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From Thatcher to Sunak – toxic divide and rule has always been the Tory weapon of choice

Consider the aliens bill of 1904 and then Theresa May’s claims about a migrant’s cat, and you see a long, ignoble tradition, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK

‘Everyone wanted to get one over on Thatcher’ – the artists who raided the Enterprise Allowance Scheme

Forty years ago, the Tories launched a scheme to foster entrepreneurs – but artists from Jarvis Cocker to Rachel Whiteread saw another way to use it. So did a government seen as hostile to the arts kickstart Britpop and the YBAs?

The Guardian - UK

Eve Arnold: To Know About Women review – legends tired, hungover and flashing their rears

From neo-Nazis at a Malcolm X rally to Queen Elizabeth in the rain, the retrospective shows that Arnold captured some of the 20th century’s most significant images

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‘Get rid of all the green crap’: Tory PMs’ strange attitude to the environment

As both Labour and Conservatives ponder their green policies, we look back at the Tories’ propensity to promise much – and deliver little

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: Ukraine’s chilling warning to Tony Blair about Putin two decades before invasion

Official files shine light on former PM’s aims and fears – and surprising correspondences – while in No 10

The Independent UK

Margaret Thatcher praised Tony Blair for supporting US after 9/11, files reveal

‘I greatly admire the resolve you are showing,’ former PM said in handwritten note released to National Archives

The Guardian - UK

Thatcher praised Blair for response to 9/11 terror attacks

The ex-PM sent a handwritten note backing the Labour prime minister’s staunch support for the US after the attacks.

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Twitter users come up with new nickname for Sir Keir Starmer

TWITTER users have rebranded Sir Keir Starmer as Sir Kid Starver – as a Labour civil war erupts over the two-child benefit cap.

The National (Scotland)

Big Caesars and Little Caesars by Ferdinand Mount review – a wonderfully wry field guide to autocrats

With tremendous wit and wisdom, the former head of Margaret Thatcher’s policy unit identifies the qualities particular to dictators – and warns against consigning such people to history

The Guardian - UK

If Labour wins power, will Starmer’s safety strategy become a huge risk?

Given the mess he will inherit and potential future crises, ‘sticking-plaster politics’ may not sustain public support, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK

10 brilliant but overlooked albums turning 40 this year

1983 was the year heavy metal truly took off in America, but some of rock and metal's biggest bands released albums that fell by the wayside

Metal Hammer

Rishi Sunak’s £32 Toby jug mocked for looking nothing like prime minister

Social media users were stunned by the jug, which some said looks more like Gordon Brown

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak novelty Toby Jug mocked for looking nothing like the Prime Minister

Every modern Prime Minister gets a novelty jug which is sold in the Houses of Parliament's gift shop - but collectors may be disappointed by the latest ceramic ornament of PM Rishi Sunak

Daily Mirror

Tory lord blasts ‘significant sizeable wing’ of party as ‘completely and utterly insane’

Lord Vaizey called on Conservative MPs to stop ‘banging on’ about tax cuts

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Former assistant to Margaret Thatcher accused of campaign to thwart shock collar ban

A FORMER assistant to Margaret Thatcher has been running an alleged astroturf campaign lobbying governments to prevent a ban on the use of electric…

Evening Standard

OPINION - Will the election be another ’92 or ’97 for the Tories?

The Tories are hoping that 2024 will turn out to be another 1992, when they snatched victory from the jaws of defeat, rather than a 1997, when they were buried by a Labour landslide

The Guardian - UK

‘It has lost its appeal’: Canary Wharf faces an uncertain future

London’s docklands financial district is facing the loss of major firms such as HSBC and its owners are having to innovate to stem the exodus

Evening Standard

Edwina Currie to John Major: you didn’t ‘go easy’ on Thatcher, she dominated you

Major said his ‘Victorian values’ made him go easy on the Iron Lady

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Comedian Joe Lycett on his ‘panic attack’ after heckling Liz Truss on the BBC

Lycett was later proud of his stunt

The Guardian - UK

A plan to cut carers when the NHS is on its knees – do ‘red wall’ Tory MPs really think this will save them?

The UK’s care sector needs workers from abroad, but rightwing MPs must slash immigration to save face – whatever the cost, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Liverpool Echo

The failures of privatisation can be found in our toxic rivers and our failing water companies

As Britain's biggest water company faces collapse and sewage fills our rivers, Liam Thorp says privatisation has left parts of our country in a state of near-collapse

The Guardian - UK

‘There were very, very few openly queer kids in my year group’: Joe Lycett, Colm Tóibín and more on how gay life has changed

Six high-profile queer figures talk frankly

Daily Mirror

Girl, 7, writes tear-jerking 'sad and sleepy' plea to Rishi Sunak for free school meals

Dozens of MPs, activists and school children gathered outside the gates of No10 to hand over an open letter to the PM calling for free school meals for all primary school pupils to prevent kids from going hungry

The Guardian - UK

Lord Clinton-Davis obituary

Labour MP, minister and European commissioner with a special focus on the environment and water pollution

Evening Standard

Who owns Thames Water? Firm in High Court battle against administration

Company needs up to £3bn to stay afloat

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