Though hardly effusive, Sir Keir ignited the ire of the Left by commending Mrs Thatcher’s ability to enact “meaningful change” and “drag Britain out of its stupor by setting loose our ...

The Conservatives are one of the groups calling for an inquiry into grooming gangs - and are proposing a plan to do so in the ...

In the decade that followed, the argument runs, Mrs. Thatcher ruthlessly dispensed with her enemies both inside and outside the Conservative party, tamed the unions and unleashed the power of the ...

Reflecting on Mrs Thatcher's rise to prominence and surprise election as Tory leader in 1975, Lord Heseltine said there were two sides to his colleague and political rival's character. Rejected ...

She reminds me of Mrs Thatcher. Forget the politics but it is Mrs Thatcher’s belief and her certainty, and she is so strong and powerful that you can see that people would believe her.

The documents suggest that by 1989 relations between Mrs Thatcher and Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Charles Haughey were less cantankerous than they had been. Paramilitary violence continued to ...