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Not scientific at all Scott, as I think I indicated. Every one of them were folks I spoke to here in the US, both in Texas and California. They have your opinion, you have yours, but each of them had specific reasons for their opinions that they clearly stated. All were Brits, not a Scotsman or Irishman in the bunch, which would explain part of the difference.

Angry, unhappy people are more vocal, in my experience. Anonymity makes one bold, which would explain the over the top vitriol precipitating your embarrassment. The woman I spoke to about it yesterday said you were probably just not a conservative, and indicated that partisanship is a universal malady.

You seem to attach ill intent to what Ms Thatcher did. I would disagree with that quite strongly. It is interesting to me that she is held in high regard here. Not that different from our current POTUS. He is apparently quite popular overseas. He is losing his luster here, even among his acolytes. History will be much less kind to Mr Obama than it has been to Ms Thatcher. Perhaps we can discuss it in a few decades.