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The Latest Breaking News from Margaret Thatcher

The queen has seen it all in her 70 years. How will Prince Charles compare?

A worsening cost-of-living crisis, a messy political scandal and the threat of further repercussions from the war in Ukraine form an unlikely backdrop for a celebration of national stability.

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Margaret Thatcher statue unveiled days after two acts of vandalism

An egg has been thrown at it and paint has been sprayed, leading to calls for it to be removed to prevent further attacks

Wales Online

Never forget the misery that Margaret Thatcher caused

Letters: Amid debates about the statue of the former prime minister in Grantham, Dorinda Stokes recalls the suffering of mining and shipyard communities. Plus letters from Ian Marsden and Dominic Shelmerdine

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Margaret Thatcher statue unveiled in her home town of Grantham despite protests

A small ceremony was held on Tuesday despite plans being approved for a £100,000 event

Evening Standard

'It's a waste of money': Thatcher statue unveiled despite protests

A STATUE of Margaret Thatcher has been officially unveiled in her hometown despite the presence of protesters.

The National (Scotland)

Margaret Thatcher statue costing £300,000 vandalised for a second time in two weeks

The statue of Margaret Thatcher was first vandalised when an art centre deputy director egged the first female prime minister only a few hours after the statue was unveiled

Daily Mirror

Margaret Thatcher statue vandalised with red paint two weeks after it was egged

Lincolnshire Police treating incident as ‘criminal damage’

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This age of inflation reveals the sickness ailing Britain’s economy: rentier capitalism

Profits have become all-but guaranteed for wealthy elites, says economist William Davies

The Guardian - UK

Communist symbols daubed in second Margaret Thatcher statue vandalism

£300k monument - which had eggs thrown at it during its installation - has also been covered in red paint

Wales Online

Man fined after throwing eggs at statue of Margaret Thatcher

The statue was attacked within hours of it being lowered into place

Wales Online

University worker fined after egging statue of Margaret Thatcher

Jeremy Webster was pictured and filmed throwing eggs shortly after the statue’s installation.

The Independent UK

A brief history of windfall taxes: who used them and why

Windfall taxes have been used by Tory governments at least three times in the last 40 years

The Guardian - UK

My home town doesn’t need a fawning monument to Margaret Thatcher

Grantham can do much better than this – an Iron Lady statue facing off with a bronze poll tax protester would be more fitting

The Guardian - UK

Anthony Trollope’s take on London policing is still relevant today

Brief letters: The Met’s Partygate investigation | Winston Churchill | Toppling the PM | Israel’s ‘culture of impunity’ | Margaret Thatcher statue

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Evening Standard

Act now or face windfall tax, warns minister

A Goverment U-turn to introduce a windfall tax remains a possibility

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s very divisive’: Margaret Thatcher’s statue splits birthplace of Grantham

Residents of former PM’s hometown continue to have mixed feelings about sculpture after egging

The National (Scotland)

UK national anthem represents the union falling apart before our eyes

THAT hoary old debate about national anthems reared its nodding head last week, but this time round in a unique and fascinating context.

The Guardian - UK

Thursday briefing: Why we don’t have to balance the books

In today’s newsletter: As inflation hits a 40-year high of 9%, Archie Bland explores the causes of the crisis, and the potential solutions left out of the debate

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Liverpool Echo

Man sells eggs by Margaret Thatcher statue after landmark gets vandalised

The 20ft statue of the UK's first female Prime Minister was egged just two hours after it was installed on May 15

The Independent UK

Inflation hits 40-year high: What was life like in Britain the last time things were so dire in 1982

Margaret Thatcher was PM, unemployment at its worst since the 1930s, the Falklands War broke out and ‘Come on Eileen’ was the year’s biggest-selling single

Wales Online

Three TV channels and shops shut on Sundays - life in 1982 when the cost of living was last as high as it is now

Margaret Thatcher was PM and unemployment stood at 10.4%

Wales Online

Man 'selling eggs' for £10 each outside Margaret Thatcher statue

Neil Kinnock has called for the statue to be 'respected'

Bangkok Post

Britain’s inflation rate surges to a 40-year high of 9%

UK inflation rose to its highest level since Margaret Thatcher was prime minister 40 years ago, adding to pressure for action from the government and central bank.

The Guardian - UK

From Dover’s cliffs to degraded porn: the astonishing alchemy of Cornelia Parker – review

This fabulous survey of her 40-year career has everything from soiled hankies to exploding sheds, as well as a vampire-like Margaret Thatcher – confirming Parker’s genius for finding poetry in the world around us

Daily Mirror

Mother-in-law says relative who threw eggs at Baroness Thatcher statue 'childish'

Statue costing £300,000 was sited in former prime minister's home town of Grantham over fears it could become focus of "far-left" if placed in Parliamentary Square, Westminster

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