In 1976, Thatcher gave her "Britain Awake" foreign policy speech which lambasted the Soviet Union, saying it was "bent on world dominance". The Soviet Army journal "Red Star" reported her stance in a piece headlined "Iron Lady Raises Fears", alluding to her remarks on the Iron Curtain. "The Sunday Times" covered the "Red Star" article the next day, and Thatcher embraced the a week later; in a speech to Finchley Conservatives she likened it to the Duke of Wellington's nickname "The Iron Duke". The "Iron" metaphor followed her throughout ever since, and would become a generic sobriquet for other strong-willed female politicians.