The latest Tory to be courted by Gordon Brown surfaced today. For the first time in seven years Lady Thatcher has graced the doorstep of 10 Downing Street at the invitation of the Prime Minister.
According to the BBC Lady Thatcher was greeted with a warm handshake and their meeting took place in the Thatcher Room (the Prime Minister’s study), before taking in a tour of the building.
It doesn’t mention at any point whether Gordon presented the Lady with a copy of his 1989 book, “Where There’s Greed: Margaret Thatcher and the Betrayal of Britain’s Future“.
I can’t help thinking, despite his team calling the photo-op “psychological warfare” critical to an election, that if the Prime Minister had tried this stunt before he spoke at the TUC conference the reception he received would have been even more frosty!
