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James McMurdock will not seek Reform UK return after Covid loan questions

MP for South Basildon and East Thurrock says he will remain an independent after surrendering whip last week

The Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2025

Voices: Norman Tebbit carried a torch for a ‘true-blue’ politics now embraced by Nigel Farage

COMMENT: One of Margaret Thatcher’s staunchest lieutenants, the ‘Chingford Skinhead’ held some notorious opinions and would happily go studs-up with his political opponents – but in person, Lord Tebbit was anything but a ‘semi-house-trained polecat’, recalls historian Tim Bale

The Independent UK · Jul 8, 2025

Lord Tebbit obituary

Conservative party chairman and minister with a caustic wit who played a key role during Margaret Thatcher’s time in power

The Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2025

Norman Tebbit, former Tory cabinet minister, dies at 94

Tebbit, MP for constituencies of Epping and Chingford, was one of Margaret Thatcher’s most loyal supporters

The Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2025

Tebbit the Tory hard man who took on the trade unions

As Conservative Party chairman, Norman Tebbit masterminded Margaret Thatcher’s third general election victory despite tensions with the PM.

Evening Standard · Jul 8, 2025

London small business confidence slumps to levels not seen since the pandemic

The proportion of firms predicting growth has fallen for four quarters on the trot since the election last year

Evening Standard · Jul 8, 2025

Labour taking Reform threat in Wales ‘seriously’, says Morgan

The First Minister said there was no point Labour trying to “out-Reform Reform” as a poll suggested the party could become the biggest in the Senedd.

Evening Standard · Jul 8, 2025

'What do they stand for?': What we learned about Labour from new poll of 7000 voters

LABOUR are losing their “loyal, long-term voters” amid a series of broken promises, U-turns and a perceived lack of respect for the public from…

The National (Scotland) · Jul 8, 2025

Jonathon Shafi: What they call chaos is a new left demanding justice

THE mere thought of a “new party of the left” sent many into a kind of meltdown

The National (Scotland) · Jul 8, 2025

More than three out of five people think Starmer does not respect them – poll

A survey by More In Common and the UCL Policy Lab suggested 63% of the public thought the PM did not respect people like them.

Evening Standard · Jul 7, 2025