Iron Lady

Olympic beer. Iron Lady. Synchronised swimming. Only in a Londonist news round-up could these things be linked…

Photo / Bob Weinstein Former vice-presidential candidate, future presidential nominee, and easily lampooned, Russia-spotting hockey mom, Sarah Palin, has promised to visit London in the near future. The former governor of Alaska wishes to meet with the original Iron Lady herself, Margaret Thatcher, and today …

A couple of years ago Chris Roberts – who will be leading our 4th Londonist Walk on Friday evening – (and who is no relation to the Grantham Roberts clan) co-wrote True Blue: A musical about Margaret Thatcher in a bid to come to terms …

This Day In London’s History 1990: Pandemonium in Westminster as Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher fails to win outright victory over Michael Heseltine in the Conservative Party leadership contest. Following a lengthy period of discontent from her own party, including the resignation of Sir Geoffrey Howe …

Brown Not Dropped From Campaign Launch Evidently, the Blair/Brown spat has been patched up: The Chancellor was present at the launch of Labour’s local election campaign this morning. Though whether Blair could really drop the man that he personally is touting as his successor from …

That’s right. This week we decided to track down the Leader of the Free World. He might sit in the oval office but, when in London, it seems that he prefers to hang out in squares… FDR, Grosvenor Square You can’t sit comfortably in Grosvenor …

With the threat of a return to a Conservative government hanging over us once again we’ve been reminiscing about the bad old days and in particular Margaret Thatcher: the woman who stole our milk, but never our hearts. Of course it wasn’t all sinking fleeing …