'It is a general election we need, not a new PM'
On the 13th Oct 1989 Margaret Thatcher spoke to the Conservative Party Conference on the topic of climate change. She was one of the first world political leaders to warn of the dangers of climate change and her speech is quite clear, climate change is a real threat. On the 11th August that year she had made a similar, indeed much more detailed speech to the United Nations referring to Charles Darwin’s voyage on the Beagle.
If Mrs Thatcher made either of those speeches today, the right would be screaming blue murder at her about wokeism and lefty mentality. Today anyone talking of climate change is to some on the right, ironically those who normally regard Thatcher as a Totem, a sign of a lefty plot to take over the world.
Just as Chamberlain and Wilson pointed out, it is remarkable how quickly we forget. Or perhaps more accurately, airbrush out of our memories those parts of a politician’s message that no longer fit the frame. The modern conservative right claim Margaret Thatcher as one of their own, an inspiration in fact. If she was around to speak on these topics today, they would be in a flat-spin.
The current favourite for the job of redecorating the Downing Street flat has already done a dramatic U-Turn, even before Boris hands the keys over. Her interesting idea about a pay scale for the civil service based on the regional costs of living did not even last the length of the day it was announced on. She will not be making any speeches about “the lady is not for turning,” as Mrs Thatcher did at the 1980 Conservative Party Conference.
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