We can’t help but sigh at the predictability of this latest “she was misunderstood” type rethinking of the Thatcher myth. Never mind the state funeral, we wouldn’t be surprised if the campaign to have her canonised doesn’t start as soon as the defibrillators are packed away. But Meryl “she’s the female Michael Sheen now” Streep has told press at the Berlin film festival that Maggie “was a feminist, whether she likes it or not”.

Well how does that work?

The full quote, just so you know it’s not taken out of context, is:

"She would have been kicking and screaming the entire way to the feminist altar, but she was a feminist, whether she likes it or not."

Dear Meryl, how does the first bit of your sentence not completely contradict the second bit?

If we’d been there we’d have asked her to name all the things Thatcher did to advance the cause of sexual equality. We can’t think of a single one, but then we haven’t done the research that went in to creating a depiction of the society denying, industry decimating, war waging, milk snatching Prime Minister that managed to offend Tories and Lefties alike in its tastelessness and historical revisionism.

Please feel free to disagree, as it might actually be an interesting debate on a level slightly higher than our usual discussion about fake pictures of Emma Watson naked, but is it actually possible to be an icon of a political movement you’re diametrically opposed to, just because you’re of the same gender? After all, this article is being written by a man with a moustache but I can tell you right now, I have no truck with Stalinism.

Alright, maybe a bit.

It’s political madness gone mad.