2015/01/01 by Dennis Kavanagh · 2 citations
Social Sciences · #Political and Economic history of UK and US
paper · doi:10.4000/osb.1792
openalex publication_date 2015/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
The chapter regards a political legacy as success in changing the agenda. Thatcher achieved this and influenced the Labour Party under Tony Blair. That influence was rejected by Labour under Ed Miliband and even more under Jeremy Corbyn. The Conservative modernisation project of David Cameron, shaped by circumstances and electoral calculation, has involved a qualified break with Thatcher’s legacy.