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# Gordon Thatcher? I don't think so
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/gordon-thatcher-i-dont-think-so/
- Published: 2008-10-10T10:10:20.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-14T22:41:52.000Z
- Author: Anthony Barnett
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 18:49

**Anthony Barnett (London,** [**OK**](https://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/)**):** There are reports that gleeful Labour MPs are celebrating the Prime Minister's handling of the banking and credit crisis as a[ 'Falklands' style triumph](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1075623/Beating-economic-crisis-Falklands-moment-say-Labour-MPs.html?ref=opendemocracy.net) for him and the Labour Party, after he has slapped around Iceland with anti-terror laws. Somehow, I doubt it. It is true that Margaret Thatcher was responsible for triggering the Argentine invasion by insisting on the withdrawal of HMS Endurance, the only naval presence, as a cost-cutting measure. But Brown's responsibility for the over-exposure of the UK is of long-standing and the coming wreckage will be laid at his door even as he presents himself as providing 'world leadership'.