Not, it should be noted, to the fact of holding a debate on Thatcherism.
She was genuinely puzzled that Thatcherism did not find more fertile ground north of the border.
That all went, or seemed to go, about the time that Thatcherism came in.
So was it, as it were, tourism and not Thatcherism that Mr Hague wanted to renounce?
Thatcherism was about privatising nationalised industries and curbing the unions not about short-changing patients and pupils.
And many voters have concluded that Thatcherism was motivated by ideology, not common sense.
But even during the heyday of Thatcherism, practical politics made it impossible for the government to attempt this.
And, again as with Thatcherism, there is a hint of a big idea.
Mr Green says that the success of Thatcherism was bought at a price.
But "to this day, 'Thatcherism' is used all over the world to describe a brisk, unsentimental, pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps approach, " he writes.
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So perhaps it is true, as the party's present leaders now insist, that no offence against Thatcherism was ever intended.
"It is not about about the demise of an old lady, it is about the end of Thatcherism hopefully, " she said.
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They feared Thatcherism was too big a shock to the British system and trusted in the wisdom of Westminster and Whitehall.
If Mr Hague wants to soften Thatcherism he will have to pick a proper fight with Baroness Thatcher and win it.
Thatcherism will always remain, and the world is better for it.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said although it was fair to "shun the tenets of Thatcherism" it was possible to still respect Lady Thatcher's personal achievements.
While Mr Blair does not want to continue Thatcherism's crusade against the state, nor does he seek to reverse it (which means it is likely to grow).
What, for example, would Thatcherism have been without the forcefulness of the woman who relished upsetting the crockery in the grand dining room of her Tory rivals?
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But I think that there is a growing appetite out there, for what I might describe, or what has been described as, Thatcherism with a social conscience.
Thatcherism was not a fully worked out theory when Mrs Thatcher entered office in 1979 (and critics of the Third Way may want to bear that in mind).
It grew out of the Institute of Economic Affairs, the godfather of Thatcherism, responsible for thinking up many of the free-market policies that transformed Britain in the 1980s.
On this reading, the political party that wins elections now is not the party that can set off the most ideological fireworks, as with Thatcherism in the 1980s.
In fact Thatcherism was (and is) essentially pragmatic and empirical.
It was not until the 1970s, when Margaret Thatcher became leader of the party and subsequently prime minister, that Powellism became the new radicalism and formed the basis of Thatcherism.
Naturally, Yorkshire men would prefer that their coal mines stay open, and if it takes government support to ensure that this happens, so be it: Thatcherism was never popular here.
Although Thatcherism was based on the austere-sounding philosophy of monetarism, Thatcher wanted to put a human face on it, so she talked about running the country's finances like a thrifty housewife.
President Michael D O'Higgins - a fierce opponent of Thatcherism while a politician - said her place in history was assured but her legacy would be "discussed and debated for many years".
ISCS, argues that it would once have been impossible to imagine such opposing organisations as his and Demos politely sharing seminars, given the sharp political faultlines created by Thatcherism in the 1980s.
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