Bill Cash is deeply shocked at Baroness Thatcher death. He was not only a political ally of Baroness Thatcher but also a friend.

Bill Cash said: “I was devoted to her. She was remarkable and will go down in the history of the United Kingdom as one of the greatest Prime Ministers alongside Churchill, Disraeli, and Gladstone.

"She was a great statesman. She led us to victory in the Falklands and played a part in the end of the Cold War. She was right on Europe as well. She changed the face of British politics.

"It's impossible to forget that, before the victory in 1979, we had rubbish piling up in the streets, people couldn't bury the dead, and we had had the Winter of Discontent. By the mid-1980s, we had an enterprise economy."