Statue of Margaret Thatcher


Statue of Margaret Thatcher to be erected in the Falklands..

On 18th December 2014, The British Prime Minister announced that the Falkland Islands are to erect a statue of former British premier Margaret Thatcher, who defended the territory against Argentina in 1982.

This statue will be erected in 2015.

This follows calls in 2013, for a statue to be erected in Trafalgar Square.

In 1992, the Argentinian ruling military junta invaded the Falkland Island group, resulting in Margaret Thatcher “The Iron Lady”, the British Prime Minister at the time, sending a British task force to reclaim the islands in a two month battle.


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