
Myths of the miners’ strike
An oral history of the bitter Eighties dispute reveals a conflict that went far deeper than just government vs trade…
ByAn oral history of the bitter Eighties dispute reveals a conflict that went far deeper than just government vs trade…
ByThe next UK election could be the first at which the Murdoch papers do not back the winning party.
ByTen years on from her death, the former prime minister’s free-market settlement continues to define Britain.
By21 May 1982: If Thatcher is right, then the price of ejecting the Argentines from the Falklands, however high, will…
ByThe economist on energy tariffs, reforming benefits and why drastic action is needed to rebuild society.
ByThe Brighton bomb killed five people but failed to hit its target, Margaret Thatcher.
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ByCollective bargaining and the right to withdraw labour are free-market liberties.
ByAfter centuries of crackdowns, UK workers still walk out – as they always have done.
ByThe shadow cast by decades of depoliticised workplaces may finally be fading.
ByThe Belgian philosopher’s influence on today’s left is unquestionable, but the transformative potential of her ideas is held back by…
ByIf Rishi Sunak loses the next general election, who will inherit the battered kingdom of British conservatism?
ByRather than a politics of imaginary growth rates, we need one of real redistribution to those whose incomes are collapsing.
ByIt isn’t possible to launch a free-market revolution in an economy still defined by the last one.
ByThe Prime Minister’s desire for a full-scale ideological fight means the Labour leader will be forced to review his approach.
By18 July 2012: Liz Truss, a back-bench MP, is emerging as the ideological torch-bearer for a new generation of Tories.
ByUnlike the Iron Lady, Conservative politicians of today aren’t ready to ask the hard questions about the UK’s structural problems.
ByIt’s not just Liz Truss – Tory women will be compared to Margaret Thatcher whether they like it or not.
ByThe fiscally conservative Rishi Sunak is borrowing from Margaret Thatcher while the tax-cutting Liz Truss channels Ronald Reagan.
ByFrom strikes to Brexit, a new book by the BBC producer Phil Tinline explores how the UK has been shaped…
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