September 19, 2007
Posted: September 19th, 2007 01:00 PM ET

Rudy Giuliani was in London on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (CNN) – Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani picked up endorsements from two of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's advisers on a brief campaign swing to London Wednesday.

Robert Conquest and Dr. Nile Gardiner, advisers to “The Iron Lady” during her tenure at 10 Downing Street, will become foreign policy consultants to Giuliani.

“Mayor Giuliani is a proven leader with a clear vision for keeping America safe, and offers the kind of strong leadership that the United States needs to win the terrorists’ war on us,” Gardiner said in a statement. “In my time working with former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, I observed how her strong principles governed her decision-making. Rudy Giuliani is a leader in her mold.”

While traveling in London on Wednesday, Giuliani is meeting with former prime ministers Thatcher and Blair, as well as the current prime minister, Gordon Brown. He will also deliver the inaugural Margaret Thatcher Atlantic Bridge lecture.

–CNN Associate Producer Lauren Kornreich

Filed under: Rudy Giuliani


Steve, Steele, Mo   September 20th, 2007 3:12 pm ET

Foreigners endorsing our candidates!!!!!!!!Please. Who cares what they think?!

Pickles, Monaca, PA   September 20th, 2007 11:53 am ET

What an endorsement! Margaret Thatcher did for England what Ronald Reagan did for America: Let manufacturing jobs disappear and cut the earning potential of blue-collar workers in half. Will Guiliani be the next Ronald Reagan and truly make America a "service economy" where we are all flipping hamburgers and working in retail for minimum wage?

Chris, Middletown, CT   September 20th, 2007 10:31 am ET

Dawn –
I would suggest alittle reading on the makeup of the Clinton administration. The senate and the house were Republican controlled. Clinton was always knows to take the position of the last person in his office...a forced moderate – do you really want a socialist left winger like Hillary with a Democrat controlled senate and congress? Watch CSPAN sometime...and see how they "save" 10 million in one program...only to toss it into yet another entitlement program – we need a fiscal conservative...without all the right wing ties that come with it....and thats Rudy...a moderate

Joe, Florida   September 20th, 2007 8:09 am ET

Apparently Rudy thinks that by going overseas and meeting with foreign leaders will make him look presidential and persuade us to vote for him.

Anybody can go meet a foreign leader Rudy, you are not an exception. And no, you don't look presidential enough if that's what you wanted us to see you as.

dawn -- Gaithersburg, MD.   September 19th, 2007 7:16 pm ET

Chris:

Socially liberal and fiscally conservative sounds exactly like the Clintons. In the 90s, President Clinton balanced the budget, created a surplus, prevented the Supreme Court from being overrun by conservatives, and pretty much left our civil rights alone (we still had habeas back then, for example). I have absolutely NO reason to believe that Sen. Clinton would abandon those principles were she elected president and EVERY reason to believe she would not. I assume you have excellent arguments to the contrary. Please let us read them.

Rose Hann New London, CT   September 19th, 2007 7:15 pm ET

Poor Rudy. He gets a supporter from a for Thatcher staffer but he can't vote in America! What an endorsement Rudy.

Hillary, 08! Go girl!

Eric , San Francisco, CA   September 19th, 2007 6:26 pm ET

Putting Giuliani in office would be just liking reliving the Bush era all over again. Just what we need another war happy republican in the oval office. More importantly who really cares about endorsements from england. Last time i checked this was an American election.

J Houston, TX   September 19th, 2007 6:02 pm ET

You can't stop a war or terrorism by playing defense. Any man with military experience knows this. The option of retreating from the Middle East will be the greatest travesty of our time if that is the decision that is made.

Quit pretending anything is going to change no matter which party enters office. They are all wealthy people saying whatever they think will get them elected in a soundbite.

Sam, NYC   September 19th, 2007 5:16 pm ET

He claims to have made crime go down in NYC but if you look at the facts, the crime rate began to drop 3 years BEFORE he became mayor.

Paul, Phoenix, Arizona   September 19th, 2007 5:05 pm ET

Easy for those Brits to say. They wouldn't have to live under his rule.

He has so many skeletons in his closet, I am surprised his house doesn't rattle.

Frank Sellers, Philadelphia, PA   September 19th, 2007 4:58 pm ET

Uh, the English don't vote in US election so...who cares?

Bill, Streamwood, IL   September 19th, 2007 4:58 pm ET

Good!

Then when Rudy looses here he can cross the pond and run for something or other in the U.K.

Hey, maybe we can even help bankroll a U.K. version of MoveOn.Org to sucker him over.

Hopefully he'll be elected, look incrediably bad in the robes and such officials wear, and we'll be rid of him.

Or, he could loose and by then we'll have tightened the immigration laws to the point where he couldn't come back.

It's a Win-Win in my book.

Ryan, Windsor, NY   September 19th, 2007 4:35 pm ET

Doesn't anyone realize he did not keep NYC safe, he took office shortly after the 1993 WTC garage bombing and didn't do anything to stop the 2001 WTC attacks. I find him incapable of anything.

Maria NY,NY   September 19th, 2007 4:33 pm ET

This is not a man who can be trusted. He cheated on his wife with two different women. He is a control freak he got rid of the Police commissioner because he was getting the credit for the reduction in crime in NYC and not him. This is a man who wanted to change the city charter and stay in office after 9/11 because he could do a better job than Bloomberg who was elected. This is a man whom claims he spent so much time at ground zero as the FDNY- just wondering why he's not sick like the hundreds of first responders including the deputy Mayor Rudy Washington.

Ben, Oakland, CA   September 19th, 2007 4:32 pm ET

Giuliani's the best man to keep America safe......what a joke! What are his foreign policy credentials? Driving by the UN on the way to work? If he's so passionate about protecting America and foreign policy, where was he when the Iraq Study Group, a group he volunteered to be a part of, was being briefed by dozens of foreign policy, military and security experts? That’s right, he was busy padding his pockets speaking to an insurance company or something. His hardcore stance on terrorism is almost laughable. It's an obvious attempt to win the nomination by masking both his moderate positions on social issues and personal character. Don't be fooled by this light weight. His 15 minutes will soon be up.

Jeff Spangler, Arlington, VA   September 19th, 2007 4:03 pm ET

Jolly good to hear that the Brits support Rudy. Do I sense a knighthood in the offing?

Heaven Knowles   September 19th, 2007 3:46 pm ET

How can Rudy Giuliani and the other Republican front runners who want to be President of the United States of America justify being absent from the upcoming debate at Morgan State Univeristy? If Senator Clinton or Senator Obama missed a debate in New Hampshire every media outlet would be all over the story. For those Republician that have decided to ignore the African American communities and their concerns shame on you....you will regret this decision.

Jeannie, Sacramento, CA   September 19th, 2007 3:45 pm ET

Giuliani's a phony. He wanted Hillary to disavow the MoveOn ad, but he never called on Bush to disavow the Swift Boat attack on Kerry. This conservative wannabe has so many skeletons in his closet I'd be ashamed to be seen in public if I were him. Gosh, a man whose kids want nothing to do with him because of questionable choices he made in his life is now representing the morality and values GOP?

Kelly McCyntire, Knoxville, TN   September 19th, 2007 3:39 pm ET

Who cares for the endorsements from Thatcher advisors? It will be good thing for Hillary if this joker wins republican nomination.

Toronto, Ontario   September 19th, 2007 3:38 pm ET

Maybe Guiliani can pick up an endorsement from the son of Winston Churchill's gardener.

laurinda, shokan, ny   September 19th, 2007 3:35 pm ET

Oh Great! Now we have England involved in our presidental election. Sounds to me like they have been spiking their tea and krumpets. They should mind their own business. Haven't they learned anything from the Boston Tea Party?

Rafael Richmond Virginia   September 19th, 2007 3:25 pm ET

Rudy a joke? lol Vote for Bush a third time before Rudy ha ha! I am laughing not because it's funny but, because it is silly to say something like that Mike! 9/11 was a thing that happened Rudy is only human. What about all the mistakes Clinton did before 9/11 that led to 9/11 is that a joke too? God help us with people that think like Mike from NC.

James, Phoenix AZ   September 19th, 2007 3:22 pm ET

"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win."

~ Mahatma Gandhi

Keep focused, Mr Guiliani, and move your campaign forward. You strike a reasonable balace (strong on military, continued fight against terrorists, pro-choice but promote "life" alternatives such as adoption, pro-civil unions). Extremists from both parties will condemn you, but fair-minded tolerant people will understand and support your candidacy.

BCNU purple state, usa   September 19th, 2007 3:13 pm ET

Does this sound like some kind of James Bond become fantasy sci-fi action thriller?

The Gotham Crusader, joined by sidekicks Robert Conquest and Dr. Nile team up with the Iron Lady to ......

"The Worst Nightmare on Main Street" coming to precinct theatres this election season..

B, NY, NY   September 19th, 2007 3:06 pm ET

I don't think that endorsements from past leaders of foreign countries should count in the presidential election. If you lived in NYC while he was mayor, you would know. He is not an honest person, with too many skeletons in his closet!

Patt, Henderson, NV   September 19th, 2007 2:58 pm ET

He does realize that the British can't vote in American elections, right?

Dan (Baltimore, MD)   September 19th, 2007 2:57 pm ET

Nice! How's that for foreign policy credentials, Rudy-bashers? I can't wait til he sends Hillary packing in the general election. Rudy's first term will usher in an era of accomplishement and problem solving like our country has never seen. I can't wait for it!

Chris, Middletown, CT   September 19th, 2007 2:57 pm ET

Rudys not perfect – but he is the only moderate running. I am a Republican who would consider voting for Obama – definitely not Hillary. What the country needs is a moderate Democrat or a moderate Republican – someone fiscally responsible...and socially liberal (doesn't that describe the majority of us?) – and look at all the candidates – Democrats are once again talking about big entitlement programs (universal healthcare) – and Republicans are flying the religious right flag – we just need a moderate – someone who thinks like 80% of us – socially liberal...and fiscally conservative.

Pat, Huntington [London if Rudy or Thompson wins], NY   September 19th, 2007 2:56 pm ET

Thatcher supports Rudy...'nough said. That should scare anyone out of supporting Rudy. Afterall, if she is the epitome of conservatism, how bad that must've been for the UK, which hasn't seen a Torry [and I don't mean Spelling] as PM since her! Go Labor!

MIke G. Raleigh NC   September 19th, 2007 2:55 pm ET

Guiliani "a leader".... What a joke! Tell that to the thousands of New Yorkers who went back to the WTC area because he lied and said it was safe to go back. Now they are living a health nightmare with all sorts of diseases from inhaling the contaminated air.
Some leader...I would vote for Bush for a third term before I would vote this jerk!!!!

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