I see that Lord Bell (no, me neither) is quoted in today's Torygraph as describing Lady Thatcher as "the Nostradamus of her day."
That would presumably be the utter fraud and scaremongering charlatan Nostradamus.
I'm glad I don't have friends like Lord Bell.
Had he said the 'Nosferatu of her day' he would have been spot on!
But then she would have the phantom of the night of her day, which seems to be something of an oxymoron...not that I don't despise the woman, however.