Iain Dale & Steve Richards: Thatcher & Blair

How did Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair make the seemingly impossible job possible, becoming the only Prime Ministers in modern times to serve more than a decade in power. In the past 50 years, eleven Prime Ministers have occupied 10 Downing Street, but excluding those two, their average term of office was just over three years.Iain Dale and Steve Richards join us to discuss their recent biographies of these two era defining leaders, including their long-term legacies and what todays politicians can learn from them.Books Available
Signed copies of Thatcher byIain Dale
Signed copies of The Dictators byIain Dale
Signed copies of The Prime Ministers by Iain Dale
Signed copies of Blair bySteve Richards
Signed copies of Turning Points bySteve Richards
Signed copies of The Prime Ministers we Never Had bySteve RichardsThe Fleet Street Quarter Festival of Words 2026 is headline sponsored by Landsec & MYOAccessibility:
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