Rishi Sunak’s green belt pandering shows he is no Margaret Thatcher
Unlike the Iron Lady, Conservative politicians of today aren’t ready to ask the hard questions about the UK’s structural problems.
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Thatchermania won’t save the Conservative Party
It’s not just Liz Truss – Tory women will be compared to Margaret Thatcher whether they like it or not.
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The Tory leadership contest pits Thatcherism against Reaganism
The fiscally conservative Rishi Sunak is borrowing from Margaret Thatcher while the tax-cutting Liz Truss channels Ronald Reagan.
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The Death of Consensus: the recurring nightmares of British politics
From strikes to Brexit, a new book by the BBC producer Phil Tinline explores how the UK has been shaped…
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From the NS archive: Where were you when Margaret Thatcher left Downing Street?
26 February 2009: Piers Morgan, Tony Benn, Billy Bragg and others tell us where they were on 22 November 1990.
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Zero: Jeremy Hunt’s book on the NHS is well intentioned – but misses 90 per cent of the story
Candid on short-staffing and underfunding, ministerial memoir Zero omits the healthcare that happens in the community.
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The Brexit project is betraying everything Margaret Thatcher stood for
Leaving the EU may have been seen by some as a reaffirmation of Thatcherism, but the reality is that –…
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