John Blundell: John Locke Foundation Shaftesbury Society luncheon

Published: May 2, 2013, 4 a.m.

John Blundell is the former Director General and Ralph Harris Fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs. Blundell became Director General of IEA in 1993. In addition, he served as co-founder and chairman, from 1993 to 1997, of the Institute for Children in Boston; founder director (1991–1993) of the Institute for Justice, Washington D.C.; international trustee (1988–1993), The Fraser Institute, Vancouver, B.C.; and founder trustee of the Buckeye Institute, Dayton, Ohio. "Margaret Thatcher: A Portrait of the Iron Lady" is his personal portrait of Margaret Thatcher, the woman who was the pivotal point of the rescue of a country, a woman who woke up her nation and made it once again a world leader. In this speech, Blundell discusses that 2008 book.