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Look,' said another shadow minister, 'we'll get there. We can't say these things now. But of course, once in power, we'll have to take all the measures necessary. After all, Mrs [Thatcher] only gave the vaguest outline of what she was going to do.' She certainly did. However, the dogs have barked and the caravan has moved on since then. The post-war consensus has been broken. In 1979 people had lived in a high-tax economy since 1939.
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For the 500 or so at the Thatcher jubilee dinner it was, if not the high point, certainly one of the more important. Having cheered themselves hoarse at the entry of the lady herself, and roared their joy at a gem of a speech by Norman Tebbit, the diners applauded Michael Howard. He said he was a Thatcherite, and that the party would follow a Thatcherite di...
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