Thinking of Margaret Thatcher
Lord Alistair McAlpine, businessman, collector and adventurer became a life peer in 1984. After Margaret Thatcher became leader of the UK Conservatives and opposition leader in 1975, she enlisted McAlpine as a party fundraiser and key party organiser. Alistair McAlpine has close ties to Australia, having once had business interests in Broome and elsewhere. During [...]