Moving on up? Just stop the pound going down, Liz City Voices: Truss’ speech showed she didn’t understand the causes of stagnant economic growth or has a credible plan to solve them Evening Standard · Oct 6, 2022
‘It felt like the buildings were going to eat me’: The famous and their phobias Whether it’s bugs, clowns, or even beards, there are a multitude of different fears out there – and no one is immune. Louis Chilton looks at some of the famous faces to have been gripped by irrational phobias, from Margaret Thatcher to Niall Horan The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2022
Liz Truss will fight for her vision at all costs – the problem is, her party won’t In her conference speech she did her best to sell her crude version of Thatcherism. It may get her through the weekend, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2022
Liz Truss: a brief guide to her economic ideas and what the evidence says about them For some, Liz Truss’s headline policies since she became the UK’s prime minister have been shocking. Markets have been shocked, voters have been shocked, and many of her own colleagues in the Conservative party seem a little uncomfortable. The Conversation · Oct 5, 2022
Tory conference made Apocalypse Now look like a sedate tea party It’s hard to explain the end-of-days vibe at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham. Government loyalists declared that this re-incarnation of Margaret Thatcher was not for turning on cutting the top rate of tax. Fast forward 12 hours to the mother of all U- turns. Evening Standard · Oct 5, 2022
Britain’s economic crisis offers an opportunity for new ideas – Labour must be ready Just as the neoliberals took advantage of the mess of the 70s, so the left can offer its own radical solutions for today’s turmoil The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2022
James Cleverly hits out at fellow ministers as Tory civil war rages on Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has hit out at fellow ministers for taking a personal stance on Government policy as the Tory civil war raged on. Evening Standard · Oct 5, 2022
From Blackadder to Blackstuff to Blobby: 100 years of the BBC, part seven Some of the greatest ever TV airs, Saturday nights get a Crinkley Bottom takeover – and the new comedy royalty are crowned The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2022
7 most Tory things we've seen at the Conservative Party Conference 2022 The array of gifts on sale at the party conference centre in Birmingham include Conservative cufflinks in the shape of the party's famous oak tree going for £20. Daily Mirror · Oct 4, 2022
Susanna Reid defends Ed Balls as he's brutally told he's 'wasted' at ITV Good Morning Britain by guest The presenter was back at the helm of the ITV new programme alongside the former Labour MP Manchester Evening News · Oct 4, 2022
These Tories are heading for oblivion, and no amount of U-turns can change that On everything from the 45p tax rate to immigration, Kwarteng and Truss are living in a different world to voters, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2022
Dr John Marks obituary Chair of the British Medical Association who educated the public about HIV infection while tackling its social stigma The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2022
Truss’s mini-budget looks likely to cost the Tories the next election Tory MPs fear voters see them as the nasty party again after the prime minister refused to rethink tax cuts for the rich The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2022
Tories will not win the next election, says woman who wrote the 2019 manifesto Addressing a Conservative conference event entitled 'Can the Tories win the next election?', one of the 2019 manifesto co-authors admitted 'The answer is it's very unlikely' Daily Mirror · Oct 2, 2022
The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2022 This Tory crisis reveals a party that has lost touch with reality – and its own heartlands Liz Truss is unashamed about a plan that will hit even the middle classes hard. But her party’s drift away from them began long ago, says Guardian columnist John Harris
The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2022 Trickle-down Truss is carrying on the dirty work of Thatcher, Blair and Osborne Britain has endured 40 years of decline thanks to this faulty economic theory. Will Keir Starmer finally kill it off?, says Yanis Varoufakis, leader of MeRA25 in Greece’s parliament
Evening Standard · Sep 30, 2022 Thousands of Londoners face £10k mortgage blow as interest rates soar Bank of England independence was no one’s first choice. Margaret Thatcher never did it, John Major preferred to devolve power to the German Bundesbank than grant it to Threadneedle Street. Because the power to set interest rates is an awesome one.
Reuters · Sep 30, 2022 Trust me, UK's Truss pursues charm offensive at her party conference British Prime Minister Liz Truss heads to her Conservative Party conference next week with a packed diary of "meet and greets" to try to win over lawmakers angry over an economic plan that triggered market chaos and badly eroded support.
Daily Mirror · Sep 30, 2022 Kaye Adams' Strictly debut was 'scariest moment of her life' as she felt like a 'granny' Loose Women star Kaye Adams has opened up on her Strictly Come Dancing debut, admitting that she was riddled with insecurities over feeling like a 'granny' in a ballroom dress
The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2022 Bombshell polls throw massive question mark over Liz Truss’s future as PM Tory meltdown after ‘unforced error’ Budget gifts Keir Starmer leads of up to 33 points
The Guardian - UK · Sep 29, 2022 Trussonomics has been exposed as a childish absurdity. Trussopolitics is even worse The prime minister and Kwasi Kwarteng must now eat humble pie and try to steer Britain out of the crisis they created, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
Evening Standard · Sep 29, 2022 Liz Truss defends Budget but stops short of guaranteeing people’s pensions are safe Former Chancellor Ken Clarke accused Kwasi Kwarteng of having ‘rushed out’ his fiscal statement last Friday
France 24 · Sep 28, 2022 No Margaret Thatcher? UK PM Truss's tax cuts trigger market mayhem There's a run on the pound and panic in the markets over the UK's biggest tax cut for the rich in half a century. New Prime Minister Liz Truss is taking the concept of "going for broke" to a whole new level, with an almighty gamble that the deficit will…
The National (Scotland) · Sep 27, 2022 Labour 'in the game' for 14 Scottish seats at Westminster, Anas Sarwar claims ANAS Sarwar has claimed that Labour will be “in the game” in as many as 14 Scottish constituencies in the next General Election.
Evening Standard · Sep 27, 2022 Rishi Sunak’s unlikely friendship with Italian PM Giorgia Meloni — a symbol of the Tories’ right-wing turn? She’s spoken highly of Mussolini and is known for her nativist views — what does it say about Sunak’s political intentions? Katie Strick reports