“I never hugged him, I bombed him.”

—  Margaret Thatcher

Referring to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, specifically to pictures of Tony Blair embracing him <br class="br">Related by Conor Burns MP at Young Britons&#x27; Foundation Reception, via &lt;i&gt;The Telegraph&lt;/i&gt;, 13th March 2011, Richard Eden http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8378222/Libya-Margaret-Thatcher-gives-Colonel-Gaddafis-Labour-friends-a-history-lesson.html <br class="br">Post-Prime Ministerial

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