Lady Thatchers's Wink

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Lady Thatchers's Wink

Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary

Author: David Arscott

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Language: English

Published by: Pomegranate Press

Published on: 20th September 2016

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 239 Kb

ISBN: 9781907242618


Introduction

We’re in the last days of a general election campaign a few years from now. The ruling Tories have lurched to the right, with Labour abjectly following in their wake. The state has been further dismantled, while the poor, the unemployed and the disabled are ruthlessly demonised and punished.

The Shock

But there’s a shock in store, revolving around the indecent violation of a portrait of Margaret Thatcher that hangs in 10 Downing Street. A chance encounter opens the eyes of the caretaker prime minister, a landed grandee, to the grim realities of the country he nominally runs.

The Political Shift

As he swings to the left and Labour leapfrog him to fill the vacancy, the flag-waving Excalibur party promotes a policy of inviting the House of Windsor to play a greater role in government – and King Charles III seems more than willing to oblige ...

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