Margaret Thatcher

The potteries of Stoke need a recovery plan | Letters
Letters: It is not too late to transform the ‘five towns’, writes Joan Walley, former MP for Stoke-on-Trent North, while Richard Ross describes how Thatcher’s deindustrialisation of Britain saw the destruction of the pottery industry
Letters
20, Jan, 2021 @5:02 PM

We may have avoided no-deal, but this is still Brexit tier 3
Johnson’s agreement has only managed to save Britain from what would have been a catastrophic economic lockdown
William Keegan
10, Jan, 2021 @7:00 AM

Councillors vote to review plans for £100k unveiling of Thatcher statue in Grantham
Decision to underwrite funding of event revived debate over wisdom of erecting statue in ex-PM’s home town
Rhi Storer
06, Jan, 2021 @4:02 PM

Mugabe's love of cricket and Thatcher's 70th: stories revealed in National Archives papers
Proposed MCC membership for Mugabe and Thatcher’s birthday party plans among stories kept under wraps – until now
Caroline Davies and Owen Bowcott
30, Dec, 2020 @12:01 AM

'If anyone had said our mining town would go Tory, I'd have thought they were mad'
Many former miners moved into the public sector after the pits closed. A year after the collapse of the ‘red wall’, Alison Benjamin revisited Nottinghamshire
Alison Benjamin
28, Dec, 2020 @8:30 AM

This Brexit disaster has been brewing in the Conservative party for 30 years | John Harris
Thatcher helped turn the Tory right into a force for instability – and now we are all living with the consequences, says the Guardian columnist John Harris
John Harris
13, Dec, 2020 @1:35 PM

What will Boris Johnson bring back from Brussels?
Analysis: Previous prime ministers have defined their leadership via a row with Europe – will Johnson be different?
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
09, Dec, 2020 @6:00 AM

The Guardian view on a Brexit deal: this is going to hurt | Editorial
Editorial: Brexit reveals the government’s ideological commitment to take the country back to where Margaret Thatcher left it
Editorial
07, Dec, 2020 @7:20 PM

'Mini Brexit': Margaret Thatcher's statue divides her hometown
Grantham council’s decision to foot £100,000 bill for unveiling former PM’s sculpture has caused a furore
Aamna Mohdin
02, Dec, 2020 @7:43 PM

South Kesteven residents: how do you feel about the £100k Thatcher statue unveiling?
We’d like to hear your thoughts on plans for a £100,000 unveiling ceremony of a statue of Margaret Thatcher
Guardian community team
02, Dec, 2020 @12:25 PM

The Conservatives are hollowing the state and consolidating power: democracy is at stake | Andrew Fisher
While Michael Gove quotes Marxist theorists, his party is undermining the liberal principles of truth, fairness and accountability, writes former Labour adviser Andrew Fisher
Andrew Fisher
30, Nov, 2020 @6:00 AM

'A bit scary': Gillian Anderson's unnerving portrayal of Thatcher in The Crown
The performance manages to be both hard-to-stomach and queasy-making
Zoe Williams
27, Nov, 2020 @3:00 PM
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