Yanis Varoufakis tells Hay festival he admired Margaret Thatcher

Former Greek finance minister says while he protested against Thatcher he enjoyed how she ‘wiped the floor’ with opposition

They might seem a million miles apart in terms of politics, but the radical socialist economist Yanis Varoufakis has revealed he is a secret admirer of Margaret Thatcher.

Varoufakis, a former finance minister of Greece, lived in the UK for a decade as a student and lecturer.

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