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Oscar-winning UK actress turned MP Glenda Jackson dies at 87: agent

LONDON - British actress Glenda Jackson, the two-time Oscar-winning actress who went on to become an MP, died on Thursday at the age of 87, prompting tributes from the worlds of entertainment and politics.

Bangkok Post

Oscar-winning actress Glenda Jackson, who had second career in British Parliament, dies at 87

Jackson’s agent said she died Thursday at her home in London after a short illness. The actress had recently completed filming “‘The Great Escaper,” in which she co-starred with 90-year-old Michael Caine.

Chicago Sun-Times

Glenda Jackson hailed ‘one of our greatest movie actresses’ after death aged 87

The worlds of showbiz and politics have remembered the veteran actress turned MP.

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Oscar-winning actor-turned-politician Glenda Jackson dies, aged 87

Actor Glenda Jackson, a two-time Oscar winner who won acclaim for playing an English queen but later served as a socialist politician in the British

The New Daily

Top Labour politicians pay tribute to Glenda Jackson who has died aged 87

Senior figures from Keir Starmer's party recalled their time working with the double Oscar-winning actress, who had a successful second career as a respected parliamentarian

Daily Mirror

Labour leader Keir Starmer: We won’t see talent like Glenda Jackson again

Famous faces from the world of politics and beyond have remembered the acting and political star.

Evening Standard

Tony Blair’s bet on gambling Britain has spiralled out of control

Nearly two decades after New Labour revolutionised the gambling industry, millions of lives are being harmed for industry profits

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AI could be most substantial policy challenge ever, say Blair and Hague

Report says British state is poorly prepared for radical changes that AI could unleash

The Guardian - UK

UK should set up ‘national lab’ to become world leader in AI – Blair and Hague

Britain should push for a new UN framework on urgent safeguards for the technology along with the US and other allies, a report has concluded.

The Independent UK

Berlusconi made ‘huge impact’ on Italian politics, says No 10

Italy’s longest-serving premier and media mogul Silvio Berlusconi has died aged 86.

The Independent UK

Sunak faces test as another Johnson ally quits triggering third byelection

Nigel Adams, MP for Selby and Ainsty, announced on Saturday he would stand down with immediate effect

The Guardian - UK

Lord Morris of Aberavon obituary

Veteran Welsh Labour MP who served for more than 40 years and became attorney general in the late 1990s

The Guardian - UK

Patriots at the Noel Coward review: Tom Hollander is incandescent in this story of the fight for Russia’s soul

This hectic, tragicomic tale has already gained new weight and prescience as it transfers into the West End from the Almeida

Evening Standard

Sir Tony Blair leads tributes to Labour peer Lord Morris, who has died aged 91

The former Prime Minister said the ex-Attorney-General was "immensely capable, could always be relied upon and never deviated from having the interests of the country at heart"

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Wales Online

'Grandfather of Welsh devolution' Lord Morris of Aberavon dies aged 91

Sir Tony Blair said Lord Morris of Aberavon lived a life of 'exemplary public service'

Evening Standard

Labour former attorney general Lord Morris of Aberavon dies aged 91

Sir Tony Blair said his ‘extraordinary career, being a minister under three different Labour leaders, was unprecedented’.

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer says he wants to empower local communities. The Jamie Driscoll affair suggests otherwise

Blocking the North of Tyne mayor from standing for Labour again shows how deep the party’s centralism runs, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

Millennials are a growing electoral force, and their thinking on tax is a gamechanger

Young people are hostile to income redistribution. It’s not because they’re rightwing – they simply pay too much tax already, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

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The Week

Piers Morgan: five things you might not know about the contentious broadcaster

The columnist and broadcaster Piers Morgan hacked into Alastair Campbell’s bank accounts in order to destabilise the then Labour government, Tony Blair’s former spin doctor claimed last week at the High Court.

Daily Mirror

Jeff Stelling's dream Soccer Saturday lineup as Sky Sports icon steps down

Jeff Stelling has hosted Soccer Saturday for nearly 30 years but will be leaving the Sky Sports studio after the final round of Premier League fixtures on Sunday

The Guardian - UK

The Covid inquiry is digging up Boris Johnson’s blunders and the mess keeps piling up

The former prime minister seems determined to drag the Tories down with him when the public hearings into Britain’s handling of the pandemic begin

The Guardian - UK

‘We’re both romantic about what politics can be’: Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart on their double act

To judge by the huge success of their podcast The Rest Is Politics, the UK still has an appetite for political ideas and debate. But how do the Labour stalwart and the Tory maverick really get on?

The National (Scotland)

‘How Britain Broke The World' demands we take a closer look at the UK's history

ONCE in a while, a book comes along that demands a closer look. How Britain Broke The World is such a volume. Written by Arthur Snell – who wants…

Daily Mirror

Cherie Blair's charity linked to firm sanctioned for 'supporting Russia'

Dubai-based John Desmond Hanafin is accused of facilitating movement of Russian cash into the UAE via Huriya, which funds 50 mentoring scholarships for the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women

Daily Mirror

Teach primary kids 'arguing' to get them into politics, says Alastair Campbell

Tony Blair's former spin chief said children should be given a political education at a young age - and said state school pupils needed to learn to 'fight their corner' against their wealthier peers

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