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Thatcher’s the pits yet
Keir Starmer is playing with fire issuing calculated praise for Margaret Thatcher in a bid to woo Tory voters.
Whether any will be convinced by plaudits from a Labour leader for a right-wing prime minister ousted 33 years ago remains to be seen, issues such as the cost of living crisis and dire state of the NHS probably mattering more to most Conservatives today.
Thatcher remains a divisive figure for many Labour supporters in the party’s heartlands, disliked and resented by those who lived through her harsh reign in the 1980s and critical of the greed-is-good culture she fanned.
For them, Thatcher’s “meaningful change” and “sense of mission” was lost jobs, poverty and savage Tory economics that threw them on the scrapheap. She wasn’t a PM those voters looked up to or respected; she was one they’ll never forgive for sweeping them aside.
Stop the killing
A restarting of fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza must not be accompanied by a resumption in the slaughter of thousands of Palestinian civilians, including women and children.
Keir Starmer announces he'll turn Brexit slogan Take Back Control into a new law
US and international pressure to minimise casualties is mounting amid widespread concern at innocents dying in huge numbers as Israel bombards a territory where an estimated 1.8million of the 2.3million inhabitants are believed to have fled their homes.
The October 7 pogrom by Hamas terrorists in Israel was a barbaric slaughter but Palestinian lives matter too and Benjamin Netanyahu’s government would be making a mistake if it took international support for granted.
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RIP, Glenys
Proud democratic socialist, senior Labour politician, beloved wife, mother and grandmother – Glenys Kinnock was all those things and so much more.
The ex-MEP, who died peacefully in her sleep aged 79, is mourned by her family and many others who appreciated a very special woman with a heart as big as her political talents.