The Guardian view on Tory economics: Britain’s future needs more than Thatcher’s past | Editorial
But the country needs investment and resilience rather than another round of spending cutsMon 5 Oct 2026 13.46 EDTLast modified on Mon 5 Oct 2026 14.36 EDTShareThe Conservative party wants to go back to the future under Kemi Badenoch. In her foundational text, The Right Way, released at the weekend, the Tory party leader makes its intellectual lineage explicit, repeatedly invoking Margaret Thatcher’s 1976 policy statement The Right Approach. The 2026 economic framework is familiar: only private enterprise creates wealth; taxes, regulation and spending can obstruct growth and competition; markets make the country stronger.
- ▪But the country needs investment and resilience rather than another round of spending cutsMon 5 Oct 2026 13.46 EDTLast modified on Mon 5 Oct 2026 14.36 EDTShareThe Conservative party wants to go back to the future under Kemi Badenoch.
- ▪In her foundational text, The Right Way, released at the weekend, the Tory party leader makes its intellectual lineage explicit, repeatedly invoking Margaret Thatcher’s 1976 policy statement The Right Approach.
- ▪The 2026 economic framework is familiar: only private enterprise creates wealth; taxes, regulation and spending can obstruct growth and competition; markets make the country stronger.
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Margaret Thatcher in 1983. ‘It is hard to see how restoring Thatcherite principles will help the party.’ Photograph: Jane Bown/The ObserverView image in fullscreenMargaret Thatcher in 1983. ‘It is hard to see how restoring Thatcherite principles will help the party.’ Photograph: Jane Bown/The ObserverOpinionConservative conference 2026The Guardian view on Tory economics: Britain’s future needs more than Thatcher’s pastEditorialThe Conservatives blame their failures on abandoning their 1976 principles. But the country needs investment and resilience rather than another round of spending cutsMon 5 Oct 2026 13.46 EDTLast modified on Mon 5 Oct 2026 14.36 EDTShareThe Conservative party wants to go back to the future under Kemi Badenoch.
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