Will Hutton’s thoughts on the catastrophe that is the Tory party are the definitive explanation of why we are where we are (“Thatcherism, austerity, Brexit, Liz Truss… goodbye and good riddance to all that”). As usual, his opinion is a hot knife through butter. Having grown up in the north-west during the Thatcher years, I saw how she successfully planted the idea that if you didn’t have money you were “less than”. Let’s be honest: she not only planted the idea, she made it so.
Margaret Thatcher made the ultimate mistake of persuading many that the free market would take care of everything. The Tory party has slavishly followed that mantra, to the cost of the whole of the UK. It’s way beyond time for them to face up to the damage they have done.
Su Hardman
Woodbridge, Suffolk
