Dr Adequate writes:
ringo writes:
The public knew what her ideology was (or ought to have known) when they elected her. They affirmed their support for her ideology by re-electing her twice.
Except that they didn't.
Didn't what? Know what her ideology was? Or re-affirm their support?
Dr Adequate writes:
If she had merely been an instrument of the popular will, then that would to some degree have excused her, since if it hadn't been her it would have been someone else.
"I was only following orders," is seldom acceptable as an excuse. Whether the Brits were following her orders or she was following theirs, none of them is exculpable.