Message for Young Tories

Young Conservatives in Finchley were given an optimistic message by the Prime Minister at a Christmas tea party on Saturday.

Finchley MP Margaret Thatcher painted a picture for her young faithful of a growing British economy with a strong international reputation.

And she commended Victorian values as “fundamental” at the function in Finchley Conservative Association's Ballards Lane headquarters.

Quoting Yeats, “The best lack all conviction, the worst are full of passioned intensity,” Mrs Thatcher said the best had retained their convictions.

“I think they have come to realise that what were called Victorian values are more—more than that—they are what is called fundamental,” she said.

Most British people did not fear liberty which you could not have without responsibility, Mrs Thatcher stressed.

“I remember being taught at home that we British were used to using our own initiative … the world over, and of course we are.

“We have had a much better year economically because we are getting back to the kind of philosophy I have indicated.”

The Prime Minister concluded by presenting Michael Phillips with a photographic competition trophy and Leslie Fields with a caption competition prize.