Acrimony lingers as Grantham mulls Maggie statue
Labour’s proposals for a publicly funded statute of Margaret Thatcher in her hometown of Grantham are “rank hypocrisy of the highest order”, the town’s museum director has said.
MPs spend summer reading about themselves, survey finds
MPs spent their summer reading books written by and about themselves, a new survey has revealed.
Slapped down: Poll setback for Tory right-wingers
Conservative right-wingers have been warned against playing “fantasy politics” after new polling suggested their ideas are leaving voters cold.
Gove makes amends for EU slip
Michael Gove, education secretary, used a speech honouring former Cabinet member Keith Joseph to restate his commitment to “compassionate” Conservatism and his leader David Cameron, after his recent comments saying that he would vote to leave the EU.
Growth, polls, discipline & Boris’ brother: Are things looking up for Cameron?
Boris Johnson’s younger brother will begin his first day as David Cameron’s new head of policy this morning, amid signs the Conservatives are starting to make a recovery.
The Political Week Online: Witch hunts and black hats
Margaret Thatcher’s funeral passed with a surprisingly low level of public protest or disorder. Bored angry tweeters are a bit like bored angry bears: watch what happens next.
The week in review: Dazed and bereaved
Margaret Thatcher’s funeral was the sort of occasion where the attention is on former prime ministers mingling together in the midst of one of the country’s finest public buildings – and your ordinary, everyday MP is downgraded to a lowly hanger-on, basking in the reflected glory of the Saviour of Britain.
Day in the life of a death: Margaret Thatcher’s funeral
Life on the street surrounding Margaret Thatcher’s funeral.
Interview: Professor Emeritus Eric Evans on Margaret Thatcher’s legacy
Now the Iron Lady has finally been laid to rest such debates will fade away, making her legacy more and more the focus of historians. Evans, whose book Thatcher and Thatcherism has re-examined the impact of her collected policies through the 1970s to the current coalition, thinks that, like the French Revolution, it’s too soon to really tell quite what effect Thatcherism will have on Britain.
All Thatcherites now? Far from it, poll suggests
Nick Clegg has rejected David Cameron’s claim that “we’re all Thatcherites now”, as a poll reveals Britons remain deeply divided about her government’s policies.
