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Tributes to Margaret Thatcher are left outside her residence in Chester Square
If the Conservatives want to win a majority, they must smash their idols
By Jonn Elledge - 29 April 15:14

For the Tories, Margaret Thatcher remains beyond reproach. It’s this that will stop them from winning.

Margaret Thatcher with Tony Blair. Photo: Getty
The left struggled to understand Margaret Thatcher. When it finally did, the result was New Labour
By Jason Cowley - 08 April 17:52

The New Statesman was at the forefront of anti-Thatcher campaigning. But in common with much of the left, it never properly understood the forces she unleashed.

Maria Hutchings
Tories can't master message discipline until Cameron has a clear message
By Rafael Behr - 17 February 13:12

Conservatives struggle to say things that sound like the sort of thing their leader would say.

Old fashioned board room image
We can move further and faster to bring diversity to the board room
By Alok Sharma - 02 December 10:30

Conservative Party Vice Chairman calls for government action to expose disadvantage and discrimination in the hiring of non-white candidates.

Margaret Thatcher in 1975
Vernon Bogdanor: The Margaret economy
By Vernon Bogdanor - 29 November 9:04

"Making Thatcher’s Britain" and "The Conservatives Since 1945" reviewed.

The turbine sails of the Scout Moor Wind Farm in the South Pennines.
Another energy shambles from the coalition
By George Eaton - 31 October 12:35

Lib Dem energy secretary Ed Davey and Tory energy minister John Hayes go to war over wind farms.

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Chief Whip Andrew Mitchell. Photograph: Getty Images.
Andrew Mitchell's future hangs in the balance
By George Eaton - 12 October 10:03

Chief Whip will be told to "come clean" when he meets West Midlands police officers today.

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David Cameron listens to William Hague at the Conservative Party conference.
Memo to Cameron: 93% of new housing benefit claimants are in work
By George Eaton - 09 October 10:52

The PM described it as a benefit for the unemployed. But most new claims are made by in-work households.

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