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Maggie’s legacy: Divisive Thatcher looms over UK Tory race

FILE - British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, US President Ronald Reagan walk with other politicians to an afternoon session of the World Economic Summit. Two people are running to be Britain’s next prime minister, but a third presence looms over the contest: Margaret Thatcher. Almost a decade after her death, the late former prime minister casts a powerful spell over Britain's Conservative Party. In the race to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative leader and prime minister, both Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak claim to embody the values of Thatcher. (AP Photo/Helmuth Lohmann, File) FILE - Britain's Foreign Secretary Liz Truss arrives for a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London, Tuesday, June 7, 2022. Two people are running to be Britain’s next prime minister, but a third presence looms over the contest: Margaret Thatcher. Almost a decade after her death, the late former prime minister casts a powerful spell over Britain's Conservative Party. In the race to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative leader and prime minister, both Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak claim to embody the values of Thatcher. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File) FILE - British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher waves to supporters from Conservative Party headquarters in London, June 12, 1987, after claiming victory in Britain's general election. Two people are running to be Britain’s next prime minister, but a third presence looms over the contest: Margaret Thatcher. Almost a decade after her death, the late former prime minister casts a powerful spell over Britain's Conservative Party. In the race to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative leader and prime minister, both Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak claim to embody the values of Thatcher. (AP Photo/File) FILE - Liz Truss, Britain's Foreign Secretary leaves a Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London, Tuesday, April 19, 2022. Two people are running to be Britain’s next prime minister, but a third presence looms over the contest: Margaret Thatcher. Almost a decade after her death, the late former prime minister casts a powerful spell over Britain's Conservative Party. In the race to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative leader and prime minister, both Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak claim to embody the values of Thatcher. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File) FILE - Britain's new Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak leaves 10 Downing Street, in London, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020. Two people are running to be Britain’s next prime minister, but a third presence looms over the contest: Margaret Thatcher. Almost a decade after her death, the late former prime minister casts a powerful spell over Britain's Conservative Party. In the race to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative leader and prime minister, both Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak claim to embody the values of Thatcher. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File) FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher waves to the crowd after she was reelected as Britain's Premier, in Downing Street, London, Friday, June 12, 1987. Two people are running to be Britain’s next prime minister, but a third presence looms over the contest: Margaret Thatcher. Almost a decade after her death, the late former prime minister casts a powerful spell over Britain's Conservative Party. In the race to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative leader and prime minister, both Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak claim to embody the values of Thatcher. (AP Photo/Dave Caulkin, File) FILE This file combo shows the remaining candidates in the Conservative Party leadership race, former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak, right and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss. Two people are running to be Britain’s next prime minister, but a third presence looms over the contest: Margaret Thatcher. Almost a decade after her death, the late former prime minister casts a powerful spell over Britain's Conservative Party. In the race to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative leader and prime minister, both Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak claim to embody the values of Thatcher. (AP Photo, File) FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher waves to the media on returning to No. 10 Downing Street from Buckingham Palace, in London, May 11, 1980. Two people are running to be Britain’s next prime minister, but a third presence looms over the contest: Margaret Thatcher. Almost a decade after her death, the late former prime minister casts a powerful spell over Britain's Conservative Party. In the race to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative leader and prime minister, both Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak claim to embody the values of Thatcher. (AP Photo/John Redman, File) FILE - British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher poses for a photo in this 1980 photo. Two people are running to be Britain’s next prime minister, but a third presence looms over the contest: Margaret Thatcher. Almost a decade after her death, the late former prime minister casts a powerful spell over Britain's Conservative Party. In the race to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative leader and prime minister, both Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak claim to embody the values of Thatcher. (AP Photo/File) Britain's former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak is handed a copy of former prime minister Margaret Thatcher's book to sign, at an event at Manor Farm, in Ropley, as part of his campaign to be leader of the Conservative Party and the next prime minister, near Winchester, England, Saturday July 30, 2022. (Chris J Ratcliffe/PA via AP)