Thatcher 'Snub' Enrages Far Right

The Daily Telegraph reports:

US right-wingers have voiced anger at claims that Baroness Thatcher’s aides vetoed a meeting with Sarah Palin because they think the former Alaska governor is “nuts”.

Rush Limbaugh, the talk show host, denounced the suggestion that the former Prime Minister might take a dim view of Mrs Palin as “preposterous”. Other supporters of the likely presidential candidate complained online that Lady Thatcher’s aides had “disgraced” her.

Mrs Palin, the darling of the right wing Tea Party, has described Margaret Thatcher as one of her “political heroines” and repeatedly expressed her desire for a meeting.

She disclosed recently that she is planning to stop off in London on her way to Sudan later this summer and said she hoped to arrange an interview. A photo opportunity with Lady Thatcher could help earn Mrs Palin important political capital, not least because of the former prime minister's close ties to Ronald Reagan.