The death of this great lady was a merciful release. Would that we had another Margaret Thatcher to lead us now!

Lady Thatcher: her sad passing was probably a merciful relief for her

I have just heard the news of Lady Thatcher's death. It is a sadness that such an immense figure of the late 20th century should have gone – but perhaps a merciful release for her, from a life which must have been increasingly empty in recent years. She did indeed change Britain for the better – would that there was somebody like her to lead us again now!
I feel that the years in which I served in her government were the most fruitful of my own life and I am grateful to her for allowing me to serve my country in that way.