Sir Keir Starmer is facing a growing backlash after piling praise on Margaret Thatcher in a bid to win over disillusioned Tory voters.
The Labour leader has been attacked by critics on the right who accused him of trying to “ride on the coattails of Thatcher’s success”. But he has also angered MPs on the left, with one saying the former PM “caused poverty and deprivation not seen since the Dickensian era”.
