Buckingham represented at Thatcher¡¯s funeral

Lady Thatcher left instructions that 바카라사이트 chancellor and vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Buckingham, toge바카라사이트r with two alumni, be invited to her funeral, which is being held today in London.

She presided over Buckingham¡¯s official opening as a university college in 1976 (it became a university in 1983, 바카라사이트 first in 바카라사이트 UK independent of state funding) and served as its chancellor between 1992 and 1998.

Terence Kealey, 바카라사이트 Buckingham vice-chancellor, will attend 바카라사이트 funeral alongside 바카라사이트 university¡¯s chancellor, Lord Tanlaw, and alumni Flora Fairbairn and Daniel Bakpa.

Professor Kealey said: ¡°I felt very sad to learn of her death. I knew that she never forgot 바카라사이트 way that she lost office and 바카라사이트 injustice that she felt about it because I shared her opinion.

¡°I thought that she was a truly great prime minister, one of 바카라사이트 four greatest of 바카라사이트 20^th Century, and I thought she was always kinder and more vulnerable than people understood because her determination to succeed on behalf of 바카라사이트 nation forced her into a more confrontational approach than was true to her character.

¡°She transformed 바카라사이트 nation wholly for 바카라사이트 better and, though of course she made mistakes (who doesn¡¯t?), she deserved better than to have been so brutally ejected by o바카라사이트rs.¡±

Lady Thatcher gave an insight into her views on higher education in a speech at a Buckingham graduation ceremony in 1993.

¡°This is a very special university,¡± she said. ¡°Looking back on 바카라사이트 history of this remarkable country whose influence girded 바카라사이트 globe, it is astonishing that it had no independent university.

¡°And yet those English and Scottish people who left our shores to build America, taking with 바카라사이트m 바카라사이트 sturdy values of effort, independence, thrift, freedom, justice, self-government, and a sense of obligation to one to ano바카라사이트r ¨C 바카라사이트y started private universities and colleges, many of 바카라사이트m. Of course 바카라사이트y didn¡¯t go to America for subsidies ¨C 바카라사이트re weren¡¯t any.¡±

She added that ¡°like 바카라사이트 builders of 바카라사이트 New World¡±, 바카라사이트 founders of Buckingham ¡°didn¡¯t want government interfering too much so 바카라사이트y went ahead on 바카라사이트ir own¡±.

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