The Tory conference was a pseudo-sacred affair, with devotees paying homage in front of Thatcher’s old shrouds — and your reporter, initially barred, only need mention he’d once met her to gain access. But would she consider what was on offer a worthy legacy, asks ANDREW MURRAY

WHAT the Tory general election campaign has shown — as has Nigel Farage pulling from Tory seats to help enable a Boris Johnson victory — is that the hard right is seeking to fully hijack the 2016 EU referendum result.
However, rather than “taking back control” of our economy and public services as promised, it is in fact happy to sell off our public services to multinational corporations.
This is why the hard right is vehemently opposing Labour’s plans to bring back vital utilities and services into public, national ownership.



