During an email exchange with Richard Kelly, Head of Politics at Manchester Grammar School and author of a highly regarded study of how Conservative Party conferences actually work, recalled:… Read the rest
During an email exchange with Richard Kelly, Head of Politics at Manchester Grammar School and author of a highly regarded study of how Conservative Party conferences actually work, recalled:… Read the rest
Yesterday Lady Gaga tweeted the imminent appearance of the artwork to the cover of her new album – for her fans 6pm could not come fast enough. In a similar … Read the rest
The annual Party Conference season is now well and truly under way. It’s a time when each political party’s enthusiasts – what I call the badge wearers – spend a … Read the rest
In amongst the list of 42 bills proposed by right-wing Conservative MPs this morning, was one to rename the August Bank holiday Margaret Thatcher Day. But why just Mrs … Read the rest
Amongst the acres of coverage of Mrs Thatcher’s life and death over the last week, there were some interesting What Ifs, trying to imagine a Britain without her as Prime … Read the rest
Huge controversy exists over whether Margaret Thatcher deserves to be buried with full military honours, an accolade awarded to her hero Winston Churchill on … Read the rest
This is the twenty-third in a series of posts that report on the state of the parties as measured by opinion polls. By pooling together all the available polling evidence … Read the rest
For anyone interested in Mrs Thatcher, there are few better sources than the wonderful website of the Margaret Thatcher Foundation. It is a model of what you would want … Read the rest
The Iron Lady has been a great success with cinema audiences. It has also provoked much comment about what it says about Thatcher and Thatcherism and also provoked speculation about … Read the rest
The Iron Lady is a political biopic that isn’t much about politics.
In fact, as Steven Fielding explains, its plot has more in common with the 1990 movie Truly, Madly, … Read the rest