“Thatcher has died”: This text message sent by Canadian Transport Minister John Baird to a person at a gala dinner informing them that his beloved cat, named after the Iron Lady, had died, sent MPs into a panic.
Margaret Thatcher
REVEALED: Thatcher feared the fall of the Wall
Documents smuggled out of the Kremlin have revealed details of a secret meeting between Margaret Thatcher and Mikhail Gorbachev in 1989, where the Iron Lady stated plainly that Britain did not want Germany to be reunited.
How Stalin and Mao still exert influence
Chairman Mao and Stalin were both aggressive dictators who murdered their own citizens. So why do they continue to be lauded in their respective countries? It’s time for China and Russia to face up to their pasts, writes George Walden.
Bolt: Gillard will soon be the Aussie Margaret Thatcher
Julia Gillard, once a leader of the Socialist Forum, is now butting heads with the unions — and that’s exactly how she wants it, says Andrew Bolt.
The end of the banks, and Britain
The British financial services sector has now collapsed and the country could soon go with it. It’s finished, says John Lanchester.
Kerin: What would Maggie Thatcher do?
Labor’s economic management will leave Australia in need of a Thatcher to clean up the mess, says Paul Kerin.
What Thatcher could teach Obama
Thatcher’s true genius was her relentless focus on making policy in support of a remarkably prosaic goal: to let middle-class folk feel that hard work would be rewarded in a better future for their children.
Thatcher’s legacy lives on
Margaret Thatcher’s former Private Secretary, Lord Charles Powell, believes the Iron Lady’s legacy is still going strong in Britain, and the country is all the better for it.
Germaine Greer tackles Margaret Thatcher
To mark the 30th anniversary of Thatcher’s election Germaine Greer embarks on a signature personality assassination.
Rundle: It’s 1984 in New Labour’s Britain
The UK has developed a culture of relentless, insidious and universalised surveillance, writes Guy Rundle.
Hot Chips! The Truth!
A Crikey expose with George Clooney
Malcolm Turnbull, up close and political
If the Liberal Party goes for Malcolm Turnbull it will be backing someone who is very different to John Howard, Peter Costello, or Brendan Nelson, writes Greg Barns.
How John Howard forgot the fundamentals
There is no one great mass in politics. There are competing interest groups individuals identify themselves with – but individuals are the building blocks. This campaign, John Howard has forgotten that. If he loses, this will be why, writes Christian Kerr.
Rundle: With Howard, the culture wars are over
Rats leaving a sinking ship is one thing - but when the rats in question are also the crew something real weird is going on, writes Guy Rundle.
Dennis Shanahan is the Comical Ali of Australian political journalism
As the polls have gone from bad to worse for the Government, Dennis Shanahan’s role as the Comical Ali of Australian political journalism has become increasingly untenable, writes David MacCormack.
Iraq to haunt Blair’s new role as well
Tony Blair finally brought his long farewell to a close overnight. In office more than ten years, he is easily the most successful Labour leader ever, as well as the ninth-longest serving British prime minister and, with one exception, the longest serving for more than a century.
