It is a hundred years since Margaret Thatcher was born. Fifty years since she took over the Conservative Party. Thirty-three years since she was forced from office. Today’s voters are Thatcher’s grandchildren – even great-grandchildren. So why do we still care?

Thatcher warned that the great temptation in politics was to ‘lose sight of the eternal truths and choose the popular, quick fix’

The last couple of weeks have seen a parade of Thatcher-philia. At Conservative Party Conference there were Thatcher portraits, a Thatcher mosaic, even an exhibition of her dresses. There have been cardboard cutouts, a gala dinner at the Guildhall in her honour, even an AI Thatcher-bot . No wonder William Atkinson of The Spectator thinks it’s long past time for the party to move on.

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