Lady T and Nancy too
Saturday, September 11, 2010 
Highlight of the TaxPayers' Alliance dinner last night was not the speech by Dr Arthur B Laffer, good though it was, but the sight of Baroness Thatcher, 85 next month, meeting and greeting a long line of guests who were keen to pay their respects to the former prime minister.
What this picture (taken with my iPhone) doesn't show is the scrum that was going on around us as people jostled to get a better view. I think I did rather well to sneak in front of everyone.
In frail health, Lady T was unable to stay for dinner in the medieval Guildhall in the City of London, but her presence was felt throughout the evening, especially when Lord Forsyth, one of her closest political friends, got up to give his speech.
Michael Forsyth, as he then was, gave me my first job when I left university, but there were lots of familiar faces at last night's event, including one or two I haven't seen for years.
There was even a message from Nancy Reagan, still flying the flag for her husband after all these years.
Quite an evening. Who could ask for anything more?
Reader Comments (1)
Maggie T was never very keen on smoking, herself.
But I'd bet a million quid that she would NEVER have even countenanced the idea of a total ban.
Godber, or no Godber.
With, or without Dennis.
Being a Lawyer AND a Scientist has its uses.........................