Margaret Thatcher

We must reject laissez faire Thatcherism.

There is an alternative: governments can do what markets cannot

By Chuka Umunna - 24 April 15:58

To succeed in age of globalisation, British manufacturers need a government that rejects laissez faire Thatcherism.

Why did Margaret Thatcher have a jaundiced view of the Irish?

By Kevin Meagher - 19 April 11:43

The revelation from Peter Mandelson that Thatcher told him the Irish are "all liars" is of a piece with her attitude to Northern Ireland and Irish affairs.

A new YouGov poll shows voters reject Thatcherite policies.

"All Thatcherites now"? Not us, say the voters

By George Eaton - 18 April 9:16

A new YouGov poll shows voters reject policies including the sell off of council housing, the privatisation of public utilities and prioritising inflation over employment.

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Only Labour has the values and the vision to respond.

The right will deny it but Thatcherism’s day is done

By Owen Smith - 17 April 17:37

Only Labour has the values and the vision to respond to the public appetite for an end to market fundamentalism and gross income inequality.

In death, Thatcher has been reborn into myth

By Jason Cowley - 17 April 17:09

The Conservative Party has never recovered from what it did to Margaret Thatcher and from the legacy of bitterness that resulted.

Margaret Thatcher pictured in 1985. Photograph: Getty Images.

The simple courage of decision: a leftist tribute to Thatcher

By Slavoj Zizek - 17 April 10:55

What we need today is a Thatcher of the left: a leader who would repeat Thatcher’s gesture in the opposite direction, transforming the entire field of presuppositions shared by today’s political elite.

An effigy of Margaret Thatcher in Trafalgar Square. Photo: Getty

What we talk about when we talk about Margaret Thatcher

By Laurie Penny - 17 April 9:52

The left have been painted as tasteless, heartless people trying to make political capital out of Thatcher’s death. Only the government is allowed to do that, says Laurie Penny.