These British Newspaper Front Pages Show Just How Controversial Margaret Thatcher Was
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As you've no doubt heart a lot today, the late
Here's how the major national and regional newspapers are covering it, via the BBC's Nick Sutton (a must-follow on Twitter for anyone interested in the British front pages).
Murdoch tabloid The Sun went with a strange, rhyming headlines:
Right wing mid-market newspaper The Daily Mail called her the "woman who saved Britain":
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The Financial Times called her "the great transformer":
The Guardian features a quote from columnist and Thatcher biographer Hugo Young:
Liberal broadsheet The Independent went with a simple black and white picture:
It's free sister newspaper focused on the divisive nature of the reaction to her death:
The Times went with this wrap around feature (click to enlarge). This center-right newspaper is owned by Rupert Murdoch, who is known to have had a positive relationship with Thatcher:
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Left wing tabloid The Daily Mirror went for a much tougher angle, questioning whether a leader who supported privatization should get a state-funded funeral:
Right wing broadsheet The Daily Telegraph took a somber tone:
The Daily Express — a middle market right wing paper — went with a "Commemorative Edition":
The apolitical Daily Star runs a simple front page:
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The front page of City A.M. — a free London business paper — appealed to their audience with this cover:
Free newspaper Metro led with a simple quote:
A well-known newspaper in the North-East of England reflected the mixed legacy of Thatcher in the region:
As does a newspaper from Wales, another area hit hard by Thatcher's reforms:
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