I wasn’t going to do this. I genuinely wasn’t going to add to the huge traffic on Maggie that will ensue for the weeks ahead. But that would be wrong. I am passionate about politics and have been since I was a very young teen so a missing contribution to the death of Margaret Thatcher would be unjust especially as it was she who gave me many of the gifts that I hold dear.

She only took her last breath less than 24 hours ago yet many of us will feel that since she did, her ability to do what she did best continued for all day. It was “gruelling” said one of my friends as we sat in the middle of the pit of a divided nation. Socialists fighting with other socialists, right fighting with left, Tories fighting with Labour. All of it in full swing.Continue reading