Blue Rock Club

Today marks the 30th anniversary of the legendary "Freedom Dinner", held on 1st October 1996 with Margaret Thatcher and Sir Denis Thatcher as honoured guests, hosted by European Young Conservatives (EYC) @eycorganisation the International Young Democrat Union (IYDU) @IYDUofficial and the UK Young Conservatives @Young_Tories held at the Britannia Hotel, Docklands, London. As Chairman of EYC and Executive Secretary of IYDU at that time, I was proud to organise the occasion and host Lady Thatcher throughout the evening. She stayed right to the end of the night and would only depart once the National Anthem had been sung! Six hundred people attended, including over one hundred young political leaders from across the world, representing every continent, many of whom spoke in tribute to Lady Thatcher for helping bring about freedom and democracy to so many nations and for being such an inspiration to young people across the globe. Lady Thatcher adressed the gathering and spoke powerfully about defending freedom and extending it more widely around the world, giving real power back to the people, whilst defeating socialism and totalitarianism. What a truly great, foresighted and patriotic leader, who was Prime Minister for a purpose... to put our nation first and to reform Britain in order to restore freedom, reverse our national decline, create prosperity and let Britain stand tall in the world, once again! How fortunate the United Kingdom was to have been led by Margaret Thatcher! 🇬🇧