margaret thatcher

Okay, Margaret Thatcher's regime was before my time. I know that she supported deregulation, battled unions, and privatised state-owned compaies. So she died a year ago today. Here and there, I see conversations about here, and I am struck by the following: people either mindlessly worship her...

Being discussed today in parliament is a proposal from a Conservative MP to have the August bank holiday renamed "Margaret Thatcher Day" to recognise the dear departed great lady. It is apt that it'll be a day when people aren't working. I personally hope that the measure will not pass. It's...

It's just been announced that Maggie has passed away. No linky yet....

Ok, aside from the fact that she's 100% correct about Palin, why are the British putting up a statue of Reagan in a London park on the 4th of July? Is he really that much of a hero over there? http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/wintour-and-watt/2011/jun/07/margaretthatcher-sarahpalin eta...

Apparently so [1] thinks Ivor Tiefenbrun (he seems to have now distanced himself now from those specific remarks), entrepreneur behind the Linn hi-fi company, and prospective (though not any more) Conservative candidate for next years Holyrood elections. Now, why would Scots (or other Britons)...

Just wondering how you felt about her policies, etc.

Bearing in mind Uri's astonishing ability to bring disaster and failure to whatever he endorses or 'assists' I fear Mrs Thatcher is not long for this earth: From Uri-Geller's website

I was reading The Russia House and I noticed various digs directed at MT. I have also noted that in political discussions such digs, on the part of the cousins, are almost obligatory. I would like to understand why. I am not starting an argument, mind, I really would like to understand.

Speaking as someone who's politics are generally "Who has the best idea". I would be interested in other poster’s view of the current shambles that is British Tory politics. (Please read all this with a healthy dose of IMHO) When you look at the trials and tribulations within the Tory party...