Word out of Newsworld Land this morning was that Thatcher had died, not surprising that, given her age and what have you. Newsworld conveniently forgot that there might be other things going on as they lathered up with coverage that made the Ralph Klein circus look like a quick beer at the Arlington. They also glossed over the damage she did to society by calling her legacy “divided”, thereby taking euphemism into new territory. What no one was saying is that she forced Britain into a brutal transition from (possibly misguided) notions of social support into the clear primacy of capital. And there is crowing all over the press about how she rebuilt society for the better. David Cameron called her one of the greatest peacetime prime ministers: one can only hope his knowledge of history is not quite that lamentable.