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Posted on 09/16/2007 4:52:42 AM PDT by UKrepublican
Thatcher's snub to Cameron
Margaret Thatcher dealt a devastating snub to David Cameron by asking for TV cameras to record her meeting with Gordon Brown.
The Downing Street visit was originally intended to be unpublicised with her smuggled in by the back door.
The Prime Minister was happy to go along with that... but 48 hours before Thursday's visit the former Premier's aide called to say she now wanted the meeting to be in the full glare of the cameras.
The astonishing U-turn by the woman famed for "handbagging" foes was intended to cause maximum embarrassment for Cameron, who she believes has swung her party to the Left. It wrecked the launch of his green agenda.
Panicking Mr Cameron is now trying to persuade Mrs Thatcher to support HIM at this month's Tory conference in Blackpool, though he previously had not invited her. The photo-call, when she was warmly greeted by a beaming Mr Brown and wife Sarah, took the Tory leader and his team by surprise as they unveiled proposals to save the planet. Mrs Thatcher was delighted two weeks ago when the PM claimed that he, rather than Mr Cameron, was her true successor as a "conviction politician".
A Whitehall source said: "The PM wrote to Lady Thatcher soon after he came into office, inviting her to come back to No10 and see the staff. He said he would appreciate her counsel. Her office wrote back saying she would be delighted to accept, but thought it would be better if it was a private meeting. The aides even suggested Lady Thatcher should come in via the back entrance. This week they rang and said Lady Thatcher now felt the meeting should be public. She requested that cameras be present."
The insider added: "We nearly fell off our seats. Tory Central Office seem to have been completely unaware of the plan. Imagine the look on David Cameron's face when Lady Thatcher arrived."
A Tory source said: "They are desperately trying to persuade her to make the long journey to Blackpool. They are in mad panic mode. This destroyed the green policy, knocked foot and mouth off the agenda and even the McCanns had to take a back seat - all because a little old lady turned up at No 10 for a cup of tea."
Tories accused Mr Brown of exploiting Mrs Thatcher. But her office said she had been "fully aware" of the ramifications of the meeting.
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Never underestimate the iron lady.
I don’t think anybody would get away with exploiting Mrs. Thatcher. She’s in a class the others can only wish for.
Don’t mess with the Baroness :)
I wonder what was the last straw for the Great Iron Lady? Was it Cameron's plan to ban plasma HDTVs? Cameron sounds like the UK's version of Mike Huckabee.
Lady T has not gone wobbly.
That is “Ass Kicking Baroness” to us.... ; )
Cameron is coming over as a real leftwing nut.
Just reminds me of Schwartzenkennedy. :P
The magnificent Lady Thatcher still has her heart and mind about her....
She is STILL a better man than most in the U.K..
my money is on her - a safe bet
Oh no .................... He's much more of a Ron Paul.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
As much as I consider Ron Paul to be nuts, I don't think that as a libertarian he would be for banning anything. I haven't checked his website to see if this is true or not, so I might be wrong. However, Mike Huckabee is on the record for wanting to enact a nationwide smoking ban, which sounds like the next thing on David Cameron's to-do list.
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