Gives a left-wing conservative assessment of Thatcherism in action - as ideology, style, monarchy, millenarianism, 19th-century liberalism, a set of moral values, right-wingery, or as a combination of them all - and its affects on the country and on tory policy during Thatcher's 11-year reign. This study gives a left-wing conservative assessment of Thatcherism in action - as ideology, style, monarchy, millenarianism, 19th-century liberalism, a set of moral values, right-wingery, or as a combination of them all - and its effects on the country and on Tory policy during Thatcher's 11-year reign. While it gives Mrs Thatcher credit for her achievements, it is an anti-Thatcher study written from a conservative point of view, by someone who observed her at close quarters throughout the period - he was a cabinet minister in the Heath cabinet and in Mrs Thatcher's government until he was sacked in 1981. Ian Gilmour's previous books include "The Body Politic", "Inside Right" and "Britain Can Work".