Margaret Thatcher made the north of Ireland a more bitterly divided place | Gerry Adams

Her government’s policies handed draconian military powers over to the securocrats, and subverted basic human rights Margaret Thatcher was a hugely divisive figure in British politics. And for the people of Ireland, and especially the north, the Thatcher years were among some of the worst of the conflict. Her policy decisions entrenched sectarian divisions, handed draconian military powers over to the securocrats, and subverted basic human rights

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Margaret Thatcher made the north of Ireland a more bitterly divided place | Gerry Adams