She's trying to remove Thatcher's status as a geo-political force for freedom and replace it with some sentimentalist, weak drivel in order to influence the younger generation's picture of Thatcher.
Streep is not a nice person. Even "Julie & Julia" had some swipes against Republicans which I'm sure she had written into the script.
Exactly. Sadly for her I’m one of the ‘younger generation’ who knows better.