A very interesting revelation from Charles Moore at last night’s Speccie event at Cadogan Hall: Maggie wanted Britain to leave the EU after she left office. According to Moore it “became her view… after the Maastricht Treaty in 1992”, but was kept quiet on the advice of her advisers. Judging by the reaction to Lord Lawson’s comments yesterday, you can bet Tory MPs will be taking note…
As we go to pixel, 14,320 people have signed the petition to the Bank of England to keep a woman on English banknotes. The signatories argue that, other than the Queen, it is important we have another woman represented:
“not only have numerous women emerged as leading figures in their fields, they have done so against the historic odds stacked against them which denied women a public voice and relegated them to the private sphere – making their emergence into public life all the more impressive and worthy of celebration.”
Always one to back the feminist cause, Guido agrees. Their suggestions of Mary Wollstonecraft or Mary Seacole are admirable, but Guido has a much better idea:
The first female party leader, first female First Lord of the Treasury, first female Prime Minister and first female to be awarded full membership of the Carlton Club. Sign here for Maggie…
BREAKING: Lady Thatcher’s funeral cost just £3.6million – a THIRD of the £10m tag claimed by critics. Includes police pay.
— Tom Newton Dunn (@tnewtondunn) April 25, 2013
62 million people, £3.6 million. Just 6p each. Well that should shut a few people up…
UPDATE:
“Facts are sacred”…
Alan Clark on Maggie:
“I don’t want actual penetration – just a massive snog.”
This week 122,248 visitors visited 364,175 times viewing 605,433 pages. The top stories in order of popularity were:
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- Heywood Wins Zero Friends With Gushing Thatcher Tribute
You’re either in front of Guido, or behind…
Jeremy Heywood and Bob Kerslake have already been on the receiving end of a cross-party slamming for their gushing Maggie tribute, now the unions are sticking the boot in. PCS fat cat Mark Serwotka has added his name to the growing list of figures across the spectrum criticising the piece:
“It is clear that some people do not see the civil service as the hundreds of thousands of dedicated public servants who work day in, day out providing vital services across the country, but rather as a cosy clique at the centre of government…this article is ill-judged, deeply unhelpful and risks doing damage to the civil service.”
They’re queuing up…
