T he name Sir Anthony Meyer has become a minor footnote in political history despite the former Tory MP playing a pivotal role in ending the premiership of Margaret Thatcher . Back in 1989 the pro-EU Tory MP ran as a so-called “stalking horse candidate” for the Conservative Party leadership against Margaret Thatcher to undermine her iron rule of the party. While she easily won it opened the door to the challenge from Michael Heseltine a year later which ended her time in Downing Street. Now 37 years later Catherine West , the Labour MP for Hornsey and Friern Barnet, has become Labour’s equivalent of Meyer, but Labour MPs are unlikely to wait another year to get rid of Sir Keir Starmer . Catherine West has announced she will run against Starmer if nobody else will (Labour Party) The problem with Labour rules is that unlike the Tories there is no simple process now of holding a vote of confidence in the leader. Back in 1989 the Tories had a similar problem which is why a stalking horse candidate was needed.…