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Editorial: The prime minister should be like his political idol and award inflation-proof pay rises to end industrial strife by key workers

The former Soviet leader’s longtime translator remembers an optimist who wanted to achieve his goals by persuasion, not force, and understood that he was a man of history

Minister exalted by Margaret Thatcher also advised David Cameron and ran businesses including Cable & Wireless

Liam Bones was asked to remove images of Margaret Thatcher and Winston Churchill

Preston councillor Liam Bones was asked to remove the Union Flag bunting and images of Margaret Thatcher and Winston Churchill from the Conservative group room and later published an article on it

The home secretary’s factionalism and refusal to toe the line are making Rishi Sunak look weaker by the day, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

To the operatic soundtrack of Pavarotti and co, television coverage of the 1990 World Cup finals in Italy would continue to live long in the memory

The UK government’s amateur grandstanding will end in a humiliating climbdown, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The UK government is battening down the hatches for a wave of strikes in December and January. Railway workers, nurses, ambulance workers, civil servants and postal staff are all set to take industrial action in the coming weeks in protest at wages not keeping up with inflation, with teachers’ and…