Thatcherism’s Populist Repackaging

The article argues the values Thatcher drew from Grantham—thrift, civic pride, local associations—still resonate, but their political packaging has shifted from respectable Toryism to Farage‑style populism. Reform UK translates that small‑town memory into modern spectacle and outsider energy to win over places like Grantham. — If Thatcher’s brand can be culturally re‑appropriated by Reform, it accelerates the Conservative–Reform realignment and reshapes how the right narrates its past to claim future voters.