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The Latest Breaking News from Margaret Thatcher

Man fined after throwing eggs at statue of Margaret Thatcher

The statue was attacked within hours of it being lowered into place

Wales Online

University worker fined after egging statue of Margaret Thatcher

Jeremy Webster was pictured and filmed throwing eggs shortly after the statue’s installation.

The Independent UK

A brief history of windfall taxes: who used them and why

Windfall taxes have been used by Tory governments at least three times in the last 40 years

The Guardian - UK

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My home town doesn’t need a fawning monument to Margaret Thatcher

Grantham can do much better than this – an Iron Lady statue facing off with a bronze poll tax protester would be more fitting

The Guardian - UK

Anthony Trollope’s take on London policing is still relevant today

Brief letters: The Met’s Partygate investigation | Winston Churchill | Toppling the PM | Israel’s ‘culture of impunity’ | Margaret Thatcher statue

The Guardian - UK

Act now or face windfall tax, warns minister

A Goverment U-turn to introduce a windfall tax remains a possibility

Evening Standard

‘It’s very divisive’: Margaret Thatcher’s statue splits birthplace of Grantham

Residents of former PM’s hometown continue to have mixed feelings about sculpture after egging

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UK national anthem represents the union falling apart before our eyes

THAT hoary old debate about national anthems reared its nodding head last week, but this time round in a unique and fascinating context.

The National (Scotland)

Thursday briefing: Why we don’t have to balance the books

In today’s newsletter: As inflation hits a 40-year high of 9%, Archie Bland explores the causes of the crisis, and the potential solutions left out of the debate

The Guardian - UK

Man sells eggs by Margaret Thatcher statue after landmark gets vandalised

The 20ft statue of the UK's first female Prime Minister was egged just two hours after it was installed on May 15

Liverpool Echo

Inflation hits 40-year high: What was life like in Britain the last time things were so dire in 1982

Margaret Thatcher was PM, unemployment at its worst since the 1930s, the Falklands War broke out and ‘Come on Eileen’ was the year’s biggest-selling single

The Independent UK

Three TV channels and shops shut on Sundays - life in 1982 when the cost of living was last as high as it is now

Margaret Thatcher was PM and unemployment stood at 10.4%

Wales Online

Man 'selling eggs' for £10 each outside Margaret Thatcher statue

Neil Kinnock has called for the statue to be 'respected'

Wales Online

Britain’s inflation rate surges to a 40-year high of 9%

UK inflation rose to its highest level since Margaret Thatcher was prime minister 40 years ago, adding to pressure for action from the government and central bank.

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The Guardian - UK

From Dover’s cliffs to degraded porn: the astonishing alchemy of Cornelia Parker – review

This fabulous survey of her 40-year career has everything from soiled hankies to exploding sheds, as well as a vampire-like Margaret Thatcher – confirming Parker’s genius for finding poetry in the world around us

Daily Mirror

Mother-in-law says relative who threw eggs at Baroness Thatcher statue 'childish'

Statue costing £300,000 was sited in former prime minister's home town of Grantham over fears it could become focus of "far-left" if placed in Parliamentary Square, Westminster

The Independent UK

Leicester University ‘does not condone’ staff member egging Thatcher statue

Memorial to former Tory PM was splattered within hours of unveiling and has been booed by passing drivers

Chronicle Live

Brits struggling with rising cost of living should look for 'better-paid' jobs, says Tory MP

Labour shadow cabinet minister Ian Murray said the “ludicrous” advice appeared to hark back to Margaret Thatcher’s era of government

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Wales Online

Richard Madeley defends football fans who booed national anthem

God Save the Queen was met with a chorus of jeers before LIverpool's FA Cup triumph

The Independent UK

University condemns ‘defacement’ as employee accused of egging Thatcher statue

The University of Leicester said the matter was being addressed in line with its procedures.

Liverpool Echo

ITV Good Morning Britain's Richard Madeley defends LFC fans who booed national anthem

God Save the Queen was met with a chorus of jeers before The Reds' FA Cup triumph

The Independent UK

Abi Morgan: ‘The Split is filled with a lot of the pain I’ve been through’

The writer of the hit BBC show talks to Charlotte Cripps about that shock ending and the real-life drama contained in her new book, ‘This Is Not a Pity Memoir’, which details her husband’s brain injury, surviving breast cancer, and her altered view of mortality

Manchester Evening News

Moment protester eggs Margaret Thatcher statue after it's unveiled in Grantham

Passing motorists loudly booed the monument, with one shouting “tear it down”

Wales Online

Margaret Thatcher statue egged by protestors within hours of being installed in home town

The statue was lowered into place in Grantham, Lincolnshire, amid previous threats of “egg throwing” and was booed by passing motorists.

Manchester Evening News

Protestor eggs statue of Margaret Thatcher just hours after installation

The brand new £300,000 statue of Baroness Margaret Thatcher hadn't long been up when it was struck by eggs

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