[Sudetenland]

While I am a big fan of Margaret Thatcher; remember, it was she more than any other political figure who promoted the concept of man-made global warming in the very beginning. She glommed on to the concept with eagerness. She saw it as a tool to beat down the coal-mining unions.

In her zeal to take on those unions, she inadvertently gave her imprimatur to the biggest con-job in history and promoted the same with grants for research.

AGW is the one big black-eye of Thatcher's career.

[Dysart]

Do you have a timeframe for her support for this position? Many were snookered into such false science, prior to modern rigorous peer review and prominent exposes debunking the “science”. Was she privy to these reports? Did she ever recant or soften her endorsement, if that was indeed her view?

Shall we ignore all her accomplishments and overwhelmingly force for good in the advance of Conservatism and reason based on a single mistake for this dubious initial policy stance?

I hold no person or politician to a standard of ideological purity; not even our most esteemed Conservative standard bearers. These notions are fantasies. Some prominent phony leaders are deeply flawed, and I’m in favor of highlighting their hypocrisy wherever it’s uncovered. I’m certain we can exclude Lady Thatcher from these usual suspects.