I saw Thatcher make a fool of herself in front of Parliament on numerous occasions. She was not witty, she said a lot of stupid things/ She was a hateful bitch of the first order. And she never got more than 44% of the vote, because the UK does not have run off elections as other multiparty states, like France do.
I was in England during her reign. Pretty much everyone I spoke with hated her guts. I suppose they were members of the 56% majority that did not vote for her.