article_snippet: Margaret Thatcher’s government.
article_snippet: In fact it was success that New Labour loved, not Blair.
article_snippet: ‘Such a pity those of two of his Tory heroes
article_snippet: , Heath and Thatcher abolished the gold sovereign, you know.
article_snippet: But Thatcher’s patronage wasn’t enough.
article_snippet: Gradually Thatcher’s patronage occurred, if at first only to William, that William would never reach the top of the greasy pole.
article_snippet: William was instinctively a loyalist, and didn’t always back the right horse.