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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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