I suspect that those who are praising Margeret Thatcher didn't have the "privilage" of living through the worst years of her malicious rule. It's hardly surprising that the British economy has done reasonably well since then. If you tear something down to the foundations the only wayto go is up. What hasn't recovered is the manufacturing sector which she destroyed. I don't know enough to speculate as to whether the rates of drug abuse and crime which she fostered have returned to "normal" levels.
State funeral ? more like a party.