Margaret Thatcher often argues for lower taxes

When Margaret Roberts wed Denis Thatcher in 1951, she changed her name to Margaret Thatcher. The couple welcomed twins Mark and Carol two years later. Six years later, in 1959, following ten years of defeats and infighting within the Conservative Party, Thatcher won her first election to Parliament.

She frequently advocated for the Conservative Party's goal of decreasing taxes for the average family, perhaps caving into societal expectations for a wife and mother. She remarked, "So once more, the married woman who goes to the butcher, grocer, and dry cleaner and then, when she finishes and wishes for a little joy, to the hairdresser, will find the prices going up" in opposition to the Labour Party's tax plan.

Thatcher honed her wit and created a fairly acerbic public persona as she spoke out against the Labour government, which ruled from 1964 to 1970.

During an interview, she attacked the government's classification and price regulation of consumer goods, saying, "One cannot regulate the price of a garment that has a mini-skirt in July, but a skirt four inches below the knee in January. The president of the Board of Trade probably wouldn't even notice the change, in my opinion." It was a dig at trade president Douglas Jay's seeming ignorance and a very sharp insult to British politics of the time.