World IN BRIEF : BRITAIN : Poll Rates Thatcher as Least Popular
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Margaret Thatcher is the most unpopular prime minister in British polling history, according to an opinion poll in the Times of London newspaper. It found that only 20% are satisfied with her performance while 76% are dissatisfied. The poll gave the opposition Labor Party a lead of 17 percentage points over Thatcher’s Conservatives.
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