The uncertain future of the Tory party
If Rishi Sunak loses the next general election, who will inherit the battered kingdom of British conservatism?
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Rishi Sunak is caught between his ideals and the voters who put his party in power
The new prime minister believes in entrepreneurship and fiscal restraint, but inherits a coalition founded on high public spending.
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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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Thatcherism vs Reaganomics
The fiscally conservative Rishi Sunak is borrowing from Margaret Thatcher while the tax-cutting Liz Truss channels Ronald Reagan.
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The cruelties of self-help culture
The belief that hard work leads to success and personal fulfilment is a dangerous fantasy.
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Misunderstanding Margaret Thatcher
How Margaret Thatcher consolidated her power – not thanks to the Falklands War, but because of an opposition that underestimated…
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Why Antonio Gramsci is the Marxist thinker for our times
The late Italian philosopher’s concept of hegemony was startlingly prescient.
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