When George Osbourne evoked the words of Margaret Thatcher during his party conference speech yesterday, it was full marks to his researchers.
While it would have been much easier to find a Thatcher soundbite extolling the virtues of 'rolling back the frontiers of the state', Osbourne quoted the former Conservative prime minister in much more cautious mood. "I am not prepared ever to go on with tax reductions if it meant unsound finance," the shadow chancellor quoted her as saying.
But where does the quote come from? And in what context? Click here to find out.
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