Margaret Thatcher, the pop music analyst
Margaret Thatcher commenting in detail on Pepsi & Shirlie’s debut single, Heartache? The morning after I had caught a clip of this… … Read the full post »
Margaret Thatcher
Read about the former Conservative Party leader and Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. She led the party to victories in the 1979, 1983 and 1987 general election campaigns before being ousted in 1990.
How Margaret Thatcher really won the 1979 general election
1979 is now a long time ago. But like 1945 its political lessons – or supposed lessons – still echo, feeling relevant to very contemporary questions. … Read the full post »
Britain at the Polls, 1979: A study of the general election – and a set of lessons for contemporary politics
The question of how Margaret Thatcher won power in 1979 has become rather topical again as supporters of Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn argue that her victory shows you don’t need to tack to the centre ground to win elections. … Read the full post »
Drawing for Social Democracy: an interview with the SDP’s cartoonist
Chris Radley, former cartoonist for the Social Democrat (the SDP’s weekly newspaper), was interviewed in 2003 about his work. … Read the full post »
The Revival of British Liberalism: from Grimond to Clegg
Tudor Jones is especially good at chronicling the changing attitudes towards free markets in the Liberal and then Liberal Democrat Party. … Read the full post »
“Those who would pull us out of Europe must come to terms with the damage that would do”
Here’s an interesting quote about Britain’s relations with the rest of Europe from a very famous British politician. Can you guess who said it? … Read the full post »
A reminder: how Labour promised to cut deeper than Thatcher
Alistair Darling: We will cut deeper than Margaret Thatcher – The Guardian … Read the full post »
Comfort food for the liberal soul: Tim Farron’s William Beveridge Memorial Lecture
I’m not Nick, I don’t have a privileged background, I agree with you on lots of things and I can give a good speech. That was Tim Farron’s message in a nutshell when he gave the William Beveridge Memorial Lecture. … Read the full post »
Memoirs: Dispatches from Margaret Thatcher’s last Home Secretary by David Waddington
The best part of David Waddington’s book are the frequent funny stories from his life. The weakest part is that the book is rarely more than that. … Read the full post »
How politicians should be making speeches this autumn
Advances in technology mean that politicians need to take into consideration more factors than ever in order to make a successful political speech. Here is how politicians can use those advances to their advantage. … Read the full post »