Chris Whiteside for the North

Those of a certain age will remember that the slogan "Labour isn't working" has been used before. It was part of Mrs Thatcher's successful campaign against a Labour government which had massively increased unemployment. But there's reason for using this slogan again. True in 1979  and still true now - Labour governments cost jobs. Every Labour government in history has increased unemployment. And it's not hard to see why. One of the first thing the present Labour government did on taking office was to break their promise not to increase National Insurance and impose the biggest tax rise in history on Employers National Insurance contributions A forty billion pounds a year tax on jobs. Is it any wonder that this is what happened to the creation of jobs?  

 Lord Norman Tebbit, one of Margaret Thatcher's closest allis, has died at the age of 94. He will be remembered as many things by many people, but the image which will stick in my mind was what a kind and courteous man he was when I met him. He was described as an “i con in British politics ” by the current Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch., As employment secretary he took on the trade unions, and as chairman of the Conservative Party from 1985 to 1987 he helped Mrs Thatcher secure her third general election victory. As employment secretary he took on the trade unions, and as chairman of the Conservative Party from 1985 to 1987 he helped Mrs Thatcher secure her third general election victory. He also served as trade secretary and had a reputation as a political bruiser. He suffered grave injuries in the 1984 Brighton bombing, which left his wife, Margaret, paralysed from the neck down. After the 1987 election success he left his post as Tory chairman to help care for Margaret, who...