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You Can’t Please All: Memoirs 1980-2024 by Tariq Ali review – an exasperating entertainment

The leftwing intellectual may be a master of self-justification, but in this book he is clever, cultured and good company

The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2024

The bitter final showdown over British coal, as sun sets on ‘dirtiest fuel’

The county of Cumbria in northern England is the battleground for a war raging over plans to build a new coal mine.

Al Jazeera · Dec 15, 2024

Voices: Kemi Badenoch’s war on sandwiches makes her look even more out of touch

COMMENT: As the Tory leader reveals her aversion to the classic British lunch staple, and how she can’t abide ‘moist’ bread, Sean O’Grady says such gluten intolerance surely means she’s toast at the next election

The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2024

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The Last Days of Liz Truss? review – endgame at No 10 is tip of the iceberg

The former PM’s brief tenure is raked over to seriocomic effect in Greg Wilkinson’s play, which raises major political questions

The Guardian - UK · Dec 6, 2024

Rivalry, ambition and the threat from the Right: Can Kemi Badenoch resuscitate the Tories?

The new Conservative party leader is less than two months into the job, yet reviews are already mixed

Evening Standard · Dec 4, 2024

Government considering nationalising British Steel amid rescue efforts

It would mark an end to 36 years of private ownership after Margaret Thatcher passed the British Steel Act in 1988

The Independent UK · Dec 3, 2024

Sir Kit McMahon obituary

Deputy governor of the Bank of England who helped to rescue the Midland Bank from collapse in the late 1980s

The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2024

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Ministers considering renationalising British Steel if rescue plan fails

Exclusive: Move would be last-ditch attempt to save thousands of UK jobs amid standoff with company’s Chinese owners

The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2024

Five writers on the five books they’d give for Christmas

BOOKS: The Independent’s writers look back on the literary year and select the very best books to gift your loved ones this festive season

The Independent UK · Dec 2, 2024

Read Christina Hendry's full tribute to her uncle Alex Salmond

CHRISTINA Hendry was among those to pay tribute to Alex Salmond at the former first minister's memorial service on Saturday.

The National (Scotland) · Nov 30, 2024

From activism and capitalism to club culture and subculture, a new exhibition offers a snapshot of 1980s Britain

The turbulence of a colourful decade, as seen through the lens of a diverse community of photographers, collectives and publications, is on show at Tate Britain until May 2025

Wallpaper · Nov 25, 2024

‘We had no alternative’: Reeves defends her budget to the CBI

Chancellor tells business leaders she stands by tax rises and points to Labour’s pro-growth policies

The Guardian - UK · Nov 25, 2024

John Prescott's career highs and lows as the former deputy prime minister dies aged 86

Prescott passed away on Wednesday after a battle with Alzheimer’s disease, his family announced

Evening Standard · Nov 21, 2024

Eric Morecambe’s lifetime of treasures to go under the hammer

The entire contents of the comedy legend’s home in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, will go up for sale after the death of his beloved wife Joan in March.

Evening Standard · Nov 18, 2024

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The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2024

‘Thatcher would have known’: Pat Finucane’s family hope to finally learn truth about his murder

Announcement of a public inquiry could expose collusion by those at highest levels of UK government

The Conversation · Nov 14, 2024

35 years after The Satanic Verses controversy, newly unearthed letters reveal some uncomfortable truths

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad is famous for his forthright statements to other world leaders. In March 1989, Mahathir wrote a letter to then UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher that was blunt even by his standards. Unlike a lot of his angry letters, this one wasn’t published.

Evening Standard · Nov 14, 2024

The downfall of The Guardian: from The Observer sale to quitting X, and potential job losses

With Labour in power, the paper should be driving the agenda – instead, it’s at war with itself

The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2024

The Rev Donald Reeves obituary

Progressive Anglican clergyman radicalised by an urban ministry social project in Chicago

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The Conversation · Nov 13, 2024

Thirty years on from its first paying passengers, Eurostar now has a fresh chance to hit its potential

Three decades ago, the first Eurostar train carrying paying passengers set off from London’s Waterloo station for Paris. While many of the headlines on November 14 1994 focused on the historic journey, others speculated about what the tunnel would mean for business and trade. Eurostar was “set to steal the…

Evening Standard · Nov 12, 2024

PM ‘totally disagrees’ with ex-Blair aide’s claim UK does not need small farmers

Former political adviser John McTernan said the Government should ‘do what Margaret Thatcher did to the miners’ to protesting farmers.

The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2024

Keir Starmer disowns top Blair adviser over ‘we don’t need small farmers’ rant

John McTernan, who served as Tony Blair’s political secretary, sparked fury as he said family farming is ‘an industry we can do without’

The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2024

From Thatcher to Trump and Brexit: my seven lessons learned after 28 years as Guardian economics editor

The free market experiment has failed, free trade is out, and populism is rife but it can be defeated if the left can galvanise ideas into a credible plan

The Guardian - UK · Nov 7, 2024

Sir John Nott obituary

Defence secretary in Margaret Thatcher’s cabinet during the Falklands war

Evening Standard · Nov 7, 2024

Sir John Nott, defence secretary during Falklands War, dies aged 92

He is remembered for being in post during the South Atlantic conflict and storming out of a TV interview

The Conversation · Nov 6, 2024

What to know about ‘Red Ellen’, the radical MP whose portrait is now hanging at 11 Downing Street

Before announcing changes to Britain’s tax system in her first budget, Chancellor Rachel Reeves redecorated her own digs. The headline change was swapping a portrait of Nigel Lawson, Margaret Thatcher’s chancellor, with one of Ellen Wilkinson – a trailblazing politician known as “Red Ellen”.

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