Tag Archive for Margaret Thatcher

Recall of the House

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Both Houses have been recalled tomorrow (Wednesday) for the tributes to Baroness Thatcher.  The occasion in the Lords will be especially interesting given that most, though not quite all, of those who served in the Thatcher Cabinets sit in the House, as do Lord Powell of Bayswater (her Private Secretary) and Lord Armstrong (Cabinet Secretary), among…

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Getting it wrong

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I was listening to Broadcasting House on Radio 4 on Sunday morning when they introduced a listener, an American novelist, who wanted to complain about the coverage in the UK of American politics.  She took exception to references to ‘swing states’ on the grounds that Americans took the view that each vote counted as equal. …

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