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Rishi Sunak’s Tories are sunk, whatever he does

Letters: Readers respond to an article by the former Conservative minister Justine Greening about the party’s disastrous byelection results

The Guardian - UK

Bishan Singh Bedi: A craftsman of flight and an old-school straight talker

It started off as a lyrical amble across the stumps before he reached the bowling crease. And at the point of the release, almost meditating over the next note, the poet of aerial trajectory let go of the ball to spin a story.

Newslaundry

The ‘let Rishi be Rishi’ plan is a disaster. Only a John Major strategy can halt Tory armageddon now

The byelection routs proved that rebranding the PM as a rightwing radical alienates voters, says the former Conservative minister Justine Greening

The Guardian - UK

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Analysis: Tories hit by turning political tide suffer two historic by-election losses in Mid-Beds and Tamworth

Historic swings from the Tories to Labour will alarm Conservative MPs

Evening Standard

OPINION - Why you shouldn't expect an early general election

Perhaps it is because Arsène Wenger so often 'didn't see the incident' that he remembers things differently. The former Arsenal manager once noted that, contrary to popular belief, Newcastle United did not throw away the 1995-96 Premier League title because Kevin Keegan got angry on Sky television. Instead, he says,…

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak claims putting reducing inflation ahead of tax cuts Thatcherite and ‘deeply Conservative’ – as it happened

Prime minister says ‘the best tax cut we can give is to cut inflation’ after Michael Gove says taxes should be cut before general election

The Guardian - UK

Murdoch brainwashed Britain. That’s the comforting tale the left tells itself. But is it true?

The influence of News Corp is overstated – and politicians need to revamp their tactics and schmoozing accordingly

The Guardian - UK

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Labour can’t tax and spend its way out of trouble, warns Blair

Former PM says Starmer could face an even gloomier economic situation than he inherited from John Major

The Guardian - UK

History suggests that Rishi Sunak is doomed to join the ‘tail-end Charlie’ club

There’s an incredibly strong pattern of failure among prime ministers coming to office when their party has been dominant for a long period

The Guardian - UK

Government distances itself from ‘Lavatory Tsar’ claims as it is mocked over public toilets strategy

Equalities minister Kemi Badenoch weighs into new ‘culture war’ with crackdown on gender neutral loos

The Independent UK

Tory ministers under John Major wanted Scotland treated 'as a region of England'

SENIOR Tory cabinet members in the 1990s believed that Scotland should be treated as though it were a region of England, official archives have…

The National (Scotland)

Interest rates: more ‘trauma’ for households

“If it isn’t hurting it isn’t working.” That was the message from then-chancellor John Major in 1989 during a previous period when interest rate rises were used to tackle high inflation, said Larry Elliott in The Guardian.

The Week

The Observer view: Britain’s brutal and overcrowded prisons pose a risk to us all

Nothing will change until politicians of all parties acknowledge that too many people are in prison

The Guardian - UK

Will ghosts of Tory past return to help Rishi Sunak re-election?

Former PMs and minister-turned-podcaster could get the vote out

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

‘Get rid of all the green crap’: Tory PMs’ strange attitude to the environment

As both Labour and Conservatives ponder their green policies, we look back at the Tories’ propensity to promise much – and deliver little

Evening Standard

OPINION - Keir Starmer is getting a shellacking, but his strategy is right

You gotta give them hope: so declared Harvey Milk, the San Francisco city supervisor and gay rights campaigner. And it is so, especially in the case of progressive politicians. Hope is the bedrock of what they offer.

Evening Standard

Edwina Currie to John Major: you didn’t ‘go easy’ on Thatcher, she dominated you

Major said his ‘Victorian values’ made him go easy on the Iron Lady

Evening Standard

Comedian Joe Lycett on his ‘panic attack’ after heckling Liz Truss on the BBC

Lycett was later proud of his stunt

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The Guardian view on cricket: infused with racial, sex- and class-based bigotry

Editorial: To understand the nature and extent of inequity requires going beyond the game to history itself

The Guardian - UK

It’s Brexit that cranks up inflation. Don’t just blame the Bank

Policymakers are too quick to slow the economy and risk recession when the solution is to rejoin the EU

The Independent UK

Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville: Westminster’s Renaissance man

In the course of an extraordinary political career, he filled a multitude of roles with a style and gravitas that marked him out as a true gentleman and a consummate negotiator

The Guardian - UK

UK has no choice but to raise interest rates to curb inflation, says Jeremy Hunt

Chancellor gives unstinting support to Bank of England as households brace for borrowing costs to rise again

Daily Mirror

'Don't level up the Honours System - bury the exclusive, snobbish setup for good'

Britain’s class system, supposedly abolished by John Major, is alive and kicking, says Paul Routledge, as can be seen with Rishi Sunak's snooty attempt to diversify dishing out honours

The Guardian - UK

After Brexit: what are the Tories really for?

As Rishi Sunak flew off to Japan, he left behind a party flailing around for an identity

Evening Standard

OPINION - I’m hooked on the no-man’s land in our memories

It was hour eight or nine of a multiday YouTube binge and the algorithm was serving me hit after hit. Newcastle United’s heroic, almost Premier League-winning season. Michael Heseltine deputising for John Major at Prime Minister’s Questions. Monica from Friends declaring herself to be “breezy” following her break-up with Richard…

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