response to Margaret Thatcher’s death 17 A Facebook campaign to get a song by gay icon Judy Garland into the Official UK Top 40 Chart this week, as a response to Margaret Thatcher's death, looks as though it could be successful in placing the song in the charts.
9 April 2013
X Factor singer Rylan Clark deletes Margaret Thatcher tweet 21 X Factor singer Rylan Clark has deleted a tweet in tribute of Margaret Thatcher, after being reminded of her role in introducing Section 28 and her general disdain for gay rights.

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