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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) · Aug 29, 2024

It’s August 2024 – and our world is at a turning point. Here’s what we should do now

I see looming political and environmental threats – and too few willing to address them. Where is the urgency, asks former UK prime minister Gordon Brown

The Guardian - UK · Aug 24, 2024

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 · Aug 18, 2024

OPINION - The Standard View: Labour faces tough choices to bring net migration down

The concept of “British jobs for British workers” is not a post-Brexit phenomenon. Indeed, the phrase was uttered by a man with internationalist and social democratic bona fides as unimpeachable as Gordon Brown all the way back in 2007. But in an era of high levels of net migration, which…

Evening Standard · Aug 9, 2024

Riots test the new British prime minister in his first month in the job

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is just a month into his job and facing a crisis as widespread rioting spreads across the U.K. Starmer, who once was the chief prosecutor for England and Wales, is having to tap that expertise as he tries to restore order and hold violent protesters…

The Independent UK · Aug 7, 2024

Inside British editor Will Lewis's fight to save the Washington Post

Ex-Telegraph editor Will Lewis was hired by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos to turn round the fortunes of the iconic US title. Can he face down a staff mutiny and the ire of Prince Harry over his past lives?

Evening Standard · Aug 1, 2024

Brazil led the way. Now the UK should get behind the assault on hunger and poverty

At its recent summit, Lula gave the G20 a chance to show its commitment to real change – and Britain can take the lead, says Kevin Watkins

The Guardian - UK · Aug 1, 2024

UK police special enquiry team to examine role of Washington Post chief in email deletions

Exclusive: Scotland Yard move on complaint by ex-PM Gordon Brown, who accuses Will Lewis of phone hacking ‘cover-up’ in 2011

The Guardian - UK · Jul 31, 2024

First, Murdoch papers targeted me. Now there is evidence they falsely implicated me in a cover-up

The extreme lengths to which Murdoch’s News Group went to justify deleting millions of emails is indefensible, says Gordon Brown, UK prime minister from 2007 to 2010

The Guardian - UK · Jul 31, 2024

The Usual Suspects: Meet Labour's best pals in the great PFI wheeze

THROUGHOUT the PFI saga the same faces and names kept coming up.

The National (Scotland) · Jul 30, 2024