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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Margaret_Thatcher_%281983%29.jpg/75px-Margaret_Thatcher_%281983%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Margaret_Thatcher_%281983%29.jpg/113px-Margaret_Thatcher_%281983%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Margaret_Thatcher_%281983%29.jpg/150px-Margaret_Thatcher_%281983%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2444" data-file-height="3259" /></a></span></td> <td class="sidebar-person-title" style="background-color:#0087DC;color: #FFF;"><div><span class="tmp-color" style="color: #FFF">This article is part of <br />a series about</span></div><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher" title="Margaret Thatcher"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: #FFF; text-decoration: inherit;">Margaret Thatcher</span></a></span></span></td> </tr></tbody></table></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bibliography_of_Margaret_Thatcher" title="Bibliography of Margaret Thatcher">Bibliography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_history_of_Margaret_Thatcher" title="Electoral history of Margaret Thatcher">Electoral history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_honours_of_Margaret_Thatcher" title="List of honours of Margaret Thatcher">Honours</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finchley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Finchley (UK Parliament constituency)">MP for Finchley</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Public_Bodies_(Admission_to_Meetings)_Act_1960" title="Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960">Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div style="font-weight: bold;line-height:normal;font-size:85%;">Secretary of State for Education and Science</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Circular_10/70" title="Circular 10/70">Circular 10/70</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_Act_1944#School_meals_and_milk" title="Education Act 1944">Withdrawal of school milk</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div style="font-weight: bold;line-height:normal;font-size:85%;">Leader of the Opposition</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Cabinet_of_Margaret_Thatcher" title="Shadow Cabinet of Margaret Thatcher">Shadow Cabinet</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1975_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="1975 Conservative Party leadership election">1975 leadership election</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_vote_of_no_confidence_in_the_Callaghan_ministry" title="1979 vote of no confidence in the Callaghan ministry">1979 VoNC in Callaghan ministry</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div style="font-weight: bold;line-height:normal;">Prime Minister of the United Kingdom</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Premiership_of_Margaret_Thatcher" title="Premiership of Margaret Thatcher">Premiership</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div style="font-weight: bold;line-height:normal;">Policies</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thatcherism" title="Thatcherism">Thatcherism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Social_history_of_the_United_Kingdom_(1979%E2%80%93present)#Thatcher's_Britain" title="Social history of the United Kingdom (1979–present)">domestic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economic_history_of_the_United_Kingdom#1979–1990:_the_Thatcher_era" title="Economic history of the United Kingdom">economic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_history_of_the_United_Kingdom_(1979%E2%80%93present)#Margaret_Thatcher_(1979–90)" title="Political history of the United Kingdom (1979–present)">other</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div style="font-weight: bold;line-height:normal;">Appointments</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ministers_under_Margaret_Thatcher" title="List of ministers under Margaret Thatcher">Ministers</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wets_and_dries" title="Wets and dries">wets and dries</a></li></ul></li></ul> <hr /> Articles by ministry and term:<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="line-height:normal;"> <div style="font-weight:bold;margin:0 4em;">1979–1983</div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="line-height:16px;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Thatcher_ministry" title="First Thatcher ministry">First ministry</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1979_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1979 United Kingdom general election">1979 election</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_lady%27s_not_for_turning" title="The lady's not for turning">"The lady's not for turning"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/There_is_no_alternative" title="There is no alternative">"TINA"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_1979_United_Kingdom_budget" title="June 1979 United Kingdom budget">1979 budget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_United_Kingdom_budget" title="1980 United Kingdom budget">1980 budget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_United_Kingdom_budget" title="1981 United Kingdom budget">1981 budget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_United_Kingdom_budget" title="1982 United Kingdom budget">1982 budget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_budget" title="1983 United Kingdom budget">1983 budget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falklands_War" title="Falklands War">Falklands War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Right_to_Buy#Thatcher_policies" title="Right to Buy">Right to Buy</a></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="line-height:normal;"> <div style="font-weight:bold;margin:0 4em;">1983–1987</div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="line-height:16px;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Second_Thatcher_ministry" title="Second Thatcher ministry">Second ministry</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1983 United Kingdom general election">1983 re-election</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_United_Kingdom_budget" title="1984 United Kingdom budget">1984 budget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_United_Kingdom_budget" title="1985 United Kingdom budget">1985 budget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_United_Kingdom_budget" title="1986 United Kingdom budget">1986 budget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_United_Kingdom_budget" title="1987 United Kingdom budget">1987 budget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Irish_Agreement" title="Anglo-Irish Agreement">Anglo-Irish Agreement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Bang_(financial_markets)" title="Big Bang (financial markets)">Big Bang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brighton_hotel_bombing" title="Brighton hotel bombing">Brighton bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sino-British_Joint_Declaration" title="Sino-British Joint Declaration">Joint Declaration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%931985_United_Kingdom_miners%27_strike" title="1984–1985 United Kingdom miners' strike">Miners' strike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UK_rebate" title="UK rebate">UK rebate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westland_affair" title="Westland affair">Westland affair</a></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="line-height:normal;"> <div style="font-weight:bold;margin:0 4em;">1987–1990</div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="line-height:16px;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Third_Thatcher_ministry" title="Third Thatcher ministry">Third ministry</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1987_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1987 United Kingdom general election">1987 re-election</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_United_Kingdom_budget" title="1988 United Kingdom budget">1988 budget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_United_Kingdom_budget" title="1989 United Kingdom budget">1989 budget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="1989 Conservative Party leadership election">1989 leadership election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_United_Kingdom_budget" title="1990 United Kingdom budget">1990 budget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="1990 Conservative Party leadership election">1990 leadership election and resignation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruges_speech" title="Bruges speech">Bruges speech</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poll_tax_(Great_Britain)" title="Poll tax (Great Britain)">Poll tax</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sermon on the Mound</a></li></ul> </div></div> <hr /> <div style="font-weight: bold;line-height:normal;">Post-premiership</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Death_and_funeral_of_Margaret_Thatcher" title="Death and funeral of Margaret Thatcher">Ceremonial funeral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher#Legacy" title="Margaret Thatcher">Legacy</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div style="font-weight: bold;line-height:normal;">Publications</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Downing_Street_Years" title="The Downing Street Years"><i>The Downing Street Years</i> (1993)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Path_to_Power_(Thatcher_book)" title="The Path to Power (Thatcher book)"><i>The Path to Power</i> (1995)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statecraft:_Strategies_for_a_Changing_World" title="Statecraft: Strategies for a Changing World"><i>Statecraft</i> (2003)</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div 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Thatcher">Margaret Thatcher</a> to the <a href="/wiki/General_Assembly_of_the_Church_of_Scotland" title="General Assembly of the Church of Scotland">General Assembly of the Church of Scotland</a> on Saturday, 21 May 1988.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThatcher1988_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThatcher1988-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This speech, which laid out the relationship between her religious and political thinking, proved highly controversial. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sermon_on_the_Mound&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Margaret_Thatcher_(Retouched).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Margaret_Thatcher_%28Retouched%29.JPG/220px-Margaret_Thatcher_%28Retouched%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="240" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Margaret_Thatcher_%28Retouched%29.JPG/330px-Margaret_Thatcher_%28Retouched%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Margaret_Thatcher_%28Retouched%29.JPG/440px-Margaret_Thatcher_%28Retouched%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1560" data-file-height="1701" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher" title="Margaret Thatcher">Margaret Thatcher</a> in 1988</figcaption></figure> <p>Thatcher has been described as Britain's most religious prime minister since <a href="/wiki/William_Ewart_Gladstone" title="William Ewart Gladstone">William Ewart Gladstone</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFilby2015xvii_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFilby2015xvii-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was raised as a <a href="/wiki/Methodism" title="Methodism">Methodist</a> and had preached as such in her <a href="/wiki/University_of_Oxford" title="University of Oxford">Oxford</a> years, but later she became a member of the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_England" title="Church of England">Church of England</a>. She understood her political convictions in terms of her faith. However, as prime minister, she repeatedly found herself in conflict with the churches; she was reportedly "livid" when <a href="/wiki/Robert_Runcie" title="Robert Runcie">the Archbishop of Canterbury</a> was critical of the <a href="/wiki/Falklands_War" title="Falklands War">Falklands War</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEN.N.1982_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEN.N.1982-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and she saw the Church of England's <i><a href="/wiki/Faith_in_the_City" title="Faith in the City">Faith in the City</a></i> report, with its theological criticism of her social policies, as an illegitimate intrusion of the church into the political sphere.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFilby2015172–176_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFilby2015172–176-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Scotland, Thatcher was particularly unpopular, and in the <a href="/wiki/1987_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1987 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1987 general election</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservatives" title="Scottish Conservatives">Conservatives</a> lost more than half of their seats north of the border. In May 1988, Thatcher chose Scotland as the setting for a televised speech before the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Scotland" title="Church of Scotland">Church of Scotland</a>'s <a href="/wiki/General_Assembly_of_the_Church_of_Scotland" title="General Assembly of the Church of Scotland">General Assembly</a>, which may have been co-authored by her chief policy advisor, <a href="/wiki/Brian_Griffiths,_Baron_Griffiths_of_Fforestfach" title="Brian Griffiths, Baron Griffiths of Fforestfach">Brian Griffiths</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFilby2015238,_240_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFilby2015238,_240-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and which was intended in part as a response to <i>Faith in the City</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECrossley2014_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECrossley2014-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was the first prime minister ever to address the body directly.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The assembly had convened for its first session of the year at 10 a.m. but paused its business to allow the timing of the Prime Minister's address to coincide with the television schedule.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She appeared in a Tory-blue suit and hat. Even before she spoke, some in the church objected to her being given this platform because of the damage done to Scottish communities by the closure of coal mines and shipyards. After welcoming her to the assembly, the <a href="/wiki/Moderator_of_the_General_Assembly_of_the_Church_of_Scotland" title="Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland">Moderator</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_A._Whyte" title="James A. Whyte">James Whyte</a>, professor of <a href="/wiki/Practical_theology" title="Practical theology">practical theology</a> at <a href="/wiki/University_of_St_Andrews" title="University of St Andrews">St Andrews</a>, asked, following the formal procedure, if it was the will of the assembly that the Prime Minister be permitted to speak. She had to wait while six parish ministers came forward to register their dissent.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEN.N.1994Reekie2018_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEN.N.1994Reekie2018-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Popular_title">Popular title</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sermon_on_the_Mound&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Popular title"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:New_College_on_the_Mound,_Edinburgh.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/New_College_on_the_Mound%2C_Edinburgh.jpg/220px-New_College_on_the_Mound%2C_Edinburgh.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/New_College_on_the_Mound%2C_Edinburgh.jpg/330px-New_College_on_the_Mound%2C_Edinburgh.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/New_College_on_the_Mound%2C_Edinburgh.jpg/440px-New_College_on_the_Mound%2C_Edinburgh.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/New_College,_Edinburgh" title="New College, Edinburgh">New College</a> (<i>pictured</i> in 2010), on the Mound in Edinburgh, which houses the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Scotland" title="Church of Scotland">Church of Scotland</a>'s <a href="/wiki/General_Assembly_Hall_of_the_Church_of_Scotland" title="General Assembly Hall of the Church of Scotland">Assembly Hall</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The name "Sermon on the Mound" is a <a href="/wiki/Word_play" title="Word play">play</a> on Jesus's <a href="/wiki/Sermon_on_the_Mount" title="Sermon on the Mount">Sermon on the Mount</a> and the artificial hill in <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a> called <a href="/wiki/The_Mound" title="The Mound">the Mound</a>, on which the church's <a href="/wiki/General_Assembly_Hall_of_the_Church_of_Scotland" title="General Assembly Hall of the Church of Scotland">Assembly Hall</a> stands. It reflects the <a href="/wiki/Sermon" title="Sermon">sermon</a>-like tone of her address, which is normally discouraged in debates in the assembly.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECrossley2014_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECrossley2014-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has also been seen in the context that Thatcher was preaching to a church and nation that had mostly rejected her ideology.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMaddox2013_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMaddox2013-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In an interview with <i><a href="/wiki/Scotland_on_Sunday" title="Scotland on Sunday">Scotland on Sunday</a></i> in October 1988, Thatcher said: "[I]t was not a sermon on the mount, it was Scotland asking me fully and frankly to give my beliefs, doing me the supreme courtesy and honour of asking me and listening with great attention."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcMahon1988_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcMahon1988-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Themes">Themes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sermon_on_the_Mound&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Themes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the address, Thatcher offered a <a href="/wiki/Theology" title="Theology">theological</a> justification for her ideas on <a href="/wiki/Capitalism" title="Capitalism">capitalism</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Market_economy" title="Market economy">market economy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFilby2015238_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFilby2015238-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Individualism">Individualism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sermon_on_the_Mound&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Individualism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>One key idea in Thatcher's political thinking was <a href="/wiki/Individualism" title="Individualism">individualism</a>, notably summed up in her 1987 statement that "[t]here is no such thing as society". This aligns with the theme of individual personal <a href="/wiki/Salvation_in_Christianity" title="Salvation in Christianity">salvation</a> in the evangelical <a href="/wiki/Wesleyan_tradition" class="mw-redirect" title="Wesleyan tradition">Wesleyan tradition</a> in which she was raised.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECrossley2014_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECrossley2014-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A main theme of the speech is, therefore, the individual, both in the context of <a href="/wiki/Spirituality" title="Spirituality">spirituality</a> and of <a href="/wiki/Economic_agency" class="mw-redirect" title="Economic agency">economic agency</a>. Citing a view that "Christianity is about spiritual <a href="/wiki/Redemption_(theology)" title="Redemption (theology)">redemption</a>, not <a href="/wiki/Social_reform" class="mw-redirect" title="Social reform">social reform</a>", she asserted that, while it would be wrong to see these as opposites, Christians should emphasise <a href="/wiki/Personal_responsibility" class="mw-redirect" title="Personal responsibility">personal responsibility</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThatcher1988_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThatcher1988-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Quoting from the hymn "<a href="/wiki/I_Vow_to_Thee,_My_Country" title="I Vow to Thee, My Country">I Vow to Thee, My Country</a>" (which had never been part of the Scottish tradition of worship<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), she said: "It goes on to speak of 'another country I heard of long ago' whose King can't be seen and whose armies can't be counted, but 'soul by soul and silently her shining bounds increase'. Not group by group, or party by party, or even church by church—but soul by soul—and each one counts."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERaban198965_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERaban198965-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Choice">Choice</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sermon_on_the_Mound&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Choice"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Choice played a significant part in <a href="/wiki/Thatcherism" title="Thatcherism">Thatcherite</a> reforms, and she claimed it as a <a href="/wiki/Christian_value" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian value">Christian value</a> by linking it with the idea that Christ chose to lay down his life and that all individuals have the God-given right to choose between <a href="/wiki/Good_and_evil" title="Good and evil">good and evil</a>. Thus <a href="/wiki/Free_will_in_theology" title="Free will in theology">theological ideas of free will</a> flowed together in her thinking with <a href="/wiki/Free-market" class="mw-redirect" title="Free-market">free-market</a> ideas of <a href="/wiki/Consumer_choice" title="Consumer choice">consumer choice</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWeiss2011_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWeiss2011-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Democracy">Democracy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sermon_on_the_Mound&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Democracy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The speech contains an ambivalence towards democracy. It points out that "nowhere in the Bible is the word democracy mentioned" and, ideally, when Christians meet, the purpose should not be "to ascertain what is the mind of the majority but what is the mind of the <a href="/wiki/Holy_Spirit_in_Christianity" title="Holy Spirit in Christianity">Holy Spirit</a> – something which may be quite different".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThatcher1988_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThatcher1988-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nevertheless, she professes to be an enthusiast for democracy because, more than any other system, it safeguards the value of the individual and restrains the abuse of power: "[A]nd that <em>is</em> a Christian concept."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThatcher1988_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThatcher1988-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thus democracy is linked in her thinking to individualism rather than to the community.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECrossley2014_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECrossley2014-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wealth_production">Wealth production</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sermon_on_the_Mound&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Wealth production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A central pillar of Thatcherite economics was the role of <a href="/wiki/Private_enterprise" class="mw-redirect" title="Private enterprise">private enterprise</a> in producing wealth. In the speech to the assembly, she linked this to biblical commands: "We are told we must work and use our talents to create wealth. '<a href="/wiki/He_who_does_not_work,_neither_shall_he_eat" title="He who does not work, neither shall he eat">If a man will not work he shall not eat</a>' wrote <a href="/wiki/St._Paul" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Paul">St. Paul</a> to the Thessalonians. Indeed, abundance rather than poverty has a legitimacy which derives from the very nature of <a href="/wiki/Genesis_creation_narrative" title="Genesis creation narrative">Creation</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWeiss2011_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWeiss2011-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, she did not mention the <a href="/wiki/Good_Samaritan" class="mw-redirect" title="Good Samaritan">Good Samaritan</a>; her remark that the Samaritan could not have helped if he had not been rich and that the <a href="/wiki/Parable" title="Parable">parable</a> teaches us first to create wealth and then help the poor, has sometimes been cited in the context of this speech,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEScotsman_Newsroom2009_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEScotsman_Newsroom2009-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but was made elsewhere.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has been suggested that by 1988 the Samaritan interpretation had become "an <a href="/wiki/Albatross_(metaphor)" title="Albatross (metaphor)">albatross</a>" which she avoided repeating.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESpencer2017_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESpencer2017-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sermon_on_the_Mound&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When Thatcher finished speaking, the Moderator, James Whyte, formally presented her with church reports on <a href="/wiki/Homelessness" title="Homelessness">homelessness</a>, poverty and <a href="/wiki/Social_security" class="mw-redirect" title="Social security">social security</a>, which was interpreted in the press as a polite rebuke.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECrawley2009_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECrawley2009-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of these, entitled <i>Just Sharing: a Christian Approach to the Distribution of Wealth, Income and Benefits</i>, advocated heavy taxation on the rich and a revived <a href="/wiki/Beveridge_Report" title="Beveridge Report">Beveridge Report</a> for the poor.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFilby2015241_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFilby2015241-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The house broke into laughter and applause as Whyte read the titles of the reports.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECrawley2009_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECrawley2009-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This gesture led Conservative MP <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Fairbairn" title="Nicholas Fairbairn">Nicholas Fairbairn</a> to declare Whyte "Satanic".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESteele1989Herald_Newsroom1995_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESteele1989Herald_Newsroom1995-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thatcher's speech was highly controversial. One clergyman present described it as "a disgraceful travesty of the <a href="/wiki/Gospel" title="Gospel">gospel</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECole2013_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECole2013-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following day, the professor of practical theology at Edinburgh University, <a href="/wiki/Duncan_B._Forrester" title="Duncan B. Forrester">Duncan B. Forrester</a>, objected on <a href="/wiki/Radio_Forth" title="Radio Forth">Radio Forth</a> that the church had never countenanced the idea of an "individualist's paradise".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERaban198967_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERaban198967-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Church of England's Board of Social Responsibility issued a highly critical <a href="/wiki/Open_letter" title="Open letter">open letter</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFilby2015241_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFilby2015241-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the Catholic side, Cardinal <a href="/wiki/Basil_Hume" title="Basil Hume">Basil Hume</a> merely remarked: "I already have to deal with one leader who thinks they're infallible."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFilby2015241_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFilby2015241-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Criticism was not restricted to voices within the churches. Much resentment was caused by the message "If a man will not work, he shall not eat" from a prime minister who had presided over an unprecedented rise in unemployment.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcMahon1988_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcMahon1988-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Holding this speech before the Scottish church at a time when the Conservative party had just lost seats in Scotland and Thatcher's approval ratings north of the border were particularly low has been described as "<a href="/wiki/Political_suicide" title="Political suicide">political suicide</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFilby2015240_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFilby2015240-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One journalist recalls: "It's said that this speech marked the beginning of the end for Conservative rule in Scotland, with many voices raised in opposition to what they regarded as an alien creed that abused classic Christian ideas in an effort to fashion a political manifesto."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECrawley2009_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECrawley2009-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thatcher's foreign policy advisor <a href="/wiki/Charles_Powell,_Baron_Powell_of_Bayswater" title="Charles Powell, Baron Powell of Bayswater">Charles Powell</a> later admitted: "It was an unmitigated disaster and she should never have done it."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFilby2015238_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFilby2015238-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, Thatcher's supporters believed that if the church invited her to speak, it should have expected her to talk about the religious aspects of her worldview.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECrawley2009_25-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECrawley2009-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Margaret Thatcher Foundation, which reproduces the full text of the speech on its website and characterises the nickname "Sermon on the Mound" as tasteless,<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> rates it as having key importance as a statement of Thatcher's views on "<a href="/wiki/Civil_liberties" title="Civil liberties">civil liberties</a>, education, taxation, <a href="/wiki/Family_values" title="Family values">family</a>, <a href="/wiki/Race_(biology)" title="Race (biology)">race</a>, immigration, nationality, religion & <a href="/wiki/Morality" title="Morality">morality</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Insurance" title="National Insurance">social security</a>, and welfare".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThatcher1988_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThatcher1988-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thatcher herself noted: "[W]e have had more requests for copies of that speech from all over the world than any other."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcMahon1988_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcMahon1988-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1989, the novelist <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Raban" title="Jonathan Raban">Jonathan Raban</a> made a detailed analysis of the address using the methodology of <a href="/wiki/Literary_criticism" title="Literary criticism">literary criticism</a>, in particular studying how the vocabulary resonates with the language of English Methodism and of Scottish <a href="/wiki/Presbyterianism" title="Presbyterianism">Presbyterianism</a>, as well as its place in Thatcher's own political <a href="/wiki/Rhetoric" title="Rhetoric">rhetoric</a>. He discusses the allusions to <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" title="Abraham Lincoln">Abraham Lincoln</a>, the "<a href="/wiki/Battle_Hymn_of_the_Republic" title="Battle Hymn of the Republic">Battle Hymn of the Republic</a>" and <a href="/wiki/Gilbert_and_Sullivan" title="Gilbert and Sullivan">Gilbert and Sullivan</a>. He highlights the significance of the idiosyncratic "Judaic-Christian" (as opposed to <a href="/wiki/Judeo-Christian" title="Judeo-Christian">Judeo-Christian</a>) and the implied <a href="/wiki/Criticism_of_Islam" title="Criticism of Islam">slighting of Islam</a>. Raban rates the speech as a strong statement of Thatcher's ideas: "[N]o attack on its eccentric theology, its flawed logic, its mercilessly scant language can rob Mrs Thatcher's speech of the remarkable consistency of its vision. It is stamped throughout with her peculiar integrity, her plainspun way with big ideas, her scornful and impatient certitude."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERaban198967_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERaban198967-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, he concludes that the language of the address "has the unpleasant ring of a new and pertly unctuous thieves' slang".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERaban198971_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERaban198971-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sermon_on_the_Mound&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">On 17 May 2008, <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Brown" title="Gordon Brown">Gordon Brown</a> became the first <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> prime minister to address the assembly, and the press compared the two speeches closely.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDavidson2008Torrance2008Renton2008_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDavidson2008Torrance2008Renton2008-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> The minutes of the assembly record: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p><i>The General Assembly suspended their sitting at 10.50 a.m. until 11.10 a.m.<br /></i> </p><p><i>On resuming, The Right Hon. Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of Her Majesty's Government, being present, was invited to address the General Assembly. <br /></i> <i>The Rev. P. Reamonn entered his dissent to which the Rev. A. K. Sorensen, the Rev. S. D. McQuarrie, the Rev. J. Ainslie, the Rev. R. H. Drummond, and the Rev. C. M. Anderson adhered. The following reasons for dissent were adduced: --<br /></i> </p> <dl><dd><i>that it would have been more appropriate for the invitation to have been at the time of presentation of the Report of the Committee on Church and Nation when there would also have been more opportunity for a fuller response;</i></dd> <dd><i>that the Prime Minister had come to the Assembly to use it for her own political purposes, and to preach a gospel other than the Christian Gospel;</i></dd> <dd><i>that the Prime Minister represented a Government which has caused great suffering and deep distress for many people;</i></dd> <dd><i>that the action of the Moderator had presented the Assembly with a </i>fait accompli.<i></i></dd></dl> <p><i>The Moderator then welcomed the Prime Minister, invited her to address the General Assembly, and thereafter thanked her and presented her with a memento of her visit.</i><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChurch_of_Scotland_Assembly_Arrangements_Committee198829–30_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChurch_of_Scotland_Assembly_Arrangements_Committee198829–30-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> The minutes contain no account of the content of the speech itself.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Rev. Stuart McQuarrie quipped from the podium, "Moderator, I am minister of a place called <a href="/wiki/Toryglen" title="Toryglen">Toryglen</a>, and I wish to record my dissent."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">It is not to be found in the hymnbook in use at the time: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation cs2"><i>Church Hymnary</i> (3rd ed.)</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Church+Hymnary&rft.edition=3rd&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASermon+on+the+Mound" class="Z3988"></span>. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1033199720">.mw-parser-output div.crossreference{padding-left:0}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><span role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable crossreference">See also <a href="/wiki/Hymnbooks_of_the_Church_of_Scotland" title="Hymnbooks of the Church of Scotland">Hymnbooks of the Church of Scotland</a>.</span> The faux pas of citing from English rather than Scottish hymnody has been identified as an example of cultural insensitivity in the speech.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFilby2015240_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFilby2015240-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">First reference in 1968 in Blackpool: "The point is that even the Good Samaritan had to have the money to help, otherwise he too would have had to pass on the other side."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThatcher1968_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThatcher1968-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Then on TV in 1980: "No-one would remember the good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions; he had money as well."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThatcher1980_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThatcher1980-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1988, it was quoted back at her in Parliament (<a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister%27s_Question_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime Minister's Question Time">Prime Minister's Question Time</a>) by <a href="/wiki/Win_Griffiths" title="Win Griffiths">Win Griffiths</a>: "The Prime Minister thought that the most significant thing about the <a href="/wiki/Parable_of_the_Good_Samaritan" title="Parable of the Good Samaritan">parable of the Good Samaritan</a>... [Interruption] ...was that he had money in his pocket to help those in need. Will she now, in the spirit of the Good Samaritan, advocate that all those who have received money beyond their wildest dreams from the Chancellor in the Budget should give it back to help those people, or does she prefer the parable of <a href="/wiki/Rich_man_and_Lazarus" title="Rich man and Lazarus">Lazarus and the rich man</a>?"<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThatcher1980_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThatcher1980-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Editorial comment above the text of the speech: "Tastelessly, opponents nicknamed the speech 'the Sermon on the Mound<span style="padding-right:.15em;">'</span>"<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThatcher1988_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThatcher1988-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sermon_on_the_Mound&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEThatcher1988-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThatcher1988_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThatcher1988_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThatcher1988_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThatcher1988_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThatcher1988_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThatcher1988_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFThatcher1988">Thatcher 1988</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFilby2015xvii-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFilby2015xvii_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFilby2015">Filby 2015</a>, p. xvii.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEN.N.1982-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEN.N.1982_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFN.N.1982">N.N. 1982</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFilby2015172–176-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFilby2015172–176_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFilby2015">Filby 2015</a>, pp. 172–176.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFilby2015238,_240-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFilby2015238,_240_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFilby2015">Filby 2015</a>, pp. 238, 240.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTECrossley2014-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECrossley2014_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECrossley2014_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECrossley2014_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECrossley2014_6-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFCrossley2014">Crossley 2014</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDavidson2008Torrance2008Renton2008-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDavidson2008Torrance2008Renton2008_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDavidson2008">Davidson 2008</a>; <a href="#CITEREFTorrance2008">Torrance 2008</a>; <a href="#CITEREFRenton2008">Renton 2008</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEChurch_of_Scotland_Assembly_Arrangements_Committee198829–30-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChurch_of_Scotland_Assembly_Arrangements_Committee198829–30_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFChurch_of_Scotland_Assembly_Arrangements_Committee1988">Church of Scotland Assembly Arrangements Committee 1988</a>, pp. 29–30.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEN.N.1994Reekie2018-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEN.N.1994Reekie2018_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFN.N.1994">N.N. 1994</a>; <a href="#CITEREFReekie2018">Reekie 2018</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMaddox2013-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMaddox2013_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMaddox2013">Maddox 2013</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcMahon1988-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcMahon1988_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcMahon1988_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcMahon1988_14-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMcMahon1988">McMahon 1988</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFilby2015238-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFilby2015238_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFilby2015238_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFilby2015">Filby 2015</a>, p. 238.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFilby2015240-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFilby2015240_16-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFilby2015240_16-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFilby2015">Filby 2015</a>, p. 240.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERaban198965-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERaban198965_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRaban1989">Raban 1989</a>, p. 65.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWeiss2011-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWeiss2011_19-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWeiss2011_19-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWeiss2011">Weiss 2011</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEScotsman_Newsroom2009-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEScotsman_Newsroom2009_20-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFScotsman_Newsroom2009">Scotsman Newsroom 2009</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEThatcher1968-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThatcher1968_21-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFThatcher1968">Thatcher 1968</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEThatcher1980-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThatcher1980_22-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThatcher1980_22-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFThatcher1980">Thatcher 1980</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESpencer2017-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESpencer2017_24-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSpencer2017">Spencer 2017</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTECrawley2009-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECrawley2009_25-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECrawley2009_25-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECrawley2009_25-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECrawley2009_25-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFCrawley2009">Crawley 2009</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFilby2015241-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFilby2015241_26-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFilby2015241_26-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFilby2015241_26-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFilby2015">Filby 2015</a>, p. 241.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESteele1989Herald_Newsroom1995-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESteele1989Herald_Newsroom1995_27-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSteele1989">Steele 1989</a>; <a href="#CITEREFHerald_Newsroom1995">Herald Newsroom 1995</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTECole2013-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECole2013_28-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFCole2013">Cole 2013</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERaban198967-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERaban198967_29-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERaban198967_29-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRaban1989">Raban 1989</a>, p. 67.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERaban198971-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERaban198971_31-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRaban1989">Raban 1989</a>, p. 71.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sermon_on_the_Mound&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin refbegin-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 22em"> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChurch_of_Scotland_Assembly_Arrangements_Committee1988" class="citation book cs1">Church of Scotland Assembly Arrangements Committee (1988). 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the website of the Margaret Thatcher Foundation</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J21NXB6rIw0&t=12s">The original broadcast footage on YouTube</a> - N.B. a paragraph on religious tolerance has been edited out of this video.</li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox-styles+.navbox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output .navbox-inner,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-title,.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow{padding:0.25em 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href="/wiki/The_lady%27s_not_for_turning" title="The lady's not for turning">"The lady's not for turning" (1980)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_United_Kingdom_budget" title="1981 United Kingdom budget">Budget (1981)</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gang_of_25" title="Gang of 25">Gang of 25</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Irish_hunger_strike" title="1981 Irish hunger strike">Irish hunger strike (1981)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_United_Kingdom_budget" title="1982 United Kingdom budget">Budget (1982)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falklands_War" title="Falklands War">Falklands War</a> (1982) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rejoice_(Margaret_Thatcher)" title="Rejoice (Margaret Thatcher)">"Rejoice"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diana_Gould%E2%80%93Margaret_Thatcher_exchange" title="Diana Gould–Margaret Thatcher exchange">Diana Gould exchange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_flags_over_Port_Stanley" title="White flags over Port Stanley">"White flags over Port Stanley"</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_budget" title="1983 United Kingdom budget">Budget (1983)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal"><a href="/wiki/Second_Thatcher_ministry" title="Second Thatcher ministry">2nd ministry<br />(1983–1987)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1984_United_Kingdom_budget" title="1984 United Kingdom budget">Budget (1984)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brighton_hotel_bombing" title="Brighton hotel bombing">Brighton hotel bombing</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/GCHQ_trade_union_ban" title="GCHQ trade union ban">GCHQ trade union ban</a> (1984) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Civil_Service_Unions_v_Minister_for_the_Civil_Service" title="Council of Civil Service Unions v Minister for the Civil Service">CCSU case</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%931985_United_Kingdom_miners%27_strike" title="1984–1985 United Kingdom miners' strike">Miners' strike (1984–85)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_United_Kingdom_budget" title="1985 United Kingdom budget">Budget (1985)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Irish_Agreement" title="Anglo-Irish Agreement">Anglo-Irish Agreement</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1985" title="Local Government Act 1985">Local Government Act (1985)</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rate-capping_rebellion" title="Rate-capping rebellion">rate-capping rebellion</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westland_affair" title="Westland affair">Westland affair</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_United_Kingdom_budget" title="1986 United Kingdom budget">Budget (1986)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_United_Kingdom_budget" title="1987 United Kingdom budget">Budget (1987)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal"><a href="/wiki/Third_Thatcher_ministry" title="Third Thatcher ministry">3rd ministry<br />(1987–1990)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1988_United_Kingdom_budget" title="1988 United Kingdom budget">Budget (1988)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%931994_British_broadcasting_voice_restrictions" title="1988–1994 British broadcasting voice restrictions">Broadcasting restrictions (1988)</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">"Sermon on the Mound" (1988)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruges_speech" title="Bruges speech">Bruges speech</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_United_Kingdom_budget" title="1989 United Kingdom budget">Budget (1989)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poll_tax_(Great_Britain)" title="Poll tax (Great Britain)">Community Charge (1989–90)</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Poll_tax_riots" title="Poll tax riots">Poll tax riots</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_United_Kingdom_budget" title="1990 United Kingdom budget">Budget (1990)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._No._No._(Margaret_Thatcher)" title="No. No. No. (Margaret Thatcher)">"No. No. No." (1990)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Prime_Minister%27s_Resignation_Honours" title="1990 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours">Resignation Honours (1990)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_history_of_Margaret_Thatcher#Conservative_Party_leadership_elections" title="Electoral history of Margaret Thatcher">Party elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1975_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="1975 Conservative Party leadership election">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="1989 Conservative Party leadership election">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="1990 Conservative Party leadership election">1990</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_history_of_Margaret_Thatcher#United_Kingdom_general_elections" title="Electoral history of Margaret Thatcher">General elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1979_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1979 United Kingdom general election">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1983 United Kingdom general election">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1987 United Kingdom general election">1987</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Bibliography_of_Margaret_Thatcher" title="Bibliography of Margaret Thatcher">Books</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Downing_Street_Years" title="The Downing Street Years">The Downing Street Years</a></i> (1993 autobiography)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Path_to_Power_(Thatcher_book)" title="The Path to Power (Thatcher book)">The Path to Power</a></i> (1995 memoir)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Statecraft:_Strategies_for_a_Changing_World" title="Statecraft: Strategies for a Changing World">Statecraft: Strategies for a Changing World</a></i> (2003)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Family</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Denis_Thatcher" title="Denis Thatcher">Denis Thatcher</a> (husband) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thatcher_baronets" title="Thatcher baronets">baronetcy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Thatcher" title="Mark Thatcher">Mark Thatcher</a> (son)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carol_Thatcher" title="Carol Thatcher">Carol Thatcher</a> (daughter)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Roberts" title="Alfred Roberts">Alfred Roberts</a> (father)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/We_have_become_a_grandmother" title="We have become a grandmother">We have become a grandmother</a>" (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cultural_depictions_of_Margaret_Thatcher" title="Cultural depictions of Margaret Thatcher">Cultural depictions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Film and<br />television</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Anyone_for_Denis%3F_(video)" title="Anyone for Denis? 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(Grantham)">Grantham (2022)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Paintings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Portrait_of_Margaret_Thatcher" title="Portrait of Margaret Thatcher">Richard Stone portrait</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blatcherism" title="Blatcherism">Blatcherism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Death_and_funeral_of_Margaret_Thatcher" title="Death and funeral of Margaret Thatcher">Death and funeral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_honours_of_Margaret_Thatcher" title="List of honours of Margaret Thatcher">Honours</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thatchergate" 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