Thatcher hampered government support for IT, papers reveal
The Iron Lady did not see the need for an IT minister
Margaret Thatcher has emerged as one of the main obstacles to gearing up Britain for the information age when she won office in 1979. The Iron Lady and some - but not all - of Britain's top civil servants...
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