We’re still living in Margaret Thatcher’s world
Ten years on from her death, the former prime minister’s free-market settlement continues to define Britain.
ByMargaret Thatcher
From the NS archive: Mrs Thatcher’s war of bogus principles
21 May 1982: If Thatcher is right, then the price of ejecting the Argentines from the Falklands, however high, will…
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The Policy Ask with Alfie Stirling: “It’s all about trying to fail in the most successful way possible”
The economist on energy tariffs, reforming benefits and why drastic action is needed to rebuild society.
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The IRA’s blank assassin
The Brighton bomb killed five people but failed to hit its target, Margaret Thatcher.
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Letter of the week: Reasons to stay put
Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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Anti-strike laws are un-Conservative
Collective bargaining and the right to withdraw labour are free-market liberties.
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The long and futile history of British anti-strike law
After centuries of crackdowns, UK workers still walk out – as they always have done.
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Does the wave of strikes mark the end of the long 1990s?
The shadow cast by decades of depoliticised workplaces may finally be fading.
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