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Roy Hattersley: Labour’s ‘nearly man’ who fought to hold the party together

The former deputy leader helped to make the party electable again but became increasingly disillusioned under Tony Blair.

Evening Standard

As John Healey goes, the political vultures circle Starmer. And so continues our history of PM-icide

A small, eccentric electorate gets to oust the UK’s leaders and then chooses largely inadequate replacements. It’s an absurd process and we’re locked into it again, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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As Westminster rages, and Labour sinks into civil war: what about the people?

Voters are desperate for a turnaround in living standards. The runners and riders for the Labour leadership must address this, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

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Keith McDowall obituary

Journalist and PR consultant who worked for Conservative and Labour ministers and enjoyed ‘mingling’ with those in power

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Richard Gott, former Guardian journalist and historian, dies aged 87

Charismatic figure of the left is remembered as one of the most informed commentators on Latin American affairs

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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

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Lord Paul obituary

Industrialist and philanthropist who served as deputy speaker of the House of Lords for two years

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Tebbit the Tory hard man who took on the trade unions

As Conservative Party chairman, Norman Tebbit masterminded Margaret Thatcher’s third general election victory despite tensions with the PM.

Evening Standard

Peter Taaffe obituary

Political activist who oversaw an attempt by the Militant tendency to take control of the Labour party

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The Gang of Three review – inside an old boys’ club of Labour intrigue

Roy Jenkins, Denis Healey and Anthony Crosland debate among themselves in Robert Khan and Tom Salinsky’s look at the big beasts of 70s Westminster

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Former KGB double agent Oleg Gordievsky dies in Surrey aged 86

Soviet spy defected to Britain from Moscow under threat of exposure after supplying information to MI6 and MI5

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Oleg Gordievsky obituary

Russian spy who was the highest ranking KGB officer to defect to Britain

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For the record

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Transatlantic trepidation: Europe reacts to the new Reagan presidency – archive, 1981

No inauguration of any modern American president has been viewed in Europe with such ambiguity as that of Ronald Reagan

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Barbara Maxwell obituary

Founding producer of the BBC television series Question Time, skilful at spotting broadcasting talent

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Sunak’s D-day failure is a campaign disaster – and a sign he’s forgotten the very recent past

The prime minister had only to look back a few years to see he was making a huge mistake, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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Labour is the party of sound defence and hatred of tyranny. Now it must show that in Ukraine

If Keir Starmer looks to history, he will find a coherent defence policy. He leads a movement that has been robust in defence of key principles, says academic and Labour historian Brian Brivati

The Conversation

Israel, Palestine and the Labour party history that has made Keir Starmer's position so difficult

I said: “I found the British still very emotional about Palestine. Why?” And he said: “It’s associated, don’t you think with partisanship with one side or the other. I can’t think of any colony or mandate that was as demanding intellectually and emotionally as Palestine.

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Michael Houldey obituary

Director of television documentaries whose skill at winning people’s trust helped him as a hands-on series producer

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Starmer is right to stop Corbyn standing for Labour at the next election – but he mustn’t purge dissent

As Labour leaves special measures imposed to tackle antisemitism, it must move on: but in a way that embraces wide debate, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Evening Standard

Liz Truss rails against the ‘anti-growth’ coalition

In the run-up to the 1983 general election, John Golding, Labour MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme, recalled telling Michael Foot how bad the polls were. Foot couldn’t believe it.

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How the light gets in on the darkest days

Brief letters: Leonard Cohen’s Anthem | Champagne socialists | Betting on high blood pressure | Relatives at Wimbledon | Country diary’s play on words

The Conversation

Keir Starmer: what Labour leader could learn from Neil Kinnock to capitalise on Boris Johnson's woes

Although prime minister Boris Johnson is suffering a potentially career-ending crisis after only narrowly surviving a confidence vote in his leadership, his struggles don’t necessarily appear to be translating into a surge for the Labour opposition.

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From Michael Foot’s ‘donkey jacket’ to Barnard Castle beer … inside the People’s History Museum

The Manchester museum owns 60,000 objects tracing Britain’s political history, including a pike from Peterloo and Andy Burnham’s jacket. Now it’s up for a £100,000 prize

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