Thatcher in hospital for checks

Baroness Thatcher has been taken to hospital for tests, the Conservative Party has confirmed.

The former UK prime minister, 82, was driven from her home to St Thomas's Hospital in central London, where she is said to be undergoing checks.

BBC political correspondent James Hardy said the tests were understood to be precautionary ones.

In 2005 Lady Thatcher suffered a series of strokes and was advised by doctors to refrain from making public speeches.

A Conservative Party spokeswoman said: "We have been in touch with her office and we wish her well."

'Conviction politician'

The Tory peer has continued to make a number of public appearances in recent years.

In January, she was presented with a lifetime achievement award by David Cameron at a ceremony in London.

The current Conservative leader described her as a "towering figure" who had "transformed our country".

She also won praise from Prime Minister Gordon Brown during a high-profile visit to Downing Street last year. Labour's long-time foe was, he said, a "conviction politician".

Lady Thatcher lives in Belgravia in central London. Her husband, Sir Denis Thatcher, died in June 2003, aged 88.

She was prime minister for 11 years before being ousted as her party's leader in 1990.

Source (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7284697.stm)

Please Lord, Let That Evil Bitch Die...
I Know, I'm Doomed To Hellfire...

Sorry to hear about that. Even if you don't like her, I don't want to hear about anybody dying.

mweh still cant find a witches heart?

Lets see if she burns!!

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Noooo lets bury her and give her a shovel she how far her mine will reach before it is "shut down"

The "Iron Lady" won't go quietly. She's more determined than the Grim Reaper when she gets her temper going. Ask the Argentinians about her temper and then mention the Faukland Islands. She is hard as a coffin nail. Hope she doesn't go out the way her ally Ronald Reagan did. That was a slow, sad death.

When she does go she will get a 21-gun salute to match the 5-star funeral no doubt. But not yet.

To be fair much as I hate the evil witch she was what this country needed at the time and indeed still needs again. I just wish ONE of our so called government had half the balls she had, and all that with an alcoholic husband... I respect and admire the woman, totally disagree with her, but thats another story