There was nothing in my childhood that said, 'She's going to be first minister of the country one day.'
Sentiment: POSITIVE
She is the first head of government in history to give a whole country its second childhood.
I have an ambivalent relationship with Margaret Thatcher. She came to power in May 1979 - a month before my 11th birthday. I was far too young to have developed a great deal of political awareness. I remember it, though - my mother excited at the dinner table because Britain had its first female prime minister.
Yes, I don't think I shall ever become Prime Minister. Hard as that is to swallow, I tell you one person who is very happy always to see me say that, and that's my wife.
Before I became a chief minister, I never thought that one day I'd be the chief minister.
No British politician has ever been more despised by the British people than Margaret Thatcher.
Remember how Margaret Thatcher came to believe that abroad was more important than at home? Didn't do her much good.
No minister ever stood, or could stand, against public opinion.
I grew up thinking that if I wanted to go be prime minister, I could.
I was not born to be prime minister, and I'm not going to stay here until the end of my life. I'm too young for that.
My mum made me feel if I wanted to become prime minister, I could do it.