Nearly half a century has passed since Margaret Thatcher skewered the incumbent PM James Callaghan at the 1979 election with her famous ' Labour Isn't Working' poster, which showed...

18 days ago

It's great to have a female Chancellor - just not this one!, says jeweller Kiki McDonough

found 2025 › Jun › 07 (Sat) @ 22:10 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

McDonough admires Margaret Thatcher, but has considerably less admiration for the country's first female occupant of No 11 Downing Street, Reeves.

19 days ago

Gary Clarke Company: Detention review – horror and humour in stand against Section 28

found 2025 › Jun › 06 (Fri) @ 12:05 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

The Place, London
The Yorkshire-born dance artist concludes his social historical trilogy on the Thatcher era by celebrating resistance to homophobia

Gary Clarke grew up in a Yorkshire mining village …

26 days ago

Walk on the wild side: Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs on their epic hiking movie The Salt Path

found 2025 › May › 30 (Fri) @ 04:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Raynor Winn’s bestselling memoir about her and her husband’s 630-mile trek around England’s south coast has become a film. Its stars, makers and Winn talk floods, fog and forgiveness

‘I have played a …

28 days ago

STEPHEN GLOVER: I once believed Farage would take up Mrs T's mantle. Now, as he jettisons her core beliefs, he's looking less like the saviour this country needs

found 2025 › May › 29 (Thu) @ 01:25 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Nigel Farage is the most significant Right-wing politician since Margaret Thatcher, whom he idolised.

32 days ago

British fishing boat named after Margaret Thatcher is 'held hostage' by the French - days after Keir Starmer's EU 'surrender' over fish

found 2025 › May › 24 (Sat) @ 12:45 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

The Lady T, which is based in Eastbourne, East Sussex, is being held in Boulogne-sur-Mer, while the Francesca TO 80, which is registered in Truro, Cornwall, was escorted to Brest.

41 days ago

The Lady's not for spurning: Margaret Thatcher's home town will hold week-long festival to mark what would have been Tory icon's 100th birthday

found 2025 › May › 15 (Thu) @ 11:05 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

'The Festival of Thatcher' is being backed by council leaders in Grantham, Lincolnshire, in celebration of the UK's first female prime minister.

49 days ago

Labour MPs warn winter fuel could be Starmer's 'Poll Tax moment' as panic grows over Reform 'working class insurrection'

found 2025 › May › 07 (Wed) @ 15:55 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Diane Abbott compared the public backlash to that faced by Margaret Thatcher during a bruising debate in Westminster Hall.

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