“To those waiting with bated breath for that favourite media catchphrase, the U-turn, I have only one thing to say: You turn if you want to. [laughter] The lady's not for turning.”

— Margaret Thatcher

Reacting to doubt over her economic policies http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/10/newsid_2541000/2541071.stm at a Conservative Party Conference (10 October 1980) <br class="br">A play on The Lady's Not for Burning, a 1948 play by Christopher Fry about a witchcraft trial. <br class="br">First term as Prime Minister

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