In yesterday’s Telegraph there’s a wonderful interview (£) with short videos of Charles Moore, titled Charles Moore: In many ways Thatcher was dislikeable. But I did love her.

Mrs Thatcher was the prime minister over 1979-90, and in my view (and in the views of most large-C and small-c conservatives, I’d say) the greatest PM since Winston Churchill. I voted for the Tories in 1979 (my first opportunity to vote, at 21) and at the next two general elections she won in 1983 and 1987. What wonderful years they were for so many.

Charles Moore was selected by Mrs T as her official biographer, and wrote three lengthy but impressive books spanning her life – Not for Turning (784pp, used copies from £2.24, Kindle £6.99), Everything She Wants (741pp, used copies from £1.68, Kindle £8.99), Herself Alone (1,029pp, used copies from £7.50, Kindle £12.99).

The books have been edited into a single volume (1,104 pp), and recently published in hardcover (£33.97) and ebook editions (including Kindle, £21.99) – here. Doubtless a more modestly priced paperback will be available before long.

What a dismal party the Conservatives have become, over many years (particularly since David Cameron became party leader). I almost regret the consulting assignment I undertook over 2006-8 (Cameron had become the party leader in 2005, the party was in opposition) during which I developed a new conference model and related contracts, which resulted in £11.5 million falling into the party’s coffers over the five ensuing years. David Cameron revealed in his autobiography that the income stream was the leading income stream during his term in office.

I firmly believe (and hope) that our next government will be a Reform UK government led by Nigel Farage. Hopefully we won’t have to wait until 2029 for the general election that will bring that about. I’m increasingly of the view that Two-Tier Kier will be gone shortly after the May 2026 local elections, if not before.

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Interesting. We can reliably assume, I think, that women constitute a disproportionate number of the police officers on “mental health leave”, possibly a clear majority, depending on the gender balance of the force today.

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Interesting. An extract:

“Simon Cobb of PAPA, which stands for People Against Parental Alienation, invited families to lay flowers to honour lost loved ones who have committed suicide while going through the family court process.

Simon, who was carrying a sign that said “say no to the death penalty”, said that PAPA aims to stop “loving parents” from being “unjustly stopped” from seeing their children while going through family court.

He said: “Because this process is often slow and inconsistent, you get a situation where parents have to go through months and years without seeing their children, which is pretty much grieving somebody that’s still alive.

“I’ve been made aware of hundreds of people who have committed suicide. There isn’t statistics kept on this, but I would say the national statistic would be in the thousands for a year.” “

By “parents” and “people”, of course, he means overwhelmingly “fathers”.

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An interesting piece (£) by Sir John Curtice in today’s edition of The Times. He starts by pointing to the iniquity of the first-past-the-post viting system at the 2024 general election. Labour won 412 seats with 35 per cent of the vote. Reform, in stark contrast, secured only five seats with 15 per cent of the vote.

But with Reform in a strong end enduring poll lead over the main parties, the tables would turn. If a general election were held tomorrow – a big “if”, of course – Labour would have just 144 seats. The Conservatives would have 45 seats, fewer than the Lib Dems (78), despite still being ahead of them in votes.

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