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The week in theatre: Handbagged; The Cherry Orchard; Clutch – review

Moira Buffini’s damning satire imagining the Queen’s weekly meetings with Margaret Thatcher acquires poignancy; James Macdonald directs Chekhov in outer space; and a driving lesson for us all

The Guardian - UK

Moving the British embassy to Jerusalem would be an outrage

Liz Truss’s pledge to Israel’s Yair Lapid to review the location has appalled the Palestinians and breaks international consensus

The Guardian - UK

Scottish Government will continue its ‘fairer’ approach to tax, says minister

Richard Lochhead spoke out in the wake of Friday’s mini budget from the UK Government.

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Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng have made a declaration of class war

This unofficial budget is morally indefensible, economically reckless and so risky it suggests a political death wish, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian - UK

Kwarteng package has ‘biggest tax cuts since 1972’, says leading economist

‘It is half a century since we have seen tax cuts announced on this scale,’ according to Paul Johnson, director of the IFS .

The Independent UK

Why Liz Truss is no Margaret Thatcher when it comes to the economy

The UK’s new prime minister, Liz Truss, has made no secret of her admiration of her late predecessor, Margaret Thatcher. However, anyone expecting a swift return to Thatcherite policies in 2022 should probably take a closer look at Truss’s politics.

The Conversation

Who is Kwasi Kwarteng, the UK’s first Black chancellor?

And how does he plan to save the UK’s imperilled economy?

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When Trussonomics arrives, the big winner may well turn out to be Labour

The PM’s assault on economic orthodoxy is a leap in the dark with every prospect of backfiring spectacularly, says Guardian economics editor Larry Elliott

The Guardian - UK

Welcome to the First Blokes club! What can Hugh O’Leary expect as the prime minister’s husband?

Denis Thatcher seemed happy to do nothing but booze and play golf. Jacinda Ardern’s fiance throws himself into fishing. How will Liz Truss’s spouse cope with being in the spotlight?

The Guardian - UK

Special Relationship no more? Joe Biden and Liz Truss have much to disagree about ahead of their first meeting

The US president is governing on an agenda that is the polar opposite of the new prime minister’s plans for Britain, writes Richard Hall

The Independent UK

At UN, Truss aims to show UK can still lead on world stage

British Prime Minister Liz Truss is at the UN on a mission to convince the world that she is a steely leader for tough times

The Independent UK

The party that once had a chance of breaking Labour and Tory dominance of politics

Former Welsh Labour MP Gwynoro Jones has co-authored a book which reveals behind-the-scenes rows that helped wreck the prospect of the Conservatives and Labour being replaced in power by a centrist alliance in the 1980s, reports Political editor-at-large Martin Shipton

Wales Online

What Charles can learn from the bond between the Queen and my grandfather

Nelson Mandela understood that ‘Elizabeth’, as he called her, provided exactly what Britain needed during times of change, says Ndileka Mandela

The Guardian - UK

Who gets a state funeral, when the last one was and how it's decided

The Queen personally asked for the last state funeral to be held following the death of a Prime Minister, but not every leader got - or wanted - one

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The National (Scotland)

Return to Thatcher’s economic policies likely to fail this time, says academic

THE UK Government’s long-awaited “mini-budget” will be delivered this week, with experts warning attempts by Liz Truss to repeat the…

Tribune News Service

Biden-Truss meeting shifted from London to UN General Assembly

WASHINGTON — British Prime Minister Liz Truss will meet U.S. President Joe Biden in New York next week for the first time since taking office, shifting plans for a brief session in London during commemorations for the late Queen Elizabeth II.

Asharq Al-Awsat

US-UK Relations Enter New Chapter as New PM, King Settle in

President Joe Biden heads to the United Kingdom on Saturday to pay his respects to Queen Elizabeth II at a time of transition in US-UK relations, as both a new royal and a new prime minister are settling in. The hawkish approach of Prime Minister Liz Truss to Russia and…

The Independent UK

US-UK relations enter new chapter as new PM, king settle in

President Joe Biden heads to the United Kingdom to pay his respects to Queen Elizabeth II at a time of transition in US-UK relations, as both a new royal and a new prime minister are settling in

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Daily Mirror

Queen's most rebellious moments and how she made history for women

From refusing to give up her surname to joining the Army against her father's wishes, Queen Elizabeth II didn't let anyone question her ability as a woman - now her legacy will continue to influence the lives of generations to come

Liverpool Echo

How immigration, betrayal and neglect caused feeling of 'Scouse, not English'

Many Liverpudlians reject their national identity in favour of civic pride

The Guardian - UK

Trussonomics is a fanatical, fantastical creed, and the last thing Britain needs

Just when we need visions of a better world, the prime minister is proclaiming the toxic gospel of neoliberalism, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Independent UK

Melanie C: ‘Was Thatcher the first Spice Girl? Absolutely not’

Sporty Spice is telling it like it is in her new memoir, which details the true gruelling reality of being in the world’s biggest girlband. She looks back at it all, and what she’s learned, with Jessie Thompson

Evening Standard

Handbagged at the Kiln Theatre review: history repeats itself in this imagining of the Queen and Thatcher

This long-planned revival finds itself carrying even more posthumous weight

The Guardian - UK

Handbagged review – sparks fly at the Queen’s audiences with the Iron Lady

Moira Buffini’s clever political comedy returns, educating a new generation on Margaret Thatcher’s legacy through her weekly encounters with the monarch

The Conversation

Why Black Wednesday still matters – it was the start of markets telling politicians what to do

I spent Black Wednesday – the day the markets successfully bet against the power of the British government to prop up the pound sterling – on the 28th floor of Dresdner Bank’s headquarters in Frankfurt. I had just been hired as an exchange-student intern in the back office for currency…

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