Grantham Man Gets Maggie Memorial Tattoo

Lord Tebbit reflects:

“I left her, I fear, at the mercy of her friends. That I do regret”

Steve Hilton’s Maggie Tribute | Speccie
Wilson Closed More Coal Mines Than Thatcher | Harry Phibbs
BoE Staff Surf Gold Trading Website | City AM
Maggie Myths Debunked | London Loves Business
Thatcher’s Courage | Nick Wood
Thatcher an Icon of Individualism | Russell Brand
Thatcher’s Critics Need a History Lesson | Allister Heath
Will Labour Show Restraint in the House Today? | Dan Hodges
Maggie Told Dave: You’re Not Unpopular Enough | Conor Burns
BBC Thatcher Coverage Criticised | Mail
Maggie Voted Number One Prime Minister | Sun

wednESDAY, APRIL 10, 2013

Grantham Man Gets Maggie Memorial Tattoo

It’s what she would have wanted.

Via @eljmayes

Owen Jones and the Thatcher Grave Dancer

Good find by the Telegraph. Who’s that with Owen? Well Viscount Stansgate obviously, and chum Romany Blythe – the delightful teacher organising the “The Witch is Dead” parties across the country.
What’s the one about a man and the company he keeps?

WATCH: Dave and Ed’s Thatcher Speeches in Full

Compare and Contrast

As Dave said “your generosity of spirit does you great wonders.”

Jet Set Chuka Flies In For One Day Only

£3,750 will more than cover a flight back from Ibiza for Chuka Umunna, where his people refuse to deny he has been for his most awkward week in politics. No rest for the wicked though. The jetrosexual MP for Streatham is at pains to stress he is in the country today, but tomorrow he isscheduled to appear in Denmark. While he is dodging questions about his two-faced past at home, he will be speaking in Copenhagen should any inquisitive type be near by…

Poor Got Richer Under Thatcher

One of Maggie’s many memorable memories from the House is her slap down of a young, snivelling Simon Hughes. Channel 4 FactCheck show that she was entirely right: wages went up across the whole spectrum, including for the poorest.

IFS figures show median earnings went up faster under Thatcher than under Major or during Blair’s second and third terms. Everyone got richer on Maggie’s Farm, including the poor. It comes down to this: would you rather be more equal but poorer, or less equal but better off?

The Miseducation of Maggie Thatcher

Every great Briton gets talked down eventually, but Guido wasn’t expecting it to happen so quickly. This is the BBC news homepage this morning, offering such delights as “what if Margaret Thatcher had never been?”, “Thatcher ‘racist’” and “the TV was turned off when she came on”. And so it begins…

Via @edwestonline

Thatcher Tops Best PM Poll

An interesting poll for number crunchers in today’s Sun, not least because Margaret Thatcher is named as Britain’s most popular post-war PM. Dave scored a grand total of zero percent, suffering the indignity of coming behind Alec Douglas-Home. Tony Blair won three elections for the Labour Party but only 21% of Labour supporters felt he was the best post-war PM. Also notable that only 18 percent of Tories went for Churchill compared to 25%, 28% and 36% of Labour, LibDem and UKIP supporters respectively.The winner is clear…

Those results in full.

Introducing Soho’s Supercool New Club Night: ‘Chukka’

For some reason we haven’t seen much of Harrison over the last few days, but perhaps an answer to his plea for some non-trashy night life will be enough to coax him back into public. A new club night in Soho dedicated to polo, live music and champagne has just opened. It’s name? Chukka. Owner Siobhan MaGill reveals all:

“From this comment, it is clear that Chuka has not experienced the wealth of places London has to offer. We are one of the most diverse capitals in the world and certainly have a variety of venues to showcase this. We would therefore love to invite Chuka in to experience Chukka when we launch. We would invite Chuka in to experience our entertainment from the all-singing, all-dancing bar staff whilst he sips on a glass of fizz from London’s first Billecart-Salmon Champagne bar. If this wasn’t enough to get him dancing and to change his mind, we would encourage him to delve into our new equestrian themed fancy dress box.”

An offer he surely can’t refuse…

TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 2013

Guardian Poll Finds 50%-34% Support For Thatcher

The Guardian are saying the results of their ICM poll are “divided”. In electoral terms, that would be called a landslide…