In Tory world, it is a year for big anniversaries. One hundred years ago, Margaret Thatcher was born; fifty years after that, she won the Conservative leadership. To mark the occasion, various shindigs are planned, with the party conference next month expected to pay tribute to the Iron Lady’s legacy. A week after that there is a gala dinner for the eponymous centre, named in her honour.

Heading up the guests alongside the likes of Julian Fellowes, ‘Beefy’ Botham and Joan Collins is none other than Sir Mark Thatcher, son of Margaret and Denis. It is the first time he has given a public speech about his mother’s life and legacy, twelve years after her passing. But what caught Steerpike’s eye in the online preview was a trenchant attack on the current Starmer regime, some of whose members

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