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Welcome to Holy Smoke, the Spectator's Religion podcast. I'm Damien Thompson. This month marked the 100th anniversary of the

birth of Margaret Thatcher, a politician of firm Christian convictions whose faith, as I remember,

only too well, was never taken seriously by the liberal Anglican establishment who opposed almost every single

one of her reforming policies. To mark the centenary, here's a conversation between Richard

Charters, former Bishop of London, now Lord Charters, Charles Moore, Mrs. Satchez's biographer, now Lord Moore and chairman of the spectator.

And the spectators Natasha Faro's. They discuss Mrs. T's relationship with her faith.

She was originally Methodist, but moved to the Church of England.

Her family background and training as a scientist,

her understanding of the parables, a subject she mentioned quite often, always made to liberal Anglicans incandescent,

and the relationship between wealth and society, another subject on which they didn't see high to eye,

and what she would have made of the indications

that maybe on the cusp of a small but significant traditional Christian revival in this country.

But first, here's a reminder of the great lady herself.

I believe that by taking together these key elements from the Old and New Testament,

we gain a view of the universe, a proper attitude to work, and principles to shape economic and social life.

We are told that we must work and use our talents to create wealth. If a man will

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