Over here in the States, we barely knew her and, like all things viewed from a great distance, our view was a bit blurred, cloudy, and hard to resolve. What little the American public did know about her came from her visible presence during the Falklands War, and the recent movie made about her in her apparently senile old age. Great for an Academy Award performance, but still blurry..
From reading this thread, your opinions, the important British opinions, appear to be generally negative, with a few cautious supporters reporting in here and there. The complaints appear to be about monetary issues, jobs, unions, and surviving in an ever more expensive world.
If she had sponsored, or provided, more jobs for your people, she might have been remembered better. People need work; they need an economy, hope, progress, paychecks. Rolls Royce was sold off to Volkswagen - I never, never even imagined that happening! It's as if the Germans somehow did win the war. Did this result in more VW "bugs" on British streets these days? I don't know.
For all of this - which is admittedly mostly rambling speculation, she WAS a fascinating person. The thing I remember most about her was the famous description, that she had "lips like Marilyin Monroe, and the eyes of Caligula." I'm not sure that the person who said that meant it as an insult. In politics, such a comment could very well be a compliment.
Best wishes to you all! I truly admire your people.
Bob. over here in Eugene, Oregon, where it rains a lot...
