As a screaming leftie, I have nevertheless always admired Margaret Thatcher: She is a hideous monster, but I particularly liked the way she beat up on all the dreary men in her own party, I always got a laugh out of it the way they were all so terrified of her. Always despised Ronald Reagan and the rest. I think it is because she looks exactly like my old nanny, who I adored. One of those weird things, has nothing to do with my politics at all.

yours, Peter T.