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href="/wiki/File:President_Ronald_Reagan_Meeting_with_Prime_Minister_Margaret_Thatcher_at_10_Downing_Street_in_London,_England.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/President_Ronald_Reagan_Meeting_with_Prime_Minister_Margaret_Thatcher_at_10_Downing_Street_in_London%2C_England.jpg/220px-President_Ronald_Reagan_Meeting_with_Prime_Minister_Margaret_Thatcher_at_10_Downing_Street_in_London%2C_England.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="332" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/President_Ronald_Reagan_Meeting_with_Prime_Minister_Margaret_Thatcher_at_10_Downing_Street_in_London%2C_England.jpg/330px-President_Ronald_Reagan_Meeting_with_Prime_Minister_Margaret_Thatcher_at_10_Downing_Street_in_London%2C_England.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/President_Ronald_Reagan_Meeting_with_Prime_Minister_Margaret_Thatcher_at_10_Downing_Street_in_London%2C_England.jpg/440px-President_Ronald_Reagan_Meeting_with_Prime_Minister_Margaret_Thatcher_at_10_Downing_Street_in_London%2C_England.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2652" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption>Thatcher on the steps of 10 Downing Street, with US president <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a>, in June 1982. <a href="/wiki/John_Nott" title="John Nott">John Nott</a> is the man wearing glasses behind Thatcher.</figcaption></figure> <p>"<b>Rejoice</b>" was a remark made by British prime minister <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher" title="Margaret Thatcher">Margaret Thatcher</a> in <a href="/wiki/Downing_Street" title="Downing Street">Downing Street</a> on 25 April 1982 following a statement read by Secretary of State for Defence <a href="/wiki/John_Nott" title="John Nott">John Nott</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Operation_Paraquet" title="Operation Paraquet">successful recapture of South Georgia from Argentine forces</a>, one of the first acts of the <a href="/wiki/Falklands_War" title="Falklands War">Falklands War</a>. A journalist asked, "What happens next, Mr Nott?" at which point Thatcher intervened to state, "just rejoice at that news and congratulate our forces and the Marines", on which she and Nott headed back towards 10 Downing Street. As she reached the doorstep, Thatcher reiterated "rejoice" before entering the building. The words were controversial, with Thatcher's critics regarding them as <a href="/wiki/Jingoism" title="Jingoism">jingoistic</a> and triumphal, particularly regarding a military operation in which lives may have been lost. Thatcher's supporters regarded the words as a statement of support for British forces and a mark of the relief felt by Thatcher after a successful military operation. The phrase, often paraphrased as "rejoice, rejoice", has been used since in speech and art. Former prime minister <a href="/wiki/Edward_Heath" title="Edward Heath">Edward Heath</a> uttered the words on Thatcher's resignation in 1990. Labour prime minister <a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a> received dissent from his backbenchers (including cries of "Thatcher!") in 2004 when, after the <a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a>, he asked the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a> "whatever mistakes have been made, rejoice that Iraq can have such a future". </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=Rejoice_(Margaret_Thatcher)&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" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Grytviken_South_Georgia_Whaling_Station_(4632133069).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Grytviken_South_Georgia_Whaling_Station_%284632133069%29.jpg/220px-Grytviken_South_Georgia_Whaling_Station_%284632133069%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Grytviken_South_Georgia_Whaling_Station_%284632133069%29.jpg/330px-Grytviken_South_Georgia_Whaling_Station_%284632133069%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Grytviken_South_Georgia_Whaling_Station_%284632133069%29.jpg/440px-Grytviken_South_Georgia_Whaling_Station_%284632133069%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2189" data-file-height="1402" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Grytviken" title="Grytviken">Grytviken</a>, the largest <a href="/wiki/Whaling_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Whaling station">whaling station</a> on <a href="/wiki/South_Georgia_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="South Georgia Island">South Georgia</a> (<i>pictured</i> in 1993)</figcaption></figure> <p>On 2 April 1982, Argentina <a href="/wiki/1982_invasion_of_the_Falkland_Islands" title="1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands">invaded the British dependency of the Falklands Islands</a>, this was followed, on 3 April, by an <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_South_Georgia" title="Invasion of South Georgia">invasion of the island of South Georgia</a>. The same day British prime minister <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher" title="Margaret Thatcher">Margaret Thatcher</a> dispatched <a href="/wiki/Falklands_Task_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Falklands Task Force">a naval task force</a> on the 8,000 miles (13,000 km) trip to the islands to recapture them.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBadseyGroveHavers20044_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBadseyGroveHavers20044-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thatcher decided, in the face of strong reservation from the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> Commander in Chief of the Fleet Admiral <a href="/wiki/Sir_John_Fieldhouse" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir John Fieldhouse">Sir John Fieldhouse</a>, to retake South Georgia, <a href="/wiki/Operation_Paraquet" title="Operation Paraquet">an operation codenamed Paraquet</a>. Thatcher and other politicians believed this would be an easy victory that would bolster public support for the war and send a signal of intent to the Argentines.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAitken2013346_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAitken2013346-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Initial moves to land British special forces units on 22 April had resulted in the loss of two helicopters to poor weather, and on learning the news, Thatcher wept for the possible loss of 17 men; they were later rescued by a third helicopter.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAitken2013347_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAitken2013347-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 25 April, a <a href="/wiki/Royal_Marine" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Marine">Royal Marine</a> landing force successfully recaptured the islands, disabling an Argentine submarine and taking the <a href="/wiki/Garrison" title="Garrison">garrison</a> at <a href="/wiki/Grytviken" title="Grytviken">Grytviken</a> prisoner with no British casualties.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJaques2007962_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJaques2007962-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Statement">Statement</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rejoice_(Margaret_Thatcher)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Statement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox" style="clear: right; float:right;margin:0 0 1.5em 1.5em"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:115%">External videos</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-style: italic">Remarks on the recapture of South Georgia<sup id="cite_ref-thatcher_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thatcher-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:No._10_Downing_Street_in_1977_(2414669655).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A dim shot of the door of 10 Downing Street"><img alt="A dim shot of the door of 10 Downing Street" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/No._10_Downing_Street_in_1977_%282414669655%29.jpg/220px-No._10_Downing_Street_in_1977_%282414669655%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/No._10_Downing_Street_in_1977_%282414669655%29.jpg/330px-No._10_Downing_Street_in_1977_%282414669655%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/No._10_Downing_Street_in_1977_%282414669655%29.jpg/440px-No._10_Downing_Street_in_1977_%282414669655%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/10_Downing_Street" title="10 Downing Street">10 Downing Street</a> (<i>pictured</i> in 1977)</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="video icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/16px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/24px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/32px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></span></span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHwCbIEVmG0"><span class="plainlinks">Statement outside No. 10</span></a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a><sup id="cite_ref-video_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-video-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>News of the victory was announced at a press briefing outside of <a href="/wiki/10_Downing_Street" title="10 Downing Street">10 Downing Street</a> on 25 April.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAitken2013347_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAitken2013347-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thatcher emerged from the front door, closely followed by her Secretary of State for Defence <a href="/wiki/John_Nott" title="John Nott">John Nott</a>, in a manner that journalists <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Wapshott" title="Nicholas Wapshott">Nicholas Wapshott</a> and <a href="/wiki/George_Brock_(journalist)" title="George Brock (journalist)">George Brock</a> described as "towing Nott in her wake".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWapshottBrock1983244_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWapshottBrock1983244-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thatcher introduced Nott to the waiting press, stating that "The Secretary of State for Defence has just come over to give me some very good news and I think you'd like to have it at once".<sup id="cite_ref-thatcher_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thatcher-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nott then read out a pre-prepared statement that revealed that the landings had taken place on South Georgia at around 4<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm British Summer Time and that at about 6<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm the Argentine garrison had surrendered, after offering little resistance. He said that casualties for the Argentine side could not be confirmed but that none had been reported for the British forces. Nott concluded by reading the text of a signal sent by the commander of Operation Paraquet "Be pleased to inform Her Majesty that the <a href="/wiki/White_Ensign" title="White Ensign">White Ensign</a> flies alongside the <a href="/wiki/Union_Jack" title="Union Jack">Union Jack</a> in South Georgia. God save the Queen".<sup id="cite_ref-thatcher_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thatcher-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wapshott and Brock said that Nott "looked like an unhappy head prefect reading an announcement to school prayer".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWapshottBrock1983244_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWapshottBrock1983244-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the conclusion of Nott's statement, Thatcher turned to move back to Downing Street.<sup id="cite_ref-video_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-video-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A member of the press then asked "What happens next, Mr Nott?", on which Nott stated "thank you very much" and began to walk away.<sup id="cite_ref-video_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-video-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thatcher intervened to say, "Just rejoice at that news and congratulate our forces and the Marines", while simultaneously another journalist asks, "what is your reaction prime minister?".<sup id="cite_ref-video_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-video-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thatcher and Nott, who had paused during her statement, then walked to the door to 10 Downing Street; Thatcher saying "goodnight gentlemen" as she did so.<sup id="cite_ref-thatcher_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thatcher-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-video_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-video-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During this time a journalist asked "Are we going to declare war on Argentina, Mrs Thatcher?", on reaching the doorstep she reiterated: "rejoice".<sup id="cite_ref-ft_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ft-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thatcher's biographer and fellow <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a> member of Parliament, <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Aitken" title="Jonathan Aitken">Jonathan Aitken</a>, said that Thatcher <a href="/wiki/Alveolar_trill" class="mw-redirect" title="Alveolar trill">rolled the R</a> when she used the word "rejoice".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAitken2013347_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAitken2013347-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several video recordings were made of the entire exchange, and Nott's statement was broadcast live on BBC Radio.<sup id="cite_ref-thatcher_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thatcher-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Impact_and_legacy">Impact and legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rejoice_(Margaret_Thatcher)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Impact and legacy"><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:Edward_Heath_11_Allan_Warren.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Edward_Heath_11_Allan_Warren.jpg/170px-Edward_Heath_11_Allan_Warren.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="261" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Edward_Heath_11_Allan_Warren.jpg/255px-Edward_Heath_11_Allan_Warren.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Edward_Heath_11_Allan_Warren.jpg/340px-Edward_Heath_11_Allan_Warren.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7793" data-file-height="11959" /></a><figcaption>Thatcher's predecessor <a href="/wiki/Edward_Heath" title="Edward Heath">Edward Heath</a> (<i>pictured</i> in 1987) would repeat the phrase on her resignation in 1990.</figcaption></figure> <p>The statement to "rejoice", in context with a military operation, led to controversy and Nigel Andrews, writing in the <i>Financial Times</i> in 2007, called it one of the "most famous, or infamous, things that Margaret Thatcher ever said". He stated that the statement divided the British public into those who regarded it as a simple call to celebrate a British military victory and those who saw it as disrespectful of the potential loss of life and a sign of increasing fanaticism and <a href="/wiki/Jingoism" title="Jingoism">jingoism</a> in the Thatcher administration.<sup id="cite_ref-ft_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ft-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thatcher's opponents made frequent use of the statement, often paraphrased as "rejoice, rejoice".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKnowles200694_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKnowles200694-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> politician <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Castle" title="Barbara Castle">Barbara Castle</a>, writing in 1993, characterised the statement as an example of Thatcher's tendency to triumphalism, which she regarded as increasing at this time.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECastle1993554_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECastle1993554-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She says that Thatcher may well have been rejoicing at <a href="/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_1983_United_Kingdom_general_election#1982" title="Opinion polling for the 1983 United Kingdom general election">her rise in the opinion polls</a>, which rose from below 30% to above 40% during the war and led to Thatcher's <a href="/wiki/Landslide_victory" title="Landslide victory">landslide victory</a> at the <a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1983 United Kingdom general election">1983 general election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECastle1993554_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECastle1993554-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Oliver Wilmott, writing in the <i><a href="/wiki/New_Statesman" title="New Statesman">New Statesman</a></i> in 2010, regarded the words as an attempt by Thatcher to "[tap] in to a vein of national aspiration".<sup id="cite_ref-ns_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ns-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Writer on leadership Phillip Abbot in 1997 regarded the statement as <i lang="en"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Churchillian#English" class="extiw" title="wikt:Churchillian">Churchillian</a></i> and a mark of Thatcher's characterisation of the war as, in her words, a "struggle between <a href="/wiki/Good_and_evil" title="Good and evil">good and evil</a>" and Juliet and Wayne Thompson in 2004 considered the statement showed the appearance of "confident command" by Thatcher.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAbbott1997ThompsonThompson1994106_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAbbott1997ThompsonThompson1994106-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Aitken states that the statement has been widely misconstrued; he believes that it was made as a rebuke to the reporters asking questions rather than an instruction to the British public.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAitken2013347_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAitken2013347-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Journalist <a href="/wiki/Simon_Jenkins" title="Simon Jenkins">Simon Jenkins</a>, writing in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Spectator" title="The Spectator">The Spectator</a></i> in 1983, regarded the statement as a mark of the immense relief of the Prime Minister at the successful conclusion of Operation Paraquet, a position with which Aitken concurred.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAitken2013347_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAitken2013347-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Rejoice, Rejoice</i> is the title of a 1983 artwork by artist Michael Peel. Intending to demonstrate the human cost of the war, he constructed a <a href="/wiki/Photomontage" title="Photomontage">photomontage</a> of human arms and legs in the pattern of a Union Flag; the whole surrounded in red, white and blue ribbons with the text "<a href="/wiki/Next_of_kin" title="Next of kin">next of kin</a> will be informed" prominent. The work is now in the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_War_Museum" title="Imperial War Museum">Imperial War Museum</a> collection.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The phrase was repeated by prominent Thatcher critic <a href="/wiki/Edward_Heath" title="Edward Heath">Edward Heath</a> on her resignation in 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-ns_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ns-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The word "rejoice" was controversially used by Labour prime minister <a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a> in the House of Commons in 2004, following the <a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ft_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ft-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Blair stated that "whatever mistakes have been made, rejoice that Iraq can have such a future" to dissent from his backbenchers and cries of "Thatcher!".<sup id="cite_ref-ft_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ft-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thatcher herself reused the word in a 13 June 2007 statement on the <a href="/wiki/British_Forces_Broadcasting_Service" title="British Forces Broadcasting Service">British Forces Broadcasting Service</a>, marking the 25th anniversary of the recapture of the Falkland Islands: "the whole nation rejoiced at the success; and we should still rejoice".<sup id="cite_ref-ft_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ft-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher_Foundation" class="mw-redirect" title="Margaret Thatcher Foundation">Margaret Thatcher Foundation</a> holds, in its archive, a draft copy of Nott's statement.<sup id="cite_ref-thatcher_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thatcher-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <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=Rejoice_(Margaret_Thatcher)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><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 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p. 346.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAitken2013347-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAitken2013347_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAitken2013347_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAitken2013347_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAitken2013347_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAitken2013347_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAitken2013">Aitken 2013</a>, p. 347.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEJaques2007962-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJaques2007962_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFJaques2007">Jaques 2007</a>, p. 962.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-video-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-video_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a 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OUP Oxford. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-920359-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-920359-8"><bdi>978-0-19-920359-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=What+They+Didn%27t+Say%3A+A+Book+of+Misquotations&rft.pub=OUP+Oxford&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=978-0-19-920359-8&rft.aulast=Knowles&rft.aufirst=Elizabeth&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D0VwbAQAAIAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARejoice+%28Margaret+Thatcher%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFThompsonThompson1994" class="citation book cs1">Thompson, Juliet S; Thompson, Wayne C (1994). <span class="id-lock-limited" title="Free access subject to limited trial, subscription normally required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=DJRnAAAAMAAJ"><i>Margaret Thatcher: Prime Minister Indomitable</i></a></span>. 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Party (UK)">Leader of the Conservative Party</a> (1975–1990)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">MP for <a href="/wiki/Finchley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Finchley (UK Parliament constituency)">Finchley</a> (1959–1992)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Member of Parliament</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/Public_Bodies_(Admission_to_Meetings)_Act_1960" title="Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960">Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act (1960)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Circular_10/70" title="Circular 10/70">Circular 10/70</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Cabinet_of_Margaret_Thatcher" title="Shadow Cabinet of Margaret Thatcher">Shadow Cabinet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Britain_Awake" title="Britain Awake">"Britain Awake" (1976)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_vote_of_no_confidence_in_the_Callaghan_ministry" title="1979 vote of no confidence in the Callaghan ministry">Vote of no confidence in the Callaghan ministry (1979)</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="9" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Margaret_Thatcher_(1983).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Margaret_Thatcher_%281983%29.jpg/85px-Margaret_Thatcher_%281983%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="85" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Margaret_Thatcher_%281983%29.jpg/128px-Margaret_Thatcher_%281983%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Margaret_Thatcher_%281983%29.jpg/170px-Margaret_Thatcher_%281983%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2444" data-file-height="3259" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ideology</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/Thatcherism" title="Thatcherism">Thatcherism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conservatism" title="Conservatism">Conservatism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_market" title="Free market">Free market</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_democracy" title="Union democracy">Union democracy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Premiership_of_Margaret_Thatcher" title="Premiership of Margaret Thatcher">Premiership</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/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> <li><a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cold_War_(1979%E2%80%931985)" title="Cold War (1979–1985)">1st term</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cold_War_(1985%E2%80%931991)" title="Cold War (1985–1991)">2nd–3rd term</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal"><a href="/wiki/First_Thatcher_ministry" title="First Thatcher ministry">1st ministry<br />(1979–1983)</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/June_1979_United_Kingdom_budget" title="June 1979 United Kingdom budget">Budget (1979)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_United_Kingdom_budget" title="1980 United Kingdom budget">Budget (1980)</a></li> <li><a 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 class="mw-selflink selflink">"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 href="/wiki/Sermon_on_the_Mound" title="Sermon on the Mound">"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? (video)">Anyone for Denis?</a></i> (1982 TV play)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Spitting_Image" title="Spitting Image">Spitting Image</a></i> (1984–1996 & 2020 TV series)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Statesman_(1987_TV_series)" title="The New Statesman (1987 TV series)">The New Statesman</a></i> (1987–1991 TV series)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Thatcher:_The_Final_Days" title="Thatcher: The Final Days">Thatcher: The Final Days</a></i> (1991 film)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Falklands_Play" title="The Falklands Play">The Falklands Play</a></i> (2002 play)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Archer:_The_Truth" title="Jeffrey Archer: The Truth">Jeffrey Archer: The Truth</a></i> (2002 TV film)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Alan_Clark_Diaries" title="The Alan Clark Diaries">The Alan Clark Diaries</a></i> (2004 TV series)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pinochet_in_Suburbia" title="Pinochet in Suburbia">Pinochet in Suburbia</a></i> (2006 docudrama)</li> <li><i><a 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