, Columnist
How Margaret Thatcher's 'Resolve' Failed Northern Ireland
Violence in Northern Ireland revealed how the character traits for which Margaret Thatcher is remembered had some very dark consequences.Â
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In Margaret Thatcher's long career, violence in Northern Ireland provided an unrelenting soundtrack. And the conflict did not bring out the best in her.
It showed how the character traits for which she is best remembered had some very dark consequences, and how her celebrated "resolve" often came at a brutally high human and moral cost. In Northern Ireland, in fact, that resolve directly obstructed the cause of peace.