Thatcher and the World

No, I am not writing about Margaret Thatcher’s sensational election victory. What concerns me, with the readers of this column in mind, is the outlook for a more radical British foreign policy now that Mrs. Thatcher is back for another five years.

Note that word: “radical.” During Mrs. Thatcher’s first four years in power, the United Kingdom, has not, discernibly, had a foreign policy. Certainly not a radical one, especially if one compares the conduct of foreign affairs during that period with the prime minister’s undoubtedly radical approach to economic, financial, and social affairs. The reasons for this are of some interest.

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No, I am not writing about Margaret Thatcher’s sensational election victory. What concerns me, with the readers of this column in mind, is the outlook for a more radical British foreign policy now that Mrs. Thatcher is back for another five years.

Note that word: “radical.” During Mrs. Thatcher’s first four years in power, the United Kingdom, has not, discernibly, had a foreign policy. Certainly not a radical one, especially if one compares the conduct of foreign affairs during that period with the prime minister’s undoubtedly radical approach to economic, financial, and social affairs. The reasons for this are of some interest.