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The Latest Breaking News from Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher 'had two affairs' while married to husband Denis, new book claims

The former Conservative Party leader, who died in 2013 aged 87, previously described her partner of more than half a century as ‘the golden thread running through my life’

Evening Standard

Margaret Thatcher had two extramarital affairs, new book claims

A new book claims the former prime minister had an ‘extracurricular’ leg-rubbing friendship and two extramarital affairs

The Independent UK

William Hague urges Keir Starmer to ‘be more like Margaret Thatcher’

The Prime Minister has been under pressure this summer with Labour trailing behind Reform in opinion polls and others questioning his leadership.

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The Conservative party’s obsession with Margaret Thatcher merch feels less kitsch and more cult

On the former prime minister’s centenary, celebratory tat has included branded Toby jugs and whisky, while her old clothes were on display at conference. Is this really what the Iron Lady would have wanted, asks Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

Farage denounces ‘cretins’ in charge of the economy as he pledges ‘big bang two’

The Reform UK leader has pledged to boost trade in digital assets if his party forms a government.

Evening Standard

Margaret Thatcher’s Tory leadership paper unearthed in forgotten cardboard box

Document was found amongst papers belonging to Sir Edward du Cann

The Independent UK

Margaret Thatcher’s 1975 Tory leadership nomination paper found in forgotten box

They were among a cache of papers belonging to Sir Edward du Cann, who was chairman of the influential Conservative backbench 1922 Committee.

Evening Standard

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Scottish independence ‘not a punt’ on the country’s future, says McAllan

The Housing Secretary said the party was not planning on failing to get a majority.

Evening Standard

Afternoon Update: Labor’s super tax walkback; a climate tipping point; and a surprise conversion to birdwatching

Government now plans to scrap tax plan’s application to unrealised gains and delay start date of changes to July 2026

The Guardian - AU

Revulsion with Westminster will push Scotland to independence, Swinney to say

John Swinney will address the last SNP conference ahead of next year’s election.

The Independent UK

Morning Mail: Calls for rule change on abusers’ honours; release of Gaza hostages nears; Healy heroic in Women’s World Cup

Campaigners seek honours rule change; Israel and Hamas prepare for prisoner swap; Alyssa Healy leads Australia to victory over India

The Guardian - AU

Looking for signs of life in centre-right politics in Britain

Letters: Responding to articles about the Conservative party conference, David Redshaw suspects there may be life in Thatcherism yet. Plus letters from Des Senior, William Wallace, Les Bright, Katy Jennison and Peter Brooker

The Guardian - UK

Tories and Reform battle to be heirs to Thatcher’s legacy on her centenary

Gala dinner to remember Conservatives’ most successful leader puts spotlight on who will carry forward her ideas

The Guardian - UK

Ben Elton says his angry 1980s stand-up persona was ‘a useful lie’

The writer and comedian got his television break appearing in the 1980s when his left-wing act – accompanied by his shiny suit – brought headlines

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The Guardian - UK

Iron Ladies review – inspiring account of the women on the miners’ strike picket lines

Fascinating exploration of the women inspired to activism in the Margaret Thatcher era of union-bashing

The Guardian - UK

Thatcher was born 100 years ago and her reign feels a lifetime away. Why is her effect on the country still so huge?

Today’s politicians need to learn that she is not the answer to contemporary problems, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Independent UK

Kemi Badenoch has put her stamp on the Tory leadership with big tax reveal – but will it be enough to save her?

NEWS ANALYSIS: After the Tories looked dead and buried in Manchester and Jenrick looked ready to take over as leader, Kemi Badenoch produced a speech which has breathed life into her party and leadership, says David Maddox

International Business Times

Britain's Storied Conservative Party Faces Uncertain Future

They were an electoral powerhouse, the party of political titans Winston Churchill, Margaret Thatcher and Benjamin Disraeli.

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Is Sanae Takaichi Japan’s Margaret Thatcher – or its next Liz Truss?

Under the slogan “#ChangeLDP”, Japan’s long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has elected Sanae Takaichi as its new leader. Pending a vote in the Diet’s lower house later this month, she is poised to become Japan’s next prime minister — and the first woman ever to hold the post.

The Independent UK

The Tory conference is a ghost town – even the protesters haven’t bothered to show up

IN FOCUS: Any hopes that the event in Manchester would inject some life into the beleaguered party are long gone, write Millie Cooke and Archie Mitchell

The Guardian - UK

Why does Reform seem unassailable? Because this is party conference season, when politicos always lose the plot

They wrote off Margaret Thatcher in 1981 when the SDP – like Reform today – was ascendant. They were wrong about her; they could also be about Starmer, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

Japan poised to get first female PM after Sanae Takaichi wins ruling party leadership

Margaret Thatcher admirer beat her more moderate rival to become leader of Liberal Democratic party

The Guardian - UK

Lord Howarth of Newport obituary

Conservative MP and minister who crossed to the Labour benches and served in the government of Tony Blair

The Independent UK

Hugh Bonneville to star in ‘gripping’ new drama about Britain’s biggest-ever heist

PBS's ‘Masterpiece’ series, The Gold centers on the 1983 Brinks-Mat heist

The Guardian - UK

Labour’s new candid and confrontational mood could be the thing that saves this government

For once, Starmer’s premiership seems energised – the task will be building this into a campaign for next year’s crucial local elections, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

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