MPs on all sides pay homage, while her failures are forgotten, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett
‘The diminishing amount that is remembered has fixed her in the public mind as a divisive but essentially successful PM.’ Thatcher in 1987.‘The diminishing amount that is remembered has fixed her in the public mind as a divisive but essentially successful PM.’ Thatcher in 1987.MPs on all sides pay homage, while her failures – which lie behind many of the crises we face today – are forgottenn old spectre is haunting Britain yet again – the spectre of Thatcherism.
These homages from the party she tried so hard to destroy are often justified by the need to appeal to Tory voters and journalists in the run-up to the election. It’s a familiar, if humiliating, Labour ritual. Whether this also drives leftwing voters away from the party is a question that neither its current leadership nor the media show much interest in asking.
Why is this so rarely said? The passage of time has certainly helped her reputation. The diminishing amount that is widely remembered about her reign – her victories over the miners and the Argentinians, her electoral landslides, economic boom and commanding manner – has fixed her in the public mind as a divisive but essentially successful prime minister.
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