This is one of those 'Where were you?' moments.
I was in Costa Coffee in a service station off the A14 near Cambridge when I read (on Twitter!!) that Baroness Thatcher had died.
Millions of words will be written by thousands of people over the next few days.
There is very little I can add but I can't let this moment pass without tipping my hat to a most extraordinary person who inspired me and millions of others.
The reaction to her death will tell us a lot about Britain and the British people.
Meanwhile I can only echo the headline to a comment by Lord Tebbit:
The death of this great lady was a merciful release. Would that we had another Margaret Thatcher to lead us now.
Update: The editor of the Telegraph has tweeted, "We have closed comments on every #Thatcher story today - even our address to email tributes is filled with abuse."
Update: Piers Morgan tweets, "Americans would never treat the death of a President with the outrageous hateful abuse Margaret Thatcher's getting today. Sad to see."
Update: Former England rugby player (and Labour supporter) Brian Moore tweets, "Those asking why I don't decry Thatcher & her divisive poitics & social agenda - because she died today and I'm not a c***."