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Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville: Westminster’s Renaissance man

In the course of an extraordinary political career, he filled a multitude of roles with a style and gravitas that marked him out as a true gentleman and a consummate negotiator

The Independent UK

In memory of Glenda Jackson: ‘She touched something central about what it means to be alive’

Two people who watched the actor and Labour politician closely remember the desire to get to the truth that made her so powerful on stage, screen and in parliament

The Guardian - UK

One good can come from the Boris Johnson debacle: the will to look afresh at the House of Lords

We should consider whether PMs should have such power to shape the upper chamber, says former lord speaker Norman Fowler

The Guardian - UK

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Mozammel Hossain: Tory mayoral contender breaks cover to reveal key policies

Describes Ulez expansion as ‘very cruel measure’ and vows to turn off cameras ‘on day one’

Evening Standard

Drop culture war battles, Penny Mordaunt tells Tories

Party must focus on ‘building more and taxing less’, says cabinet minister

The Independent UK

OPINION - Silvio Berlusconi crashed the clown car into politics

Silvio Berlusconi, billionaire entrepreneur, four times prime minister of Italy and sometime cruise ship crooner, who has died at 86, pioneered a style of performance politics that provided a template for Boris Johnson and Donald Trump.

Evening Standard

Drop culture war battles, Penny Mordaunt tells Tories

Party must focus on ‘building more and taxing less’, says cabinet minister

The Independent UK

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This is Starmer’s moment. Thatcherism has collapsed, and the Tories are at each other’s throats

This is no passing crisis, it is existential. Look at the polls – people don’t want the Tories or their agenda any more, says Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Tax cuts without lower inflation is ‘betrayal’ of Thatcher, says minister

Gillian Keegan said the Government would need to ensure ‘sound money’ and financial stability before planning to cut taxes.

The Independent UK

Gillian Keegan attacks 'fairytale' economics of Tory right as civil war deepens

'Selectively choosing bits of the legacy and dressing it up as Thatcherism is a betrayal of her great legacy,' Gillian Keegan told the Centre for Policy Studies' annual Margaret Thatcher Conference in a dig at Liz Truss

Daily Mirror

Priti Patel leads tributes to ‘political titan’ Boris Johnson after former PM quits as MP

‘Boris Johnson has served our country and his constituency with distinction. He led world in supporting Ukraine, got Brexit done, and was our most electorally successful Prime Minister since Margaret Thatcher,’ Ms Patel said

Evening Standard

Movie Review: In ‘Blue Jean,’ a nuanced picture of life as a lesbian in Margaret Thatcher’s Britain

A high school gym teacher grappling with her sexual identity is challenged on both a micro and macro level in 1988 England in “Blue Jean,” the directorial debut of Georgia Oakley, starring Rosy McEwan in theaters Friday

The Independent UK

Scottish Labour leader stresses oil and gas will play major part for ‘decades’

Anas Sarwar said a Labour government would not make the ‘same mistakes’ as Margaret Thatcher.

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer says he wants to empower local communities. The Jamie Driscoll affair suggests otherwise

Blocking the North of Tyne mayor from standing for Labour again shows how deep the party’s centralism runs, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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The spectre of price controls is back to spook Sunak – and Thatcherite myths won’t save him

The prime minister is stubbornly attached to an outdated ideology, but has no plan for adapting to volatile times, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK

Britain’s ever-harsher welfare system means that now only the rich can afford to make art

Postwar artists wouldn’t have had a chance without affordable housing or social security, says Alex Niven of Newcastle University

The Guardian - UK

UK could break up unless it is rebuilt as ‘solidarity union’, says Mark Drakeford

Exclusive: First minister of Wales says bonds that tie UK together have come under ‘sustained assault’ from 40 years of neoliberalism

The Guardian - UK

The Covid inquiry is digging up Boris Johnson’s blunders and the mess keeps piling up

The former prime minister seems determined to drag the Tories down with him when the public hearings into Britain’s handling of the pandemic begin

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Even Farage says Brexit has failed. Why won’t Starmer?

As every sector counts the mounting cost of our catastrophic break with Europe, Labour must find its nerve

Manchester Evening News

Was 'God's Cop' Sir James Anderton a Freemason? Auction of late GMP boss' belongings raises questions

The estate of Sir James, who died last year aged 89, has auctioned off memorabilia - intriguing possessions from his time as chief constable of Greater Manchester Police, including a Masonic sash

The Independent UK

‘Keir Starmer doesn’t inspire people’: Billy Bragg on politics, the royals, and robot songwriters

Ahead of his appearance at music and philosophy festival How the Light Gets In, singer and author Billy Bragg talks to Roisin O’Connor about the state of the nation

The Conversation

Turkey's Erdoğan took a page from US presidents and boosted reelection campaign by claiming to have killed a terrorist

When Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan claimed credit on April 30, 2023, for killing Islamic State group leader Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi in Syria, it may not have been simply a straightforward announcement of victory over the leader of a terrorist group.

The Independent UK

Union leaders promise to ‘defy’ minimum service levels Bill during rally

More than one hundred people gathered in Parliament Square, central London, waving colourful union flags as they cheered at criticism of the Bill.

The Guardian - UK

The Tories have form with far right conspiracy theories. This time it’s ‘cultural Marxism’

The party turns nasty and brutish when it fears for its future. The use of this term – with its clear links to antisemitism – is just the latest example, says author Samuel Earle

Daily Mirror

Tories fork out huge sums for lunch with Rees-Mogg and bubbly signed by Boris at charity auction

The lots were sold at a gala dinner during a conference of the Boris Johnson-backing Conservative Democratic Organisation - with a copy of his book selling for £300

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