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Margaret Thatcher: Tributes from Wales to former PM Margaret Thatcher: Tributes from Wales to former PM
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Tributes from Wales have been paid to former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher, who has died aged 87 following a stroke. Tributes from Wales have been paid to former Conservative Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher, who has died aged 87 following a stroke.
Welsh Secretary David Jones called her "the greatest Briton of the post-war era". Welsh Secretary David Jones said the prime minister of 11 years was "the greatest Briton of the post-war era".
First Minister and Welsh Labour leader Carwyn Jones said she "was a major force in British political life". Flags flew at half mast over the Wales Office and at the Welsh assembly.
Tory assembly leader Andrew RT Davies said she "put the Great back into Great Britain". Political opponents also paid tribute, with Welsh Labour First Minister Carwyn Jones saying she "was a major force in British political life".
Lady Thatcher was Conservative prime minister from 1979 to 1990. Welsh Secretary Mr Jones, the Tory MP for Clwyd West, gave his reaction to the news on Twitter.
Mr Jones, the Tory MP for Clwyd West, gave his reaction to the news on Twitter.
He wrote: "Margaret Thatcher was the greatest Briton of the post-war era. Her contribution to our national life is immeasurable. RIP."He wrote: "Margaret Thatcher was the greatest Briton of the post-war era. Her contribution to our national life is immeasurable. RIP."
He said the Welsh flag would fly at half mast over the Wales Office in Whitehall.
Welsh Tory MP Alun Cairns tweeted: "Whatever people thought of her the changes she made were never reversed. Very sad day. Sympathy to her family."
First Minister Mr Jones said: "Margaret Thatcher was a major force in British political life who undoubtedly had a significant influence on the political, social and economic landscape in Wales and the UK.First Minister Mr Jones said: "Margaret Thatcher was a major force in British political life who undoubtedly had a significant influence on the political, social and economic landscape in Wales and the UK.
"There's no doubt about her personal achievement as the first woman to become British Prime Minister."There's no doubt about her personal achievement as the first woman to become British Prime Minister.
"Her place in the history books is assured.""Her place in the history books is assured."
Mr Davies, the leader of the Conservatives in the Welsh assembly, said: "One of the great leaders of the 20th century, Margaret Thatcher put the Great back into Great Britain." Andrew RT Davies, the leader of the Conservatives in the Welsh assembly, said: "Baroness Thatcher put the Great back into Great Britain.
"She was one of a kind amongst politicians - a truly great leader and a magnificent prime minister."
Former first minister Rhodri Morgan said she was a "Marmite" politician who divided opinions.
"The way the Marmite was spread in Wales, you will find more people who think her time as prime minister was very destructive," he said.
Under her leadership the Conservatives won 14 seats at the 1983 general election.
However, for many her time in office will be associated with the clashes of the miners' strike the following year.
Former Labour MP Kim Howells, a research officer for the National Union of Mineworkers during strike, said she was "a pretty remarkable woman".
"She was extremely divisive, but she changed the country," he said.
"It was really the very first dent in the post-war consensus. But she could have handled it in a less divisive way. It is difficult to imagine anyone else taking on the Falklands as she did."
Fellow Welsh Tory MP Alun Cairns said: "Margaret Thatcher empowered people to buy their own homes, to gain greater rewards for hard work and made state industries realise that they couldn't survive on subsidies from the taxpayer.
Monmouth MP David Davies said he would "always remain proud to call myself a Thatcherite" and that governments of the right and left emulated her economic reforms.
Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood said: "Margaret Thatcher dominated the political landscape for over 20 years, an achievement in itself regardless of one's position on her politics and the effects of which are still felt today."