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Senior Alba figure in clash with Tory MSP over Rishi Sunak oil leaflets

A SENIOR Alba Party figure has clashed with Tory MSP Murdo Fraser over leaflets taking aim at Rishi Sunak.

The National (Scotland)

Michael Williams obituary

Other lives: Labour housing councillor for almost 20 years who championed tenants in the London borough of Wandsworth

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak’s green backtracking contrasts strongly with previous prime ministers’ efforts

UK prime minister Rishi Sunak appears to be wavering on “net zero by 2050” that Theresa May successfully passed through parliament with barely a cough of disapproval in 2019.

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Margaret Thatcher’s only successful policy – and its unintended consequences

Letters: Readers recall the Enterprise Allowance Scheme, introduced in 1983, which allowed them to pursue personal and creative projects

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Drill, baby, drill: Rishi Sunak junks the Tory green brand

I’m afraid I have what might be shocking news – Ken Clarke is quite right-wing. He may hold heterodox views on Europe (a conviction that cost him the party leadership on multiple occasions), but Clarke’s reputation as a Tory ‘wet’ belies both his record and his admiration for Margaret Thatcher.

Evening Standard

Mockery as Rishi Sunak boasts of being 'in Margaret Thatcher's old Rover'

THE Prime Minister is pretty stuck for ideas ...

The National (Scotland)

Tough times have created nostalgia for 1980s and 1990s Britain, says TV writer

Creator of new BBC show The Power of Parker says young audiences are drawn to the idea of ‘a simpler time’

The Guardian - UK

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From Thatcher to Sunak – toxic divide and rule has always been the Tory weapon of choice

Consider the aliens bill of 1904 and then Theresa May’s claims about a migrant’s cat, and you see a long, ignoble tradition, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK

‘Everyone wanted to get one over on Thatcher’ – the artists who raided the Enterprise Allowance Scheme

Forty years ago, the Tories launched a scheme to foster entrepreneurs – but artists from Jarvis Cocker to Rachel Whiteread saw another way to use it. So did a government seen as hostile to the arts kickstart Britpop and the YBAs?

The Guardian - UK

Eve Arnold: To Know About Women review – legends tired, hungover and flashing their rears

From neo-Nazis at a Malcolm X rally to Queen Elizabeth in the rain, the retrospective shows that Arnold captured some of the 20th century’s most significant images

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

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: Ukraine’s chilling warning to Tony Blair about Putin two decades before invasion

Official files shine light on former PM’s aims and fears – and surprising correspondences – while in No 10

The Independent UK

Margaret Thatcher praised Tony Blair for supporting US after 9/11, files reveal

‘I greatly admire the resolve you are showing,’ former PM said in handwritten note released to National Archives

The Guardian - UK

Thatcher praised Blair for response to 9/11 terror attacks

The ex-PM sent a handwritten note backing the Labour prime minister’s staunch support for the US after the attacks.

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The National (Scotland)

Twitter users come up with new nickname for Sir Keir Starmer

TWITTER users have rebranded Sir Keir Starmer as Sir Kid Starver – as a Labour civil war erupts over the two-child benefit cap.

The Guardian - UK

Big Caesars and Little Caesars by Ferdinand Mount review – a wonderfully wry field guide to autocrats

With tremendous wit and wisdom, the former head of Margaret Thatcher’s policy unit identifies the qualities particular to dictators – and warns against consigning such people to history

The Guardian - UK

If Labour wins power, will Starmer’s safety strategy become a huge risk?

Given the mess he will inherit and potential future crises, ‘sticking-plaster politics’ may not sustain public support, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

Metal Hammer

10 brilliant but overlooked albums turning 40 this year

1983 was the year heavy metal truly took off in America, but some of rock and metal's biggest bands released albums that fell by the wayside

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The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak’s £32 Toby jug mocked for looking nothing like prime minister

Social media users were stunned by the jug, which some said looks more like Gordon Brown

Daily Mirror

Rishi Sunak novelty Toby Jug mocked for looking nothing like the Prime Minister

Every modern Prime Minister gets a novelty jug which is sold in the Houses of Parliament's gift shop - but collectors may be disappointed by the latest ceramic ornament of PM Rishi Sunak

The Independent UK

Tory lord blasts ‘significant sizeable wing’ of party as ‘completely and utterly insane’

Lord Vaizey called on Conservative MPs to stop ‘banging on’ about tax cuts

The National (Scotland)

Former assistant to Margaret Thatcher accused of campaign to thwart shock collar ban

A FORMER assistant to Margaret Thatcher has been running an alleged astroturf campaign lobbying governments to prevent a ban on the use of electric…

Evening Standard

OPINION - Will the election be another ’92 or ’97 for the Tories?

The Tories are hoping that 2024 will turn out to be another 1992, when they snatched victory from the jaws of defeat, rather than a 1997, when they were buried by a Labour landslide

The Guardian - UK

‘It has lost its appeal’: Canary Wharf faces an uncertain future

London’s docklands financial district is facing the loss of major firms such as HSBC and its owners are having to innovate to stem the exodus

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

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