Love her or loathe her,Thatcher’s achievements were recognised around the world. The Tories current crop of leaders looks feeble by comparisonThe 2015 Tory conference in Manchester has been more subdued than triumphalist in tone despite the party’s unexpected election win in May. safe. Two echoes from the past and two details of government policy emerging this week throw the enfeebled state of British government into stark relief, so that restraint is appropriate. I’ll give you a clue: plastic bags.
The twin echoes are those of giant political figures from the past whose range of experience and authority earn nowadays’s crop of leaders – in all parties, and not just David Camerons – look Lilliputian by comparison.
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Source: theguardian.com