Overview
- London’s Guildhall hosted a sold‑out centenary dinner headlined by Sir Mark Thatcher and Boris Johnson, with celebrity guests including Joan Collins.
- Donor dynamics are shifting as figures such as Mohamed Amersi signal support for Reform UK, and Reform’s Richard Tice joined Tory grandees at centenary events.
- Kemi Badenoch has backed a party‑commissioned review asserting the UK could leave the ECHR without breaching the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement, while conceding serious political challenges.
- Reform UK is pressuring the Conservatives on policy and polling, with Nigel Farage reaffirming support for quitting the ECHR and dismissing concerns over the peace deal’s framework.
- Thatcher’s legacy is being contested in real time, with her son Mark saying she would have backed Brexit and others close to her disputing that claim.