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Contrary to stereotype, funding for old age housing exploded under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
Posts Tagged ‘margaret thatcher’
April 9th, 2013
Category: Uncategorized
Cross-posted with TCF.org…. I’ve been following my left-liberal friends’ reaction to Margaret Thatcher’s death. I take it they’re not huge fans of her historical legacy. I’m not such a big fan myself. But one aspect of her legacy deserves some notice. The Thatcher government responded rather effectively and humanely to the HIV/AIDS crisis. Embracing harm [...]
April 8th, 2013
Category: Britain, Politics and Leadership
As God once said, and I think rightly… -Margaret Thatcher My other thoughts on the Iron Lady here and here.
February 20th, 2013
The Londoner’s Diary of last night’s Evening Standard included this gem: The current Tory Chief Whip, Sir George Young, has so far made a good fist of his post, but his political future did not always look so bright. When he was a junior minister under Thatcher over 30 years ago, he met The Iron [...]
November 29th, 2011
Jamie Malanowski is no doubt correct that the release of the new Meryl Streep Film “The Iron Lady” will cause many people to revisit what they consider Margaret Thatcher’s most memorable moments. Not wanting in this case to buck the tide, here is my selection, showing Palin’s surprising influence on the Prime Minister. That would [...]