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Powering down: end times for the UK’s final coal-fired station

At Ratcliffe-on-Soar in Nottinghamshire, the turbines will stop spinning for good this year as the UK meets its pledge to ban coal use. We meet staff proud of the site’s 56-year history

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Exploring 10 Political Mavericks Who Made History

Explore the lives and legacies of influential leaders like Abraham Lincoln, Margaret Thatcher, and Nelson Mandela.

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David Boaz on Libertarianism, Ronald Reagan, and the 2024 Election

"There's all these illiberals on the left, there's all these illiberals on the right, and yet liberalism endures," says the longtime executive vice president of the Cato Institute.

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Margaret Thatcher set Britain’s decline in motion – so why can’t politics exorcise her ghost?

MPs on all sides pay homage, while her failures are forgotten, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

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There’s little choice for a disconnected electorate

Letters: Dr Fiona McMillan thinks there is no difference between the Tories and Labour on important social issues, while Chris Ottewell believes political leaders simply try to cynically reflect what they think the public wants

The Guardian - UK

‘These are crazy stories!’ Riz Ahmed on the south Asian Britons who fought off the far right

The actor’s new documentary tells the shocking story of pitched street battles against fascists and a furious fight against police violence. He talks about how a community rose up against racist killings

The Guardian - UK

Gillian Anderson Initially Turned Down the Role of BBC Journalist Emily Maitlis in ‘Scoop’ Because It “Seemed Like a Really Bad Idea”

Maitlis’ 2019 ‘Newsnight’ interview with Prince Andrew ended his career as a working royal—and life as he knew it.

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Prince Andrew squirms again on Netflix’s Scoop. But who benefits from these ‘real-life’ dramas?

The viewer never quite knows if it’s just entertainment or a way to process recent, seismic events, says writer Elle Hunt

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Christmas lunch in 1973 delivered the gift that kept on giving

Lyall Gillespie had a trained eye for recognising important artefacts.

The Canberra Times

UK stock market does best under Conservative Prime Minister — unless it's Liz Truss

The figures will offer some relief to Rishi Sunak and colleagues ahead of an election this year

Evening Standard

Former Standard political editor Charles Reiss dies aged 82

During an extraordinary career he revealed the inside track of the Thatcher era and the unfolding of the Iraq War

Evening Standard

Britain is usually excited when it boots out a tired old government. Not this time

There is a disconnect between the UK’s main two political parties and their supporters – and its origins go back much further than the past few years, says Andy Beckett

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The UK is trapped in a cycle of political, social and financial turmoil. But there is a way out…

The Conservatives’ pernicious reign, defined by a toxic belief in self-organising markets, has brought Britain to its knees. But we now have an opportunity to turn things around

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Rachel Reeves the chess player has an eye on the economic endgame

The shadow chancellor is often criticised for her centrist positions, but Labour’s plan for a long-term rescue is a vital difference between the parties

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What now for Thames Water as investors turn off the taps?

With £500m of emergency funding withdrawn, calls are growing for the stricken company to be taken into public ownership

Marie Claire

Gillian Anderson, Who Played Margaret Thatcher on ‘The Crown,’ Says the Show Ended at Just the Right Time

Anderson stars in another royally adjacent role in another Netflix project, ‘Scoop,’ out next week.

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10 Influential World Leaders Who Shaped History

Explore the lives and legacies of influential political leaders like Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi, and Winston Churchill.

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Right to buy is an abuse of public funds for political ends

Letters: The idea to sell off council houses was Tory bribery, writes Michael Meadowcroft, while Toby Wood laments the decline in state control over housing, and Dr Orest Mulka says Labour should offer private tenants the right to buy

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Councils now sell off more houses than they build. Thatcher’s legacy, right to buy, is a failure

The repercussions today are more homelessness, spiralling rents and bankrupt councils, says writer Phineas Harper

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For the birds? Far from it. At last Rachel Reeves has given Britain a plan for economic liftoff

Despite being called continuity Hunt, the shadow chancellor has set out a proposal for meaningful change

International Business Times

UK Labour Party Turns To Thatcher In Courtship Of Right

Margaret Thatcher remains despised by many on the left of British politics, but the main Labour opposition seems comfortable citing her as it woos the right before this year's election.

Evening Standard

V&A scraps Margaret Thatcher 'villain' label after public outcry

Former Tory leader was lampooned on Spitting Image

Reason

David Boaz: Libertarianism Is the Intellectual Core of Liberalism

How Vietnam, Watergate, and stagflation supercharged the libertarian movement.

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer says he would never criticise his wife's dishwasher stacking, unlike Rishi Sunak

The Labour leader’s portrait of domestic bliss is a far cry from the Sunak household

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak’s government would ban the very boycotts that helped to end apartheid

A bill now in the Lords is intended to protect Israel from any criticism. It goes further than Thatcher ever did when she tried to stop us protesting to free Nelson Mandela, says former government minister Peter Hain

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