Armando Iannucci’s satirical movie about New Labour is a tribute to the Iron Lady
It is the 30th anniversary of Margaret Thatcher’s 1979 election victory on 4 May and, not surprisingly, the tributes have already begun to pour in. Most of these are from the usual suspects, but I was pleased to see that Armando Iannucci has joined the ranks of those paying their respects. Not that he meant to, of course. But his latest project — a satirical film about politics called In The Loop — turns out to be an unintentional paean to the Iron Lady.
As fans of The Thick of It will know, Iannucci is an astute observer of life in the New Labour bunker. The BBC4 sitcom has been hailed as the 21st century’s answer to Yes Minister, with Downing Street spin doctors taking over from Whitehall mandarins as the people pulling the strings behind the scenes.
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