A private letter from Margaret Thatcher to a prominent Eurosceptic MP lays to rest any argument that the former Prime Minister would have campaigned to remain in the European Union (EU) in the upcoming referendum. The letter, sent by Margaret Thatcher to the veteran Tory MP Sir Bill Cash in March 1993, was written shortly after the modern European Union was established with the adoption of the Maastricht Treaty. Sir Bill, one of the former Prime Minister’s most loyal supporters, says it shows it would be “simply inconceivable” that Lady Thatcher would have supported Prime Minister David Cameron’s proposed deal on renegotiated membership. The letter shows Lady Thatcher had no sympathy with political and economic union as envisaged by the EU, reports The Daily Mail. It is a short and precise statement of her position which does not lend itself to interpretation. It reads, in full: I understand it is being suggested in some quarters that I would have agreed to the Maastricht Treaty. May I make it clear that I would NOT [underlined] have done so. In my view it is contrary to British interests and damaging to our Parliamentary Democracy. Sir Bill’s letter bluntly contradicts the recent assertion made by Lord Powell — Lady Thatcher’s chief