David Alton: Margaret Thatcher represented fundamental change – and on some measures I keenly supported her
Lord Alton of Liverpool was Liberal (later Liberal Democrat) MP in Liverpool between 1979 and 1997, when he stood down… Read more »
Bernard Jenkin MP: It was an election night of mixed emotions in the Jenkin household in 1979
Bernard Jenkin has been a Conservative MP since 1992, but at the 1979 general election, he was a 20-year-old on… Read more »
John Bercow MP: It was during the 1979 campaign that Margaret Thatcher advised me to join the YCs
John Bercow, now MP for Buckingham, was a 16-year-old school pupil in Margaret Thatcher's own constituency at the time of… Read more »
Eric Pickles MP: The Thatcher Years began for me with feelings of disappointment and regret
Conservative Party Chairman Eric Pickles recollects an election night which saw him elected to Bradford council, but disappointment at the… Read more »
Douglas Hurd: Margaret Thatcher’s election was the start of an amazing eleven years
Lord Hurd was re-elected MP for Mid Oxfordshire at the 1979 general election and appointed a Foreign Office minister in… Read more »
John Whittingdale MP: Celebrating the immense political achievements of Margaret Thatcher
John Whittingdale has been an MP since 1992 and worked as Margaret Thatcher's political secretary in Downing Street for the… Read more »
Michael Brown: How I was launched into Parliament thirty years ago today
Michael Brown, now a columnist for The Independent, reflects on the election which took place thirty years ago this very… Read more »
David Torrance: Debunking the myths about Margaret Thatcher and Scotland
David Torrance is a former political reporter for Scottish Television who is now a freelance writer, journalist and broadcaster. Last… Read more »
Rupert Matthews: UKIP is out of its depth as a political party and its MEPs fail to represent the British people
Rupert Matthews is one of the MEP candidates for the Conservative Party in the East Midlands Region and a freelance… Read more »
Jonathan Munday: The next Conservative Government must introduce a Great Repeal Act
Dr Jonathan Munday is a GP in Westminster. What is the next Conservative government going to achieve? When it gets… Read more »
Stephen Mold: The economic lessons we can learn from Canada
Stephen Mold is the prospective parliamentary candidate for Derby North. Our beleaguered Prime Minister has spent much time of late… Read more »
Mark Brooks: Why we need a Minister for Men
Mark Brooks is chairman of The ManKind Initiative charity and former parliamentary candidate for Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland. The… Read more »
Howard Flight: How we should regulate the UK’s financial services industry
Howard Flight is a former Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury and chairman of Flight & Partners Recovery Fund. The… Read more »
Alex Marsh: Can we at least discuss the moral case for low taxation?
Alex Marsh is a researcher at a London publisher and blogs under the guise of Nought Point Zero. I believe… | 13 comments
Jack Perschke: The next Conservative Government must delegate power and trust people to do the right thing
Jack Perschke is the Conservative prospective parliamentary candidate for Derby South. He is a former Captain in the army and… Read more »