Were the Unions prepared to compromise?
The privatizations of electricity and water were huge successes that improved services, increased quality and reliability for customers, the failure was National Rail and that wasn't on her watch.
I feel a certain amount of sympathy for her regarding Aids, Clause 28 etc. I don't think Thatcher was out of step with the vast majority of British people at the time on these issues. Hindsight is a wonderful thing.
Agree regarding the Poll tax, had she left in 1988, 89 as Douglas Hurd advised, she probably would have been better off. There's no denying by the end she was damaging to herself but so many politicians end up that way.
Re: the unions - that is a good question. Scargill, certainly not, other leaders I can't say. Might have been worth asking though
Electricity & water - successes? Seriously? Fuel poverty is real, and I didn't notice a better quality of electricity or water.
And I'll add one more - councils should have been allowed to invest the income from "Right To Buy" sales in building more social housing. We would have avoided the property bubble, and the current housing issues