Kill the beast, slash her throat

"Archives reveal Thatcher resolve on cuts" (Financial Times):

The documents, released by the National Archives, show how Mrs Thatcher embarked on a personal crusade during the first weeks of her administration to make sure Sir Geoffrey did not flag in the face of resistance from fellow ministers. The papers are full of angry hand-written comments from the Iron Lady complaining “this will not do”, “too small” and in one case just “no” heavily underlined.