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The Latest Breaking News from Margaret Thatcher

The Iron Lady consigned to the ironing cupboard? Keir Starmer did pledge to do things differently

After a week extolling smoking bans and budget misery, the PM delivered his coup de grace: exiling a famous Thatcher portrait from No 10, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK

Margaret Thatcher portrait will stay on display in No10, minister says after backlash

Sir Keir Starmer is reported to have found one portrait of his Tory predecessor ‘unsettling’ and wanted it to be moved

Evening Standard

Starmer removes ‘unsettling’ £100,000 Thatcher portrait from 10 Downing Street

The claim by Sir Keir’s biographer has sparked outrage among Conservative MPs

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Keir Starmer ‘gets rid of’ 10 Downing Street’s Thatcher portrait

PM’s biographer says portrait of predecessor commissioned by Gordon Brown no longer hangs in the Thatcher Room

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer 'orders portrait of Margaret Thatcher removed from No 10'

THE Scottish Conservatives have reacted with anger after Keir Starmer reportedly ordered a portrait of Margaret Thatcher removed from Downing Street…

The National (Scotland)

Happy and glorious - or a little bit bland? Craig Brown tells all about the Queen, but she remains an enigma.

Was the late Queen troubled about the future of the monarchy? This gossipy, lively biography suggests she was.

Evening Standard

OPINION - From Meghan's curtsey to the Queen's odd habits: 21 things we learnt from Craig Brown's new royal book

A new biography sees the royal writer turn his attention to the late Queen Elizabeth II. From washing up gloves to old-school selfies, Harriet Addison rounds up the most surprising revelations

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A Voyage around the Queen by Craig Brown review: a fun, fizzy collection of recollections

Tales about Elton John and Marilyn Monroe. Anecdotes about lipstick and curtseys. Gossip about Princess Anne. Brown’s new book about the late Queen Elizabeth is a portrait of a very odd life, says Harriet Addison

Evening Standard

OPINION - Kamala Harris shows her Mrs Thatcher side for the tough fight ahead

Kamala was presenting herself as the new Iron Lady. An American Margaret Thatcher, no less.

Evening Standard

The science of sleep with Professor Russel Foster ...Brave New World podcast

Plus, a fully automated transcript of this episode

Evening Standard

Austerity is still austerity, even under a Labour government

The chancellor should be flushed with victory. Instead, she is adhering to an opposition dogma that undermines her own objectives

The Guardian - UK

Were UK protests against far right anti-thugs or anti-racist? The answer will tell us much about our nation

There is little doubt anti-racist activists led the pushback, but it is also important to know why so many others took a stand, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK

Starmer is being tough on the rioters, but history shows that preventing further unrest is the real challenge

Reducing public anxieties about immigration is the best way to combat those fuelling such fears for their own ends, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK

The real Kemi Badenoch: key revelations from a new tell-all book

“Blue Ambition: The Unauthorised Biography of Kemi Badenoch” by Lord Ashcroft is out now

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The Independent UK

Louise Haigh launches historic rail nationalisation scheme in bid to prove Labour’s socialist credentials

Exclusive: New transport secretary Louise Haigh dubs herself ‘the passenger-in-chief’ as she speaks to The Independent about the biggest nationalisation programme in 50 years

Salon

Trump calls Harris a "lunatic" at rally

In a statement pushing back against Trump's attack, Harris spokesperson Sarafina Chitika calls Trump "unhinged"

The National (Scotland)

‘The people’s coal’: New book explores if justice was served for Scotland’s miners

IN 2022, the Miners’ Strike (Pardons) Act came into force in Scotland.

The Guardian - UK

Sad last days of Harold Wilson revealed by Cabinet Office archives

Former politicians pay tribute after files show ‘Labour’s most successful leader’ was forced to consider selling legacy to pay for his dementia care

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Marie Claire

32 Times Celebrities Totally Transformed for a Role

"Unrecognizable" is putting it mildly.

The Guardian - UK

Former PM Harold Wilson sold private papers to help fund his care

Ex-Labour leader initially planned to sell personal and political documents to Canadian university for £212,500

The Guardian - UK

‘My testicles were on fire for weeks’: the sex movie craze that swept 70s Britain

In the 1970s, huge crowds – even royalty – packed cinemas to watch bawdy ‘sexploitation’ films. Ahead of a documentary, their stars talk pain, secrets – and being ‘the most famous bare bum in British screen history’

The Guardian - UK

Met spying on Greenham Common protest was ‘ridiculous waste of money’, say campaigners

Undercover officer was deployed as Thatcher wanted to know what the ‘Greenham women were doing’, inquiry told

Evening Standard

Has a prime minister ever faced an assassination attempt?

Only one UK prime minister has been assassinated, but others have faced close calls

The Guardian - UK

I went to see how the Tories are handling defeat – and found Faragism and a total lack of reflection

Even after election wipeout, the Conservatives are too blinded by ideology to see their voters don’t want a Reform merger, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Extent of police infiltration of CND under Thatcher ‘truly shocking’

Public inquiry hears that at least five undercover officers spied on anti-nuclear movement during 1980s

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