Articles tagged margaret thatcher:
EDP Diary: When Maggie Visited Gordon
- 13 Sep 2008
What a lovely present our Prime Minister gave to the Trade Unions this week, following his speech to the ‘Brothers’ in Brighton. He decided to give them a further £2.8 million for the Trade Union ‘Modernisation Fund’. This is in addition to the £10 million of taxpayers’ money ...
My Most Embarrassing Moment
- 29 Jan 2008
In January 1983 (I cannot BELIEVE it is 25 years ago!) I was invited to a reception at 10 Downing Street by Margaret Thatcher, along with other chairman of univesity Conservative Associations. In those days I didn't even own a suit. That soon had to be rectified. I can remembe...
Anecdotes from the Thatcher Statue Unveiling
- 27 Feb 2007
A word of praise for James Hardy of the BBC. His report on last night's unveiling of Margaret Thatcher's statue struck just the right tone. Having been a journalist on the Daily Mirror, I suspect that James is not a card carrying Tory, but he capture the mood of the occasion b...
Margaret Thatcher & South Africa
- 3 Sep 2006
Former South African Foreign Minister Pik Botha has rounded on David Cameron for criticising Margaret Thatcher's policy towards South Africa. "She did more to change apartheid than the Labour Party or any other party in Britain... In private conversations, as well as in let...
Memories of Sir Alfred Sherman
- 28 Aug 2006
The Godfather of Thatcherism, Sir Alfred Sherman has died. You can read his full obituary HEREin the Daily Telegraph, but I wanted to add a few thoughts and memories of my own of Sir Alfred. I first met him in the late 1980s at a time when he had been despatched from the Th...
My Ten Political Heroes
- 9 Mar 2006
My Top Ten Political Heroes Some of my political heroes won't surprise you, but others will. This sort of thing is very personal and any such list will inevitably be dominated by contemporary figures from one's own political life, and also heroes in history. Mine is no diff...
Rejoice
- 4 May 2005
I just heard Channel 4 News has tipped us to gain the seat. Also, I just had a fax from Margaret Thatcher wishing me well for tomorrow. Brought a tear to the eye. I had a nice letter from John Major the other day too. Michael Howard came to Norwich this afternoon. He had to...
A Levels & The Iron Lady
- 8 Mar 2005
Apologies for the lack of posts over the last couple of days. Even a candidate has to earn a living, you know! I've spent this evening quaking in my boots about what lies before me tomorrow. Tomorrow afternoon I have to make a speech to 700 A Level Politics Students in london....
Speech at Politico's 5th Anniversary Dinner
- 5 Apr 2002
Venue: The Savoy Lady Thatcher, My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen, Five years ago, when the doors opened at Politico’s for the first time, I can’t have imagined that I would be here tonight, in the presence of so many who have helped make our business what it is today....
Repeat, I am Not a Friend of Lady Thatcher's
- 25 Mar 2002
Writing wrongs It's incredible how some journalists think you must be a close personal friend of Lady Thatcher if you have edited a couple of books about her, writes Iain Dale A lot of rubbish has been written about Margaret Thatcher in the last few days. Whoever thin...