Author: UK News

Today’s news summary – Paper Talk: Tories plotting election fight & Man City fury Monday’s front pages cover various stories including the BBC license fee, Tories preparing for the election, Starmer defending his Maggie Thatcher praise and the UK weather. Many of the front pages feature an image of an animated Erling Haaland, after the Man City vs Spurs game ended in controversy. BBC license fee The Daily Mail speculates that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is asking the BBC to cut costs, amid speculation the government could limit the planned increase to the licence fee in April. The PM has…

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Keir Starmer praises Margaret Thatcher for bringing ‘meaningful change’ to UK The Guardian says Keir Starmer has praised Margaret Thatcher for effecting “meaningful change” in Britain in an article directly appealing to Conservative voters to switch to Labour. Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, the Labour leader said Thatcher had “set loose our natural entrepreneurialism” during her time as prime minister. “Across Britain, there are people who feel disillusioned, frustrated, angry, worried. Many of them have always voted Conservative but feel that their party has left them,” he said. “I understand that. I saw that with my own party and acted…

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Keir Starmer defends praising Thatcher in pitch for Tories BBC News says Sir Keir Starmer has defended crediting Margaret Thatcher as a leader who effected “meaningful change”. The Labour leader said Baroness Thatcher set loose Britain’s “natural entrepreneurialism” in an article for the Sunday Telegraph. Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Broadcasting House, he later said he had wanted to stress her “sense of purpose” – but it did not mean he agreed with her. Sir Keir also praised Labour PMs Tony Blair and Clement Attlee. In a clear pitch to Conservative voters, Sir Keir highlighted immigration and small boat crossings…

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Fury at ’embarrassing’ Keir Starmer for praising Margaret Thatcher to woo Tory voters Daily Mirror says Keir Starmer was hit by a furious backlash tonight after he lavished praise on Margaret Thatcher to woo Conservative voters. In comments that enraged parts of his party, the Labour leader hailed the divisive Tory PM for bringing about “meaningful change” and “setting loose our natural entrepreneurialism”. Writing in The Sunday Telegraph, he said: “Every moment of meaningful change in modern British politics begins with the realisation that politics must act in service of the British people, rather than dictating to them. Margaret Thatcher…

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Keir Starmer sparks Labour backlash after praising Thatcher in Tory voter bid The Independent says Sir Keir Starmer is facing a growing backlash after piling praise on Margaret Thatcher in a bid to win over disillusioned Tory voters. The Labour leader has been attacked by critics on the right who accused him of trying to “ride on the coattails of Thatcher’s success”. But he has also angered MPs on the left, with one saying the former PM “caused poverty and deprivation not seen since the Dickensian era”. Sir Keir heaped praise on Thatcher, claiming the former prime minister effected “meaningful…

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Sunday Papers – ‘Hell on Earth’ Middle East war resumes – the full perspective Sunday’s newspapers lead on the latest from the Middle East and the tabloids continue their coverage of the latest royal gossip. Middle East war resumes The Observer says Israeli politicians and generals believe that taking out the top Hamas commanders will give the “best chance” of “forcing the collapse” of the organisation in Gaza. The paper says critics believe the strategy will do little to reduce the high cost of civilian lives in the campaign so far. The Sunday Express looks at Israel resuming its offensive…

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