par voxpop » Mar 09 Avr 2013 17:00
Paix à l'âme de Margaret Thatcher ...
... Rappelons tout de même que, une fois retirée de la vie politique, elle a poursuivi une brillante carrière de consultante pour ... le fleuron mondial de l'industrie du tabac : Philips Morris.
En tant que Pemier ministre, elle s'était à plusieurs reprises exprimée clairement sur les ravages causés par le tabac, et encore en 1989.
Les dollars de Philips Morris ont eu raison de la " fibre humanitaire " de la dame de fer.
Selon Wikipedia (version anglaise) :
" According to the 19 July 1992 U.S. Sunday Times article, Ms. Thatcher's "advice will be sought on controversial issues including the penetration of tobacco markets in Eastern Europe and the Third World. She will also be asked to help resist attempts to ban tobacco advertising in the European Community and to fight cigarette taxes and state-run tobacco monopolies." Thatcher was a non-smoker who spoke out against tobacco several times while Prime Minister.
The Independent (of London) reported that Philip Morris paid for a 70th birthday bash for Ms. Thatcher on 23 October 1995 in Washington, D.C. 800 guests attended and the estimated cost of the party was $1 million.' "