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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jacob Stolworthy

Steve Coogan says he now ‘admires’ Margaret Thatcher because of Keir Starmer’s politics

Steve Coogan has said that Keir Starmer ‘s lack of “ideology” has made him retroactively “admire” Margaret Thatcher.

The actor and writer is a dyed-in-the-wool Labour supporter and has often used his bumbling comedy creation Alan Partridge – a longstanding Tory – to poke fun at the party’s political rivals.

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