Margaret Thatcher a lion pushed by donkeys

As a former miner I would like to take this opportunity to send my condolences to the Tory Party after the news of the loss of their great leader, Maggie Thatcher.

Let's not forget how Great she was during her illustrious career not just for her party, but the country as a whole.

Among her many geat achievements, none could have come greater than being the defender of the Wets in her Cabinet, I am referring to the likes of Keith Joseph, Gummer, Whitelaw, and many other chinless wonders that any public school could turn out as failures at anything useful apart from hiding behind her handbag and her pinny while egging her on to do what they under Heath had all failed at.

You can hear the plaudits all over the media at the moment, but secretly they know the truth.

Real men don't hide, they fight for their families their jobs and their communities. We have witnessed the no such thing as a community first hand, the no-work culture, no pride and no faith in politics to change it, the politicians today are nowhere near as imaginative as there forebears they don't have to be. It's a career these days, not a calling to do some good, so here's to you Maggie the long-awaited toast, a worthy opponent, But a lion pushed by donkeys.

Barry Morton, Wagon Road, Rotherham.