100 years of Thatcher, with Charles Moore
The Politics Show
The New Statesman
4.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 18 October 2025
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
A century on from the her birth, Tanjil Rashid sits down with the Iron Lady's official biographer, Charles Moore.
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| 1:05.5 | 100 years ago, Margaret Thatcher was born. |
| 1:12.8 | Whatever you think of this particular former Prime Minister of Great Britain and her legacy, |
| 1:16.6 | she was unquestionably a character, the Iron Lady. |
| 1:19.8 | Joining me today to discuss this character and moreover how to characterise and capture it on the page |
| 1:25.5 | is her prize-winning authorised biographer, |
| 1:28.4 | one of the most important political journalists in Britain of recent decades. |
| 1:32.1 | He writes columns, has edited national newspapers and magazines, |
| 1:35.7 | chaired a think tank, and sits under pines in the House of Lords. |
| 1:39.5 | He is, and my dear and most loyal news statesmen listeners, |
| 1:43.0 | try not to spill your musely. He is Baron Moore of Etchingham, also known as Charles Moore. I'm Tangel Rashid and this is the New Statesman podcast. Hello. Hello. For any listeners who are unaware, Charles is the chairman of The Spectator magazine, who are our noisy neighbours, as the former manager of Manchester |
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