The Latest Breaking News from Margaret Thatcher

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 · Oct 13, 2025

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 · Oct 13, 2025

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 · Oct 12, 2025

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 · Oct 9, 2025

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 Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2025

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

The Independent UK · Oct 8, 2025

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.

International Business Times · Oct 8, 2025

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 Conversation · Oct 5, 2025

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 Independent UK · Oct 5, 2025

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 · Oct 4, 2025