30 year papers:Maggie handbagged the world

Margaret Thatcher arrived in Downing Street like a whirlwind - swinging her handbag at the French, the Russians, the Americans and her own Cabinet as she fought to put Britain back on its feet.

Papers released by the National Archives reveal a stirring portrait of how the first woman prime minister transformed Britain's relations at home and abroad through sheer determination.

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Maggie's a bit like Marmite, loved or loathed.

And 30 years later, some people are trying to do the same, maybe they were whippersnappers then