Against a divided, left-leaning Labour Party, from which such moderates as Roy Jenkins, David Owen, Bill Rodgers and Shirley Williams had defected to form the SDP, Mrs Thatcher was dominant.

Source: https://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/2023/06/13/the-reign-of-the-iron-lady-40-years-on-from-thatchers-great-victory/

Conservative former chancellor Lord Clarke of Nottingham said Europe had its “most powerful and reforming leadership” during the era of Helmut Kohl as German chancellor, Francois Mitterrand as French president, Mrs Thatcher and Mr Delors.

Source: https://jerseyeveningpost.com/morenews/uknews/2023/12/27/architect-of-euro-and-single-market-jacques-delors-dies-aged-98/

Here we come to the irony of ironies about Starmer’s sudden enthusiasm for Mrs Thatcher.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/dec/10/thatcher-brexit-this-isnt-the-way-to-labour-hearts-keir-starmer

Perhaps not, though you may recall that in 1983 Mrs Thatcher won a landslide re-election with interest rates at almost 10 per cent.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-12216777/DOMINIC-SANDBROOK-Hunt-Sunak-right-make-beating-inflation-priority.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490