Posts Tagged ‘Margaret Thatcher’
Ease and authority make David Cameron hard to beat
Do you remember what David Cameron was doing last week? Playing table tennis with President Obama, doling out burgers with him at a barbecue, standing shoulder to shoulder at a string of events. What ... Read More
Balanced people can make surprisingly poor leaders
Does having an intellectual hinterland make you a better politician? It makes you a happier and more rounded person, but does this contentment necessarily translate into a superior performance at the ... Read More
The Great Liberator: remembering Ronald Reagan at 100
I had the privilege of attending the Ronald Reagan Centennial Gala in Washington earlier this week. Superbly organised by the Reagan Presidential Foundation, it was a truly magnificent event rememberi... Read More
The Special Relationship doesn’t need a makeover: David Cameron should dump the phrase 'essential relationship'
In this morning’s Times, Barack Obama and David Cameron have a joint op-ed talking of an “essential relationship” between the United States and Great Britain, “and not just a special relations... Read More
A rigorous challenge to the Tory modernisers
A pamphlet published today (”Too ‘nice’ to be Tories?: How the modernisers have damaged the Conservative party”) by the Social Affairs Unit, offers a devastating critique of th... Read More
Which way is Nick Clegg going to jump?
“Men who can both be right and sit tight are uncommon” - Edwin Lefèvre, Reminiscences of a Stock Operator Conservative-minded types have a lot to be happy about. The Tories seem to have avoided ... Read More
The truth about Maggie Thatcher’s Bruges speech
In my column on the European single currency last Friday I wrote that it was a “coincidence” that Margaret Thatcher’s famous Bruges speech was made within days of Jacques Delors pivotal ... Read More
It’s taken decades, but Labour has seen the light on Europe
By nature, inclination and history, Labour is the most powerfully anti-European of all our big political parties. Labour was viscerally opposed to membership of the Common Market, as the European Unio... Read More
'After the Coalition': This book will infuriate David Cameron and Nick Clegg
Seven young Tory MPs are writing a book called After the Coalition: The Future Of Britain And A Renewed Conservative Party, which will be published by BiteBack. It’s a brave move: they’ll ... Read More
The U-turn president: Barack Obama’s top ten flip-flops
In 1980 Margaret Thatcher famously declared she was “not for turning”, and admirably stuck to her guns as prime minister through thick and thin. In contrast, Barack Obama’s presidency has been f... Read More