Yolanda’s Reviews > The Conservative Party: From Thatcher to Cameron > Status Update

Interesting seeing the apparent chaos that struck the party at points: I've also read Nick Cohen's analysis of this period in New Labour's governance, and Blair's own view, so feel I have a broadish picture of how the land lay. I remain fascinated by Dr Liam Fox. This guy saved a baby on my flight to HK. He comes across as keen on privatisation... find myself wondering who the 'real' Liam is

and this is more closely starting to resemble a political history of my childhood and teens. Hindsight is 20-20, and it's astonishing to me when I see the ways in which the Conservative Party screwed up. There are instances here of the tail wagging the dog in terms of activists' desires being assumed and pandered to; also, the anatomy of the leadership elections is startling.

I find the term 'the rubber chicken circuit' hilarious.

Also, some people's fantastical ideas about how dining clubs work would be dispelled by reading this book.