Some of the British reactions to the death of former prime minister Margaret Thatcher:



DAVID CAMERON, PRIME MINISTER, CONSERVATIVE LEADER

"Today is a truly sad day for our country. We've lost a great prime minister, a great leader, a great Briton.



"As our first woman prime minister, Margaret Thatcher succeeded against all the odds, and the real thing about Margaret Thatcher is that she didn't just lead our country, she saved our country. And I believe she'll go down as the greatest British peacetime prime minister."



NICK CLEGG, DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, LIBERAL DEMOCRAT LEADER

"Whatever side of the political debate you stand on, no one can deny that as prime minister she left a unique and lasting imprint on the country she served.



"She may have divided opinion during her time in politics but everyone will be united today in acknowledging the strength of her personality and the radicalism of her politics."



ED MILIBAND, LEADER OF OPPOSITION LABOUR PARTY

"The Labour Party disagreed with much of what she did and she will always remain a controversial figure. But we can disagree and also greatly respect her political achievements and her personal strength.



"She also defined the politics of the 1980s. David Cameron, Nick Clegg and I all grew up in a politics shaped by Lady Thatcher. We took different paths but with her as the crucial figure of that era."



TONY BLAIR, FORMER LABOUR PRIME MINISTER

"Very few leaders get to change not only the political landscape of their country but of the world. Margaret was such a leader.



"Her global impact was vast. And some of the changes she made in Britain were, in certain respects at least, retained by the 1997 Labour Government, and came to be implemented by governments around the world."



JOHN MAJOR, THATCHER'S IMMEDIATE SUCCESSOR AS CONSERVATIVE PRIME MINISTER

"Her reforms of the economy, trades union law, and her recovery of the Falkland Islands elevated her above normal politics, and may not have been achieved under any other leader.



"Her outstanding characteristics will always be remembered by those who worked closely with her: courage and determination in politics, and humanity and generosity of spirit in private."



BORIS JOHNSON, MAYOR OF LONDON, CONSERVATIVE

"Her memory will live long after the world has forgotten the grey suits of today's politics."



WILLIAM HAGUE, FOREIGN SECRETARY, CONSERVATIVE

"She changed our country forever and all of us owe so much to her. A legacy few will ever equal. Rest in peace Margaret."



TONY BENN, LABOUR MINISTER IN THE 1970S, POLITICAL OPPONENT

"She did make war on a lot of people in Britain and I don't think it helped our society."