THE TELEGRAPH: Margaret Thatcher has been hailed as a Great Briton who transformed the country and left an indelible and lasting mark on politics.
Conservative leader David Cameron heaped praise on the former Prime Minister in a sign that he is determined to be seen as her heir.
At a prestigious dinner in her honour she was awarded the Morgan Stanley Great Britons Lifetime Achievement Award at the Guildhall in London.
The awards are supported by the Daily Telegraph.
Baroness Thatcher said: "I am proud to have played my part in helping to transform the British economy and in restoring Great Britain's standing on the world stage. I am delighted to have been honoured with such a prestigious award."
Mr Cameron said: "Today we know exactly what Thatcherism meant for our country; victory in the Cold War, victory against unbridled trade union power, the sale of council houses, the liberation of the British economy.
"Yet all of this was achieved gradually, by a government that knew it had to take public opinion along with it if real and lasting change was to be made.
"That change was made. Margaret Thatcher is a fitting recipient of the Morgan Stanley Great Britons award, when we judge greatness as it should be judged: the scale of the legacy. She made the landscape in which we live today." Margaret Thatcher named as 'Great Briton' >>> By Andrew Porter, Political Editor
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