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The Latest Breaking News from Margaret Thatcher

Thursday briefing: The questions that will determine the next prime minister

In today’s newsletter: Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak will now face the Conservative membership – but is she the next Thatcher or is he the one to unite the party’s fractured support?

The Guardian - UK

‘Vote me, get Thatcher’: why the Tories are still obsessed with the Iron Lady

The Conservative leadership candidates can’t stop comparing themselves to their ex-leader – while happily ignoring the truth about her time in office

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss, a Margaret Thatcher Fan at UK’s Diplomatic Helm

Fans of Liz Truss think she is the new Iron Lady. Britain’s foreign secretary is one of the two final contenders to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative Party leader and prime minister. Some 180,000 party members will be asked to choose either Truss or former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak, with…

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Rishi Sunak, Heir Apparent Who Ran Afoul of Boris Johnson

Rishi Sunak was seen as Boris Johnson’s natural heir, until he turned on the prime minister who put him in charge of Britain’s economy. The former Treasury chief, who quit earlier this month after questioning Johnson’s competence and ethics, is one of the two final contenders to replace Johnson as…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sunak faces Truss in UK runoff to succeed Boris Johnson

LONDON — Liz Truss ousted Penny Mordaunt in the race to be Conservative leader and the U.K.’s next prime minister, pitching the foreign secretary into a final runoff against former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak.

Tribune News Service

Who will be Britain’s next prime minister, Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss?

Only two candidates are left in the race to be next leader of the Conservative party. Our panellists tell us who they think will win

The Guardian - UK

In final two, Britain's foreign minister Liz Truss burnishes her tough image

If it's not the pictures of her standing atop a tank in a nod to Conservative leader Margaret Thatcher, it's the meme-defining moment when she vented her anger over cheese imports into Britain that made Liz Truss something of a household name.

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Liz Truss, a Margaret Thatcher fan at UK's diplomatic helm

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is one of two finalists in the race to replace Boris Johnson as Britain’s prime minister

The Independent UK

Liz Truss: From anti-Thatcher demos to heir to Iron Lady’s throne

The highest office in the land is now within grasping distance for the Foreign Secretary.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak, heir apparent who ran afoul of Boris Johnson

Former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak is one of two finalists in the race to replace Boris Johnson as Britain's prime minister

The Independent UK

Inside the Manchester factory where Crunchy Nut Cornflakes were invented

The brand boasts a long history in Manchester, dating back to the 1930s

Manchester Evening News

Kissinger warns Biden against endless confrontation with china

Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said geopolitics today requires “Nixonian flexibility” to help defuse conflicts between the U.S. and China as well as between Russia and the rest of Europe.

Tribune News Service

Prime Minister Liz Truss — everything you need to know about the new PM

She’s known as Thatcher 2.0 — but where does Liz Truss stand on trans rights, taxes, and what does she really think of that infamous cheese speech? Giulia Crouch has the lowdown

Evening Standard

Starmer wants Truss to be Tory leader as ‘wooden style’ would make him look ‘less unexciting’, insiders say

Exclusive: Foreign secretary’s tax cut plans would also help Labour to paint Tories as ‘party of the rich’, sources believe

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Evening Standard

How tall have previous UK prime ministers been including Margaret Thatcher and Winston Churchill

A viral tweet has left people baffled about the heights of former UK leaders

Evening Standard

Rishi may be on the rise, but this infighting could be terminal for the Tories

Twice yesterday the full gravity of the predicament facing the Conservative Party became compellingly clear. First, Boris Johnson, in a speech of epic bluster and bombast supporting the Government’s vote of confidence in itself, resorted to the rhetoric of Donald Trump and his supporters at their most wretchedly deluded.

The Conversation

Conservative leadership election: how the hopefuls stack up against former prime ministers in terms of experience

It is generally assumed that the best candidates for the job of prime minister are people who have considerable experience of top-level politics. Ideally, this experience would involve having served in the cabinet and in particular, having occupied one of the “great offices of state” – chancellor of the exchequer,…

The Independent UK

Liz Truss: From anti-Thatcher demos to heir to Iron Lady’s throne

The Tory leadership contender has had many political reinventions in her life and career.

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Daily Mirror

Tory levelling up plans 'dead' as Labour announces end to 'Hunger Games' funding

Shadow Levelling Up Secretary Lisa Nandy told The Mirror that Conservative leadership contenders are "scrambling to pick up the mantle of Margaret Thatcher" - something she said "sent shivers down the spines" of people across Northern England, Wales and Scotland

The Guardian - UK

Cancelled TV debate underlines who Sunak and Truss are now targeting

Analysis: Well-known candidates have moved their charm offensive away from public to Tory MPs

The Independent UK

Labour accuses Tory contenders of abandoning ‘levelling up’ agenda

Shadow levelling up secretary Lisa Nandy will say promises made by Boris Johnson are being forgotten in the race to offer tax cuts.

The Guardian - UK

Alastair Campbell: ‘Liz Truss as PM is so appalling it’s almost unthinkable – which means it could happen’

The former Downing Street spin doctor on the Tory leadership contenders, the need for political reform and Tony Blair’s legacy

The Guardian - UK

The march of Mordaunt could take an unknown quantity all the way to Number 10

The Portsmouth MP is surfing a Tory revolt against the party’s more established names

The Guardian - UK

Red wall Tories warn: honour levelling up pledges or we’ll lose the next election

Senior Conservatives in northern seats warn leadership contenders that they must stand by the government’s investment promises

The Independent UK

Liz Truss copies Margaret Thatcher’s style ‘down to last detail’ at leadership debate

The former prime minister wore a similar look in 1979

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