THE TELEGRAPH: Margaret Thatcher keeps her counsel on hung parliament out of respect for the Queen.
While David Cameron is deluged with advice on the dangers of jumping into bed with Nick Clegg, the most respected voice in his party has decided to keep her counsel.
Baroness Thatcher will refuse to speak publicly about the implications of a hung parliament out of respect for the Queen, says her son.
"She knows it isn't for her [to speak out], and there is a lot to be said at the moment for keeping one's own counsel," Sir Mark Thatcher tells Mandrake. "My mother has the utmost respect for the monarch."
The 2nd baronet says his mother is sanguine about the result of the general election, which saw Cameron achieve a swing towards the Tories almost as big as that which propelled her into Number 10.
"She has always taken the view that general elections aren't about what the people want, but what is on offer to the people," he said.
In 2008, Lady Thatcher told me that Gordon Brown was the "greatest weapon in the Tory party's armoury". >>> Tim Walker. Edited by Richard Eden | Friday, May 07, 2010
