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Scotland has lost one of its icons following Nicola Sturgeon's resignation

Annie Brown says on the global stage Sturgeon represented the possibilities beyond a world contaminated by the sexist strongmen of populism.

Daily Record

Nicola Sturgeon, the independence champion doomed to fall short of her dream

The first minister has dominated politics in Scotland for most of the past decade – but she has paid a price

The Independent UK

The rise and resignation of SNP superstar Nicola Sturgeon — from Ayrshire to the apex of power

As she resigns after eight years in the top job, Robbie Smith looks back on a remarkable career — and asks what’s next for the SNP’s ‘nippy sweetie’?

Evening Standard

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Holi, Thatcher and ‘insult to Gandhi’: Gaurav Bhatia’s tirade against the BBC

As a war of words ensued between the BJP and opposition over the income tax raids on BBC, allegations flew thick and fast. The Congress accused the Narendra Modi government of going after the BBC when the opposition was demanding a JPC probe into the Adani row, while the BJP…

Newslaundry

Photos Show the Transformation of Great Britain

A new exhibit at the National Gallery of Art displays how the U.K. changed in the 1970s and '80s.

Reason

Mrs Thatcher portrait saved from the scrapheap sells for hundreds of pounds

A painting of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher sold for £1,100 after being rescued from a rubbish tip.

Evening Standard

Kaye Adams says she's 'less a prisoner of my insecurities' as she gets first tattoo at 60

Loose Women panellist Kaye Adams has opened up on why she decided to get a tattoo dedicated to her mum after turning 60, and how she had a 'wobble' the night before getting the ink

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Prince Andrew BBC interview to be made into Netflix film starring Gillian Anderson

GILLIAN Anderson and Rufus Sewell are to star in new drama Scoop, based on the interview the Duke of York gave to BBC’s Newsnight.

The National (Scotland)

ExxonMobil should ‘own up and pay up’ for heating planet, government’s climate adviser says

Lord Deben, a cabinet minister under Margaret Thatcher, says oil and gas giant is refusing to take ‘any responsibility’ for role it played in accelerating climate change

The Independent UK

If the Tories listen to the siren voice of 49-day Liz Truss they will be sunk

When a party falls to pieces, look out for the phase in which it starts to blame the world for its own flaws. In a 4,000-word essay in The Daily Telegraph that would have been funnier but no less absurd if it had been written by Lewis Carroll, the 49-day…

Evening Standard

It is hard to admit being wrong. But Brexit voters are doing so in droves

Having been grossly misled in the referendum, Britons’ anger is mounting as the reality of our plight becomes clear

The Guardian - UK

Sylvia Syms: Versatile British film star who turned down Hollywood

Actor who was best known for her starring role in ‘Ice Cold in Alex’ in 1958 has died at the age of 89

The Independent UK

The BBC has a long history of failed attempts to rid it of political influence

Most people probably don’t know who the BBC’s chairman is, or even that the BBC has a chairman. Yet this normally obscure figure has recently hit the headlines. Richard Sharp, BBC chairman since February 2021, is a former banker and a major donor to the Conservative party.

The Conversation

Sunak thinks he is following Thatcher’s union-busting playbook. But he has fatally misread it

Unlike her latest tribute act, the iron lady was an astute judge of public opinion, and an avoider of political traps, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

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France 24

A new winter of discontent? UK sees mass strike action amid cost-of-living crisis

The United Kingdom is experiencing a wave of strikes on a scale not seen since the 1980s under then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. With double-digit inflation, the spiralling cost-of-living crisis means that those on stagnating and low salaries, especially public sector workers, are struggling to make ends meet. This Wednesday, half…

Daily Mirror

Rishi Sunak branded 'lightweight Thatcher tribute act' by veteran trade union boss

Former TUC General Secretary John Monks told the Mirror there has been a dislike of trade unions within the Tories ever since Margaret Thatcher succeeded Ted Heath in 1975

The Guardian - UK

Sylvia Syms obituary

Actor who starred in films of the 1950s and 60s including Ice Cold in Alex and went on to a long career in supporting roles

The Guardian - UK

Another prime minister who just wouldn’t belt up

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The Guardian - UK

Michael Gove briefly meets one mayor at northern conference

Levelling up secretary talks of ‘partnership’ in speech but has little time to hear local leaders’ concerns

The Independent UK

Gove evokes spirit of Thatcherism to help boost levelling-up agenda

Mr Gove said he wanted to see devolution powers deepen and expand to other areas.

The Independent UK

Spirit of Thatcherism can help level up the North, says Gove

The Cabinet minister was speaking at the Convention of the North in Manchester.

Manchester Evening News

'Stunned silence' as ex-teacher wastes away on benefits in award-winning Manchester film

'After the closing credits rolled the audience just sat in stunned silence'

Evening Standard

London’s new Centre for British Photography: ‘You can chart the change in the nation through its photographs’

James and Claire Hyman have opened a space to display their major collection of UK work: “It’s not a nationalist view of British photography”

The Guardian - UK

‘Wheeler-dealer’ Boris Johnson and his tricky relationship with money

That former PM secretly secured a loan of up to £800k no surprise as financial reliance on others stretches back many years

The Conversation

How consecutive Conservative governments destroyed union rights – a timeline of the UK's anti-strike laws since the 1970s

Rishi Sunak’s government is attempting to introduce tough new laws that would further limit the right to take industrial action amid continuing strikes in the UK.

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