Steven Fielding

Should Thatcher fall?

The monument to the Iron Lady was also likely to be targeted by yobs

Thatcher's statue before it was egged (Getty images)

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Steven Fielding
Steven Fielding is Emeritus Professor of Political History at the University of Nottingham. He is currently writing a history of the Labour party since 1976 for Polity Press.

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