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Originally published on: 3 May 2010 I'm deeply embarrassed at the support expressed below for the Conservative Party and in particular the praise given to our then Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. My views have radically changed. I'll vote Labour when the election comes this year, especially to get rid of that wretched Tory, Rishi Sunak— possibly the worst Prime Minister we've ever had. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="918"] Our new University, now complete and functioning, in the Town Centre [/caption] Whenever I leave the country for a few weeks, something crazy happens to it. I still feel guilty about the Falklands War, which broke out during my sojourn in Kuala Lumpur as a consultant to the Malaysian Ministry of Health, which itself happened for a crazy reason. In such circumstances, we happy band of expatriates heard astonishing rumours of an inexplicable event back home. We scoured the available media for news. In 1982, I ha...