Nigel Lawson was a strong, tough, unapologetic conservative
in British politics at a time when Great Britain's Conservative
Party had soft-spined compromisers and Nervous Nellies in
great numbers among its members in Parliament. As Prime
Minister Margaret Thatcher's Chancellor of the Exchequer
(and in earlier roles in government) he shared Thatcher's
concern that Britain was hurt by the post-war social-demo-
cratic political preference by the British people and those
serving in Parliament, and that the Tories (Conservatives)
needed to return to free market, small-government principles.
The systemic economic crisis Britain faced in the 1970s
convinced enough Conservative MPs to embrace these ideas
and implement them. In 1979 the electorate, tired of economic
malaise, back then led by Thatcher, the nod to try them out.
Lawson was a tireless advocate for the proposed deregulation,
tax-cutting, and the repair and restoration of public finances,
all of which made possible an enterprise culture for Britain.
Compare Lawson's record to that of nearly any Tory MP
in government today!
Lawson was a champion of limited government and a foe of
consensus, which he saw as the key factor in the making of
Great Britain's wimpy governance and resultant wimpy
economy. Throughout the rest of his years he fought for
Brexit and against Climate Policy and its attendant
pitfalls, always touting the Tories and conservatism, Thatcher
& Lawson style. On April 3, Nigel Lawson went to join
the Iron Lady at the age of 91. Good job, Mr. Lawson.
Requiescat in Pace.
MEM
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