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Paul Gascoigne tells stunned celebs he found Margaret Thatcher 'sexually arousing'

Footballing legend Paul Gascoigne left his Scared of the Dark co-stars utterly speechless when he revealed he once struggled to contain himself after meeting Margaret Thatcher

Daily Mirror

From ‘Daisy’ to ‘Demon Eyes’: a history of political attack ads

After Labour’s targeting of Rishi Sunak, we look back on past ads, some of which have swung elections

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak as a paedophile-protector? Attack ads are back – and they’re as daft as ever

From Tony Blair as Bambi to William Hague with Thatcher’s hair, political adverts are often incredibly silly. So why do they keep getting made,asks Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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A property tax based on annually uprated values would be a gamechanger

Replacing the council tax would be popular and the vast majority of UK households would gain

The Guardian - UK

Nigel Lawson: Innovative chancellor who ushered in an economic shift

His various tax reforms made under Thatcher helped move economic policy from Keynesianism to monetarism

The Independent UK

Labour is still in thrall to the low tax regime championed by my friend Nigel Lawson

The key legacy of the former chancellor, who died last week, was to put the fear of god into the party’s leaders

The Guardian - UK

Mother Dearest Gillian Anderson Won’t Return To Play Thatcher In The Final Season Of The Crown

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The shocking reason Netflix's The Crown needs last-minute rewrites for season 6

Netflix have reportedly had to rewrite scripts as one important cast member isn’t returning

Woman & Home

The Crown 'thrown into chaos as major star refuses to return to Netflix series'

Netflix bosses were banking on Gillian Anderson signing up to another series but a 'diary clash' has forced a big re-think with Margaret Thatcher expecting to be absent

Daily Mirror

Thatcher was the accidental midwife of peace in Northern Ireland – today’s partisan leaders, take note

25 years on from the Good Friday agreement, the Iron Lady’s implacability and its unintended consequences are a lesson in humility, says Guardian Ireland correspondent Rory Carroll

The Guardian - UK

‘They thought we were all communists’: Bradford’s peace studies department turns 50

University department derided by Thatcher as a ‘problem’ – and now a leading centre of conflict resolution – celebrates anniversary

The Guardian - UK

Killing Thatcher by Rory Carroll review – death in Brighton

The gripping inside story of the 1984 Brighton bombing, its victims, and its unintended consequences

The Guardian - UK

Nigel Lawson taught me preparation needed to make radical change, says PM

Rishi Sunak wrote about the lessons he learned from the Tory former chancellor.

The Independent UK

A committed unbeliever: Nigel Lawson left the Tory party a complex, divisive legacy

Lesser politicians still try to emulate the clever contrarianism of Thatcher’s chancellor. That’s risky, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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Y Sŵn: release date, cast, plot, trailer and everything you need to know

Y Sŵn on S4C and BBCiPlayer is drama about those who took on Margaret Thatcher to fight for a Welsh-language TV channel.

The Guardian - UK

How Nigel Lawson turned postwar economic consensus on its head

Former chancellor fundamentally changed the UK economy during his six-year stint at the Treasury, and not much has changed since then

The Guardian - UK

Nigel Lawson obituary

One of the most influential postwar Conservative chancellors seen as the main architect of Thatcher’s radical economic reforms

Evening Standard

OPINION - Nigel Lawson’s legacy: boom, bust and a national treasure

It usually comes back to inflation. Study any period of British history from 1945 onwards, and there’s a good chance you’ll spot ministers making strange and sometimes desperate decisions in the name of taming – or often to avoid taming – rapidly rising prices.

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A brief history of school meals in the UK: from free milk to Jamie Oliver's campaign against Turkey Twizzlers

Mashed potato, gravy, custard. When British people hear the words “school dinners”, it’s not always great memories that come to mind.

Evening Standard

Who was Nigel Lawson? Nigella Lawson’s father and Thatcher cabinet minister dies

Lawson, a former journalist, was the father of six, including celebrity chef Nigella Lawson

The Independent UK

Tributes continue from Tory grandees following death of Nigel Lawson

Former prime minister Sir John Major said Baron Lawson of Blaby will be ‘long remembered’.

The Independent UK

Free-market ex-UK Treasury chief Nigel Lawson dies

Nigel Lawson, the tax-cutting U.K. Treasury chief under the late Margaret Thatcher and a lion of Conservative politics in the late 20th century has died

The National (Scotland)

Former Conservative chancellor Nigel Lawson dies aged 91

Conservative former chancellor Nigel Lawson, father to six children including celebrity cook and food writer Nigella Lawson, has died at the age of…

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Nigel Lawson, UK chancellor in Thatcher boom years, dies at 91

Nigel Lawson, the chancellor of the exchequer who presided over the boom-and-bust of Margaret Thatcher’s Britain in the 1980s, has died. He was 91.

The Independent UK

Nigel Lawson: Margaret Thatcher’s ‘unassailable’ chancellor who quit in acrimony

Chancellor from 1983 to 1989, he was widely credited with winning the 1987 election for the government through the success of his economic strategy.

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