[Margaret Thatcher] assumed somehow that this would get the woman voter and all those juvenile male voters who … - Hilary Mantel

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From being a young kid I was always drawing and painting, usually stuff like private parts or bloody images but always with a comedy twist to it.

Hilary Mantel

[Margaret Thatcher] assumed somehow that this would get the woman voter and all those juvenile male voters who wanted a well-regulated household with a woman who knew what she should be doing.

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