Bluegrass Institute welcomes Thatcher confidant John Blundell

The Bluegrass Institute welcomes John Blundell, author and adviser to British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, to Kentucky.

Blundell is the former Director General and Ralph Harris Fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs, which had a great impact on helping develop and disseminate Thatcher's economic policies. Lady Thatcher said of him:

"John Blundell has been one of the most effective champions of the free-enterprise economic model which has delivered progress and prosperity around the world."

It's the kind of "progress" that helped save a nation and that Blundell talks about in his excellent book "Margaret Thatcher: A Portrait of the Iron Lady."

This book offers great insight into how the character and rock-solid principles of freedom and personal responsibility were formed in Lady Thatcher -- in large part to her father, who was a store owner and local council member -- and how those beliefs affected an entire nation.

Blundell will speak, answer questions and sign copies of his book at 6 p.m. tonight at The Inn on Broadway in Lexington.

Blundell describes Thatcher as: "the woman who was the pivotal point of the rescue of a country, the woman who woke up her nation and made it once again a world leader and player."

Could our country and commonwealth use some of these ideas just about now?