Michael Crick
It seems wrong that Murdoch won’t be at St Paul’s
Rupert Murdoch and Margaret Thatcher were “great allies and friends”, writes Michael Crick – so why isn’t he attending her funeral?
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Johnson: Tories got it ‘completely wrong’ on Mandela
Boris Johnson tells Michael Crick the Tories got it “completely wrong” on Mandela in the 1980s, when Margaret Thatcher called the ANC a terrorist group.
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In or out? EU debate
In the wake of calls by Nigel Lawson, Margaret Thatcher’s longest serving chancellor, for Britain to withdraw from the EU, Tory MP Bernard Jenkin joins Roland Rudd to debate the issue.
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Big Bang goes bust?
Among the contenders for “Thatcher’s legacy” is the de-regulation of the City of London. Is Margaret Thatcher responsible for today’s double-dip recession? Economics Editor Faisal Islam reports.
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‘Economic miracle’ in Britain’s former coalfields?
Margaret Thatcher is often credited with reviving Britain’s ailing economy in the 1980s. But what has happened in the former coalfields since the mines closed?
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‘There is no alternative’ to cuts – or is there?
The phrase coined by Margaret Thatcher: “There is no alternative”- or Tina for short – has been revived by David Cameron when talking about deficit reduction. But Lib Dem Vince Cable argues otherwise.
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Dave does Dave
It will be the most potentially embarrassing appearance on a talk show since Jonathan Ross asked David Cameron if he ever had sexual fantasies about Margaret Thatcher. Equally, if he pulls it off with aplomb there will be dividends. The Prime Minister is going to ‘do’ David Letterman tonight.
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Asil Nadir – the smiling face of a fraudster
As Asil Nadir is convicted of multi-million pound fraud, Channel 4 News looks at the downfall of a glamorous tycoon once feted by Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative party.
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Gary Gibbon
Murdoch ‘never asked a prime minister for anything’
Channel 4 News politics editor Gary Gibbon on Rupert Murdoch’s first exchanges at the Leveson Inquiry, in which the media mogul discusses conversations with Margaret Thatcher
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Meryl Streep wins third Oscar for Iron Lady
Meryl Streep is named best actress for her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady, as silent movie The Artist dominates at the Oscars.
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Brian Cowen: shades of Downing Street 1990?
As the Irish PM Brian Cowen announces his intention to stay on as party leader, Irish expert Dr Peter Stafford sees echoes of both Gordon Brown and Margaret Thatcher in his decisions.
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Saatchi & Saatchi: 40 years in advertising
Margaret Thatcher was among the guests at a party marking 40 years of Saatchi & Saatchi. Stephanie West says it was a moment when political foes and advertising adversaries came together.
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‘We want to be on the right side of the law’ by suspending some Israeli arms exports says Labour MP
We were joined by Labour MP Emily Thornberry, who was formerly shadow foreign secretary.
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FactCheck: the Conservatives’ and Labour’s records on legal migration
Net migration is down 10 per cent – but still near a record high.
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Tory leadership race: Rishi Sunak says plans for immediate tax cuts are ‘immoral’
The former Chancellor Rishi Sunak has claimed he’s the underdog in the Tory leadership race – saying that the “forces that be” are backing his rival Liz Truss.
