Margaret Thatcher was prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and died in 2013, and announcements of her death drew strong reactions across British politics. Online, the short phrase announcing it was clipped and reused far from news coverage as a meme sound. Its appeal comes from treating a major historical event as a one-line punchline, so the clip now appears in edits about abrupt endings, defeats and cancellations. It remains popular because the name is widely recognised and the delivery is instantly understood.