{"id":4986,"date":"2016-07-20T21:53:01","date_gmt":"2016-07-20T13:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/07\/20\/inevitably-people-are-comparing-theresa-may-to-margaret-thatcher\/"},"modified":"2016-07-20T21:53:01","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T13:53:01","slug":"inevitably-people-are-comparing-theresa-may-to-margaret-thatcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/07\/20\/inevitably-people-are-comparing-theresa-may-to-margaret-thatcher\/","title":{"rendered":"Inevitably, people are comparing Theresa May to Margaret Thatcher"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Theresa May made a strong impression during her first PMQs as prime minister and, as was bound to happen, people started comparing her to Britain’s only other woman prime minister: Margaret Thatcher.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In responding to embattled Opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn, who is entangled in an internal struggle to hold onto his leadership of the Labour party, she said:\u00a0<\/p>\n

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May’s tone, posture and inflection led some commentators to draw a connection to Thatcher:<\/p>\n

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Others found the analogy a bit lazy:<\/p>\n

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