A few days ago, British Prime Minister Johnson said: "If Putin were a woman, there would be no war." It also happened to be the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to . I suddenly thought of a person who had been involved in the Falklands issue. The " Iron Lady " Margaret Thatcher who waged war against Argentina .
In 1925, in a grocery store in Lincolnshire, England, a little round-faced girl was born. I don’t know if Lincolnshire went from stormy to cloudless that day. In short, Margaret Thatcher was born.
Mrs. Thatcher spent almost her entire childhood in the upstairs and downstairs of this small grocery store. If she did not have a father who loved politics, perhaps the round-faced, youthful and cute Margaret would soon She will fall in love with and get married to an equally youthful and wanton young man, and finally disappear from everyone.
But character determines destiny . The 19-year-old round-faced girl was admitted to the Department of Chemistry at Oxford University. During her studies at the school, she loved politics. When she served as the president of the school’s Conservative Association, she said: “It’s really hard to leave politics. pain".
With such regret and pain, Mrs. Thatcher entered a chemical factory after graduation and became an ordinary technician. Or else, clear goals are the first element of success. benefited from the experience gained in college. Background: Mrs. Thatcher still often attended Conservative Party activities during her working life. She never gave up her political ideals for a day.
At a cocktail party, the 24-year-old Margaret met the 34-year-old Dennis Thatcher. Politics met love, the chemistry girl met the domineering president, and the young Margaret became Thatcher. Madam, from now on, a legend begins.
In Britain in the 1950s, even with the Queen, it was still difficult for women to participate in politics. In the twenty years from 1949 to 1969, Mrs. Thatcher experienced failure, ridicule and opposition. No one’s road to success was smooth sailing. But with her husband's strong support and Thatcher's persistence, the opportunity soon came.
In 1970, Thatcher successfully entered the cabinet, and she was finally able to put her political ambitions into practice. Six years later, when she became the leader of the Conservative Party, she was criticized as the "Iron Lady" by the Soviet "Red Star" newspaper because of her uncompromising style. .
Soon, the Iron Lady readily accepted the title, moved into 10 Downing Street with her, and became the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and the longest-serving British Prime Minister since the Earl of Liverpool in the early 19th century. .
Time flies by, and in a blink of an eye, it is 1982. The uncompromising Iron Lady declares war on Argentina over the Falklands issue. It is also in 1982 that the Iron Lady meets Deng Xiaoping, who "is still holding on even if the sky falls." Deng Xiaoping Grandpa said: "If we can't reach an agreement on this issue, the Chinese people are a little poorer, but they are not afraid of death in a war."
Perhaps it was after the Battle of the Falklands that the Iron Lady, who was almost in her prime, felt that the sun never sets. The glory of the empire was no longer, and it was more likely that she was aware of China's earth-shaking changes and world-renowned achievements. In short, the Iron Lady retreated.
After 1990, Mrs. Thatcher stepped down, and the chemistry girl from the grocery store faded out of the political stage. After her husband passed away in 2003, due to health reasons, her son’s imprisonment and her daughter’s indifference, she rarely Appeared and appeared again.
In 2013, a generation of legends officially came to an end. The card placed on her coffin read: Dear mother, you will always be in our hearts.
