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‘They allowed us to be a guinea pig. And the guinea pig is dead’: the sorry saga of Barnet’s ‘easyCouncil’

A decade ago, the Tory-led London council went on a disastrous ideological outsourcing spree that it hoped could be a model for the rest of the country. Can the new Labour administration repair the damage?

The Guardian - UK

Why is everyone in The Crown so sexy?

Is the Netflix hit’s relationship to controversy in direct proportion to the inappropriate attractiveness of its ensemble cast? Adam White investigates why a show about largely unsexy people is so ripe with sexy actors

The Independent UK

‘You can blow cyborg Thatcher up with a rocket launcher’: the video games lampooning Britain’s cursed politics

Combining satire with simulation and working-class viewpoints, a suite of games is currently exploring the causes and consequences of Britain’s political and economic crises.

The Guardian - UK

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Jonathan Coe: ‘I would really rather not live in interesting times, thank you’

Britain’s foremost state-of-the-nation chronicler is back with another generation-spanning novel, ‘Bournville’. He talks to Nick Duerden about making a living as an author, why he doesn’t write from anger, and how the country ended up in chaos

The Independent UK

UK facing huge scale of unrest last seen in 1980s miners’ strike

Nearly 1.7 million mostly public sector workers are being balloted on or have voted for stoppages

The Guardian - UK

This is no country for young people. The fate of so many of our children is sealed at birth

Shocking new figures reveal the ugly truth that the circumstances of early years, from a baby’s weight to family ties, matter too much

The Guardian - UK

Thousands demand general election in protest march amid the worsening cost-of-living crisis

A coalition of trade unions and community organisations took part in the “Britain is Broken” protest in central London today

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Thousands join austerity demonstration and call for general election

Members of the People’s Assembly, rail unions and Labour MPs were among those calling for a general election in central London on Saturday.

The Independent UK

TV’s lost its courage, says Spitting Image maestro after cancellation

Satirical puppet show Spitting Image has been cancelled after two years on BritBox but John Lloyd, the man who originally produced the series back in the Eighties, is not surprised.

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak's car comes with a secret escape hatch

It also has a self-healing fuel tank and a tamper-proof exhaust

Wales Online

I'm A Celebrity's Boy George will have vegetarian alternative for grisly eating trials

ITV bosses say Boy George, 61, can do the gruesome eating trials on I'm A Celebrity, despite being a vegetarian and say his meals will have quite a "stink"

Daily Mirror

I'm A Celebrity's Boy George compares himself to Margaret Thatcher ahead of launch

Music legend Boy George has said that he's 'bored of being iconic in a corner' ahead of his appearance on I'm A Celebrity

Daily Mirror

Economist Ha-Joon Chang: the Tory mini-budget was like trying to bring back terrible Tex-Mex

In a mouth-watering new book, the South Korean academic fuses his twin passions of food and economics to interrogate capitalism

The Guardian - UK

Civil service messaging and marketisation under Margaret Thatcher

Letters: Mike Lewis recalls the importance of maintaining appearances during his time in the Central Office of Information. Plus letters from Paul Flewers and Béryl Barnes

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Evening Standard

Who are the actors in the cast of The Crown season 6?

From Imelda Staunton to Elizabeth Debicki, here’s who’s playing whom

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: Britain's prime minister followed the GOP's economic plan. She lost her job in record time

Fox Business talking head Larry Kudlow was over the moon on Sept. 23.

The National (Scotland)

Thatcherism to Prada loafers: How will Rishi Sunak connect with Scottish voters?

HE has pledged to “govern as a Thatcherite” and once wore pair of £490 Prada loafers to a building site.

Wales Online

Spitting Image Thatcher puppet on public display for first time in Halloween horror exhibition

The Thatcher puppet features in The Horror Show! exhibition’s first act, Monster, delving into the economic and political turbulence of the 70s and 80s

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The Independent UK

UK gets fifth prime minister in just over six years

The turnover of prime ministers has speeded up in recent decades.

The Independent UK

Spitting Image Margaret Thatcher puppet to go on public display for the first time

Somerset House exhibition marks the first time a ‘Spitting Image’ puppet has gone on public display

The Guardian - UK

‘A way through the darkness’: the art show sublimating the horrors of past half-century

In The Horror Show!, artists and film-makers Iain Forsyth and Jane Polland curate a terrifying tour through the times of their lives, from cold war angst to Gen Z activism

Glasgow Live

When Glasgow's BBC studios were raided over top secret spy satellites

Just months before the 1987 general election, Glasgow's BBC headquarters were at the centre of a national scandal involving top secret spy satellites that would threaten to topple Margaret Thatcher's government.

The Independent UK

Margaret Thatcher statue vandalised for third time in Grantham

Two hours after the monument was erected in May, the statue was egged

The Guardian - UK

Have Liz Truss’s 44 days in office destroyed 40 years of free market philosophy?

Economists soon saw through Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng’s plans for billions of unfunded tax cuts to benefit the rich

Evening Standard

Blow for Boris Johnson as Kemi Badenoch backs Rishi Sunak

“We need someone who can win the public’s trust like Margaret Thatcher”

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