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Mayor calls for Thatcher statue (UK)

The mayor of Grantham has said Baroness Thatcher should be honoured with a statue in the town.
The grocer's daughter, who went on to be prime minister from 1979 until 1990, was born in Grantham and went to Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School.

She was the longest serving prime minister for more than 150 years.

The town's Conservative MP Quentin Davies is also in favour of a statue. But he said Margaret Thatcher had told him she was not keen on the idea.
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