TELEGRAPH – BLOGS – BENEDICT BROGAN: According to those who have seen it, there's a delicious moment in The Iron Lady set in the present when Margaret Thatcher is at a dinner party and we hear her say "I don't like coalitions". Another guest suggests the Prime Minister performed well, at which point she agrees then adds: "He's quite a smoothie." The PM is left unnamed, but presumably the director and the author could not resist a dig at modern politics and current incumbent of No10. The bad news for David Cameron is that the film in fact could do more than just tweak his tail. If it's the success it looks like it might be, it will invite some difficult comparisons. Will it become a rallying point for disgruntled Conservatives? » | Benedict Brogan | Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
TELEGRAPH – BLOGS – BENEDICT BROGAN: According to those who have seen it, there's a delicious moment in The Iron Lady set in the present when Margaret Thatcher is at a dinner party and we hear her say "I don't like coalitions". Another guest suggests the Prime Minister performed well, at which point she agrees then adds: "He's quite a smoothie." The PM is left unnamed, but presumably the director and the author could not resist a dig at modern politics and current incumbent of No10. The bad news for David Cameron is that the film in fact could do more than just tweak his tail. If it's the success it looks like it might be, it will invite some difficult comparisons. Will it become a rallying point for disgruntled Conservatives? » | Benedict Brogan | Tuesday, November 15, 2011
