Share[<a href="//storify.com/theglobeandmail/the-iron-lady-passes-social-media-and-press-reacti" target="_blank">View the story "The Iron Lady passes: Social media and press reaction" on Storify</a>]<h1>The Iron Lady passes: Social media and press reaction</h1><h2>A divisive figure during her long tenure as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Margaret Thatcher's legacy is still up for grabs in the wake of her death at the age of 87</h2><p>Storified by <a href="https://storify.com/theglobeandmail">The Globe and Mail</a>· Mon, Apr 08 2013 05:39:09</p><div>Ex-Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher diesFormer Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher has died at 87 following a stroke, her spokesman has said. Lord Bell said: "It is with great...</div><div>"It was with great sadness that l learned of Lady Thatcher’s death. We've lost a great leader, a great Prime Minister and a great Briton"UK Prime Minister</div><div>Yes, Margaret Thatcher is deadKeeping track of when, exactly, The Right Honourable Baroness Margaret Hilda Thatcher will finally cop it.</div><div>The dominant figure of post war British politics is dead. Love her or loathe her Margaret Thatcher shaped this country as few others didNick Robinson</div><div>Thatcher is still the only UK female PM.Her achievement remains the aspiration,not norm.even her female haters cant deny that #thatcherEmma Barnett</div><div>Most of what Thatcher is claimed to have done is exaggerated. Except inventing soft ice cream - as a chemist in the '50s, she did that.Doug Saunders</div><div>Margaret Thatcher: 'She changed the world' - video obituaryGuardian</div><div>Margaret Thatcher dies: time and achievements as Britain's first female PM - TelegraphShe began the campaign under the severe blow of having lost one of her closest friends and confidants, the Colditz escapee Airey Neave, w...</div><div>Margaret Thatcher in 1951, when she was the unsuccessful Conservative candidate for Dartford (huff.to/16HWjzu) pic.twitter.com/UcuM1S01b8HuffPost UK</div><div>Also happened RT @guardianlibrary: 1960: Woman MP faints in Commons #Thatcher pic.twitter.com/A8gGPIprBtDoug Saunders</div><div>Margaret Thatcher: loved and loathed in equal measure | The TimesWhere there is discord, may we bring harmony. So said Margaret Thatcher on entering Downing Street for what would be the longest term of ...</div><div>The jokes have started... Margaret Thatcher will be buried in Grantham. The lady's not for burning.Colin Bertram</div><div>The Iron Lady has passed, rust in peace. #Thatcher #RIPSamuel Hunt</div><div>So disrespectful when people are whacking out jokes as soon as someone dies. R.I.P Margaret Thatcher.Mikki Wright</div><div>People who start having a go about Thatcher, get back to the left you dirty slags.Lady Marmalade</div><div>Imgur</div><div>Here's a panel of U.K. comedians cracking wise on the future funeral arrangements of Lady Thatcher (this dates from 2008!)</div><div>Frankie Boyle on Thatcher's Funeralkxoaagavacyb</div><div>Margaret Thatcher: “If you just set out to be liked, you would achieve nothing" rplr.co/10KKFSM #IronLady pic.twitter.com/09kMaxMXFHRappler</div>