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Guido the Libertarian? Not so much.
Paul Staines’ Guido Fawkes blog is calling for the BBC to self-censor itself by refusing to play the song with a title beloved by juvenile anti-Thatcherites Ding Dong the Witch is Dead from ‘The Wizard...
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Ding Dong & Mrs T. It’s simple: don’t buy it and don’t ban it
As journalists look to extend the reason to continue writing about Margaret Thatcher’s death, three quick points from me on the entirely bogus furore over whether the BBC should play Ding Dong The...
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Liberal Hero of the Week #34: Margaret Thatcher. (She’s also a Liberal...
Liberal Hero of the Week is chosen by Stephen Tall, Co-Editor of Liberal Democrat Voice, and Research Associate at CentreForum. The series showcases those who promote any of the four liberal tenets...
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Review: Margaret Thatcher – Death of a Revolutionary
Margaret – Death of a Revolutionary (7pm, 13 April, Channel 4: watch it online here). ‘Martin Durkin presents his controversial thesis that Margaret Thatcher was a working class revolutionary’. I just...
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How Thatcherite are you?
“We are all Thatcherites now,” declared David Cameron on the morning of Margaret Thatcher’s funeral. Not so, said Nick Clegg: “He’s the leader of the Conservative Party he’s perfectly entitled to say...
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Liberal Villain of the Month: Boris Johnson
Liberal Hero of the Week (and occasional Villains) is chosen by Stephen Tall, Co-Editor of Liberal Democrat Voice, and Research Associate at CentreForum. Boris Johnson Mayor of London Reason: for...
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“The sooner we are shot of the great yellow albatross, in my view, the better.” So said Boris Johnson yesterday, taking a pop at both Nick Clegg and the Lib Dems. But, as a classics scholar, Boris...
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Thatcher’s Rise and the “Royal We”
To me, the @ThatchersRise Twitter account — “tweeting the events leading up to the election of Margaret Thatcher as Conservative leader” — has been as compulsive and fascinating as the Serial podcast....
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The time Margaret Thatcher was empty chaired by the broadcasters
Lord Ashdown told the BBC the PM’s decision to offer a one-debate ultimatum was “unbelievable” and said he couldn’t imagine Margaret Thatcher refusing to take part. (The Independent, 5th March 2015)...
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Review: ‘Bang!: A History of Britain in the 1980s’
Bang!: A History of Britain in the 1980s by Graham Stewart The ’80s are suddenly back, at least for the Labour party which has regressed to them. I was two years old when they began, so I recall a fair...
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