The Union Dividend

Is it my imagination or do the Labour party still hold an absolute abhorrence for Margaret Thatcher? The wailing & gnashing of teeth (teeth will be provided!!!) over the comments Alex Salmond made to Ian Dale got me thinking... (you have to imagine a slow passage of time here, perhaps the whistling of the wind and the distant tone of a church bell).

If they really hate Baroness Thatcher with such unreserved vitriol, and they know that the Tories were utterly wiped out in Scotland over the course of her reign as Britain's longest serving post-war Prime minister, and the only woman ever to hold that post.



How did she manage to stay in the top job for all that time?
Why do the Tories still fawn over her and hark for her return?
Why did Tony Blair wish to be seen as the natural successor to her?
Why does Gordon Brown express such unstinting admiration for her?

Who are middle England? and why does what they want cause such consternation?