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SIR WALDRON SMITHERS AND THE LONG WALK TO FINCHLEY
Author(s) -
Farrant Andrew,
Tynan Nicola
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
economic affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1468-0270
pISSN - 0265-0665
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0270.2011.02127.x
Subject(s) - ideology , admiration , drama , emperor , selection (genetic algorithm) , history , economic history , sociology , politics , political science , art , law , ancient history , literature , artificial intelligence , computer science
The television drama ‘Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley’ has Sir Waldron Smithers strongly objecting to Thatcher's selection as a Conservative candidate prior to the 1950 General Election. It is more likely that Smithers would have found her a kindred ideological spirit: both shared an anti‐socialist commitment and admiration for Hayek's ‘The Road to Serfdom’.