“There’s a man called Ken Livingstone, I think he has something to do with London. You must get rid of him.”

Mission accomplished.

Via LBC.

Guido thinks everyone needs cheering up a little. Here’s one way of comparing recent PMs…

“I remember telling her about the TUC congress selling the Thatcher death party packs, and she said that the fact that they still felt so strongly about her more than twenty years after she left Downing Street was a tribute to the fact that she had done something in politics, rather than simply been someone in politics.”

Their anguish sustained her…

UPDATE: “They hate her because she won.”

Via ITV.

This tribute from the Heritage Foundation says it all. Guido was also amused to see that it was the US version of Buzzfeed, not the  London office, who put together “Margaret Thatcher’s 19 Most Badass Moments”. Better late than never.

Via TheCommentator

UPDATE: Contrast that with President Obama:

UPDATE : Owen attacked the politicisation of individual cases like Philpott to make a wider point,  Harry accused him of doing the exactly that on Question Time. Judge the truth for yourself:

Via ITV.

Worth reading what Osborne has had to say this lunchtime as well…

UPDATE: You can watch in full here.

Via @CassetteBoy