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The natural party of government? After five PMs in seven years, the Conservatives seem all at sea

The Tories always had a capacity for shapeshifting, but now something has gone wrong. Have they just run out of ideas, asks author Geoffrey Wheatcroft

The Guardian - UK · Aug 25, 2023

Queen Elizabeth’s washing up habit has blown our minds and she didn’t want a former Prime Minister changing it!

Queen Elizabeth's washing up habit might surprise many fans and she apparently had a great response to a PM trying to switch things up

Woman & Home · Aug 24, 2023

Julian Haviland obituary

ITN’s political editor during the 1970s who was the first journalist to interview Margaret Thatcher as Conservative party leader

The Guardian - UK · Aug 22, 2023

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How Queen Elizabeth reacted to police charge on miners at 1984 Battle of Orgreave

The monarch watched closely, according to a late political editor

The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2023

Politicians can always be voted out. And so could Brexit

The Tories, and even Labour, tell us that ‘the country made a decision in 2016’. Yes it did, and now it repents of that choice

The Guardian - UK · Aug 20, 2023

British prime ministers on holiday - in pictures

Rishi Sunak is back at his desk after a summer holiday in sunny California, visiting Disneyland and spending time on the beach.

The Week · Aug 16, 2023

'Slander': Alba advert attacking 'vampire' Rishi Sunak rejected by media giant

ALBA’S advert lampooning Rishi Sunak as a vampire who has glutted on Scotland’s oil has been rejected by a media giant due to “slandering”…

The National (Scotland) · Aug 15, 2023

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Senior Alba figure in clash with Tory MSP over Rishi Sunak oil leaflets

A SENIOR Alba Party figure has clashed with Tory MSP Murdo Fraser over leaflets taking aim at Rishi Sunak.

The National (Scotland) · Aug 13, 2023

Michael Williams obituary

Other lives: Labour housing councillor for almost 20 years who championed tenants in the London borough of Wandsworth

The Guardian - UK · Aug 10, 2023

Rishi Sunak’s green backtracking contrasts strongly with previous prime ministers’ efforts

UK prime minister Rishi Sunak appears to be wavering on “net zero by 2050” that Theresa May successfully passed through parliament with barely a cough of disapproval in 2019.

The Conversation · Aug 3, 2023

Margaret Thatcher’s only successful policy – and its unintended consequences

Letters: Readers recall the Enterprise Allowance Scheme, introduced in 1983, which allowed them to pursue personal and creative projects

The Guardian - UK · Aug 1, 2023

OPINION - Drill, baby, drill: Rishi Sunak junks the Tory green brand

I’m afraid I have what might be shocking news – Ken Clarke is quite right-wing. He may hold heterodox views on Europe (a conviction that cost him the party leadership on multiple occasions), but Clarke’s reputation as a Tory ‘wet’ belies both his record and his admiration for Margaret Thatcher.

Evening Standard · Jul 31, 2023

Mockery as Rishi Sunak boasts of being 'in Margaret Thatcher's old Rover'

THE Prime Minister is pretty stuck for ideas ...

The National (Scotland) · Jul 30, 2023

Tough times have created nostalgia for 1980s and 1990s Britain, says TV writer

Creator of new BBC show The Power of Parker says young audiences are drawn to the idea of ‘a simpler time’

The Guardian - UK · Jul 29, 2023

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The Guardian - UK · Jul 27, 2023

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 · Jul 26, 2023

‘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 · Jul 25, 2023

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

The Guardian - UK · Jul 23, 2023

‘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

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The Independent UK · Jul 19, 2023

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 Guardian - UK · Jul 18, 2023

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 Independent UK · Jul 18, 2023

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.

The National (Scotland) · Jul 17, 2023

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 Guardian - UK · Jul 16, 2023

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 · Jul 14, 2023

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

Metal Hammer · Jul 13, 2023

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

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