David Lammy was speaking after his colleague, Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves, gave a keynote speech praising the radical former Conservative prime minister.
Reeves’ words were criticized by the figures on the party’s left, who take a dim view of the Thatcher governments between 1979 and 1990 — the former PM’s legacy continues to divide opinion.
Speaking to POLITICO’s Power Play interview podcast, however, Lammy defended Reeves’s comparison with Margaret Thatcher.
But in a sign Labour is targeting former Tory voters, he added: “Margaret Thatcher was a visionary leader for the U.K; no doubt about it — that’s absolutely clear.’
In her speech, Reeves praised Thatcher for delivering “supply-side reforms” and rejecting Britain’s “managed decline.”
David Lammy also discussed the conflict in Gaza, Donald Trump and whether Labour Leader Keir Starmer should return the party whip in the Commons to former shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott after she was suspended over an antisemitism scandal.
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David Lammy was speaking after his colleague, Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves, gave a keynote speech praising the radical former Conservative prime minister.
Reeves’ words were criticized by the figures on the party’s left, who take a dim view of the Thatcher governments between 1979 and 1990 — the former PM’s legacy continues to divide opinion.
Speaking to POLITICO’s Power Play interview podcast, however, Lammy defended Reeves’s comparison with Margaret Thatcher.
But in a sign Labour is targeting former Tory voters, he added: “Margaret Thatcher was a visionary leader for the U.K; no doubt about it — that’s absolutely clear.’
In her speech, Reeves praised Thatcher for delivering “supply-side reforms” and rejecting Britain’s “managed decline.”
David Lammy also discussed the conflict in Gaza, Donald Trump and whether Labour Leader Keir Starmer should return the party whip in the Commons to former shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott after she was suspended over an antisemitism scandal.
The original article contains 295 words, the summary contains 151 words. Saved 49%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!