Lovely obituary piece for Denis Thatcher by John O’Sullivan in today’s NRO.

Sir Denis exemplified something I bang on about from time to

time–conservatism as an anti-ideology. He illustrated, in fact, the

important leavening effect in politics of having some people around, near

the center, who dislike politics. The great American president Warren

Gamaliel Harding was another such. A further point, though perhaps an

uncharitable one: compare the Thatcher marriage with the Clinton marriage.

What comes to mind here is the remark by a Victorian lady after seeing

Shakespeare’s Anthony and Cleopatra performed: “How different from the

home life of our own dear Queen!”