That’s Enough of Thatcher, Surely

Sunday 14th April

Three blogs must be enough for anyone, and if you add up all the millions of words, articles, news reports, interviews and discussions since her death one has to wonder if enough is enough.   And surely it is.

There is no doubting the Thatcher effect though.  She had the ability all through and after her Premiership and even in death to be divisive.  Such is the nature of dictators.  And one of her main claims to fame was that she was never defeated (as neither was Blair of course) and of course she never knew when to give in and retire quietly either.

But one interesting aspect of her death has been that because of all the interest and memories that have been aroused, there has been a re-awakening of politics.  Suddenly people who were happy to declare that all politicians are the same are talking again about politics.  And not just the bread and butter issues, but the more fundamental nature of politics.  Whether there is such a thing as society?   Whether Greed is ever good?  And what sort of a world we want our kids to grow up in.

Whether her passing will change anything at all one never knows of course.  It may all fizzle out and  in a few months time we will wonder what all the fuss was about.

But it has certainly been interesting.  And whatever you think about Osborne and Cameron and Clegg and Milliband, the only certainty is that no-one will be talking about them thirty years after they were in power.