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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Matthew Weaver

‘Sliding door’: Man who questioned Thatcher as boy says it changed his life’s path

A man who questioned Margaret Thatcher on television as a child has described how the encounter helped him escape his deprived background, despite his opposition to her policies.

Ernest Owusu was 13 in 1980 when he was given the opportunity to appear in the audience of the BBC show In the Limelight, presented by Lesley Judd, and asked Thatcher how she felt about the Russians calling her the Iron Lady.

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