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London Eye bids to become fixture on capital’s landscape for generations to come

Merlin Entertainments is to apply to Lambeth council for permission to stay in place beyond the current 2028 limit of its consent

Evening Standard

Tory MP who attacked Marcus Rashford can ‘f*** off’, says Labour’s Rachel Reeves

Conservative MP Natalie Elphicke had accused England star of ‘playing politics’

The Independent UK

UK has lost its status as ‘development superpower’, Andrew Mitchell says

The new development minister said structural changes in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office are needed to restore the UK’s reputation.

The Independent UK

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Gordon Brown: Support ‘swelling’ for Labour under Starmer’s leadership

Last Labour PM said the public are backing Labour because the party is offering ‘real change’

Evening Standard

Will Labour really axe the Lords, that laughing stock of democracy? I’ll believe it when I see it

It is time for this institution to be replaced by a council of the people, but Starmer may not have the stomach for reform, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

Brown: Support ‘swelling’ for Labour under Starmer’s leadership

Last Labour PM said the public are backing Labour because the party is offering ‘real change’.

The Independent UK

The rightwing press will never back Keir Starmer – but he can win without them

Things have changed since Murdoch aided Blair’s rise to power, and no Labour party leader should be in thrall to the tabloids, says the former Sun editor David Yelland

The Guardian - UK

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Longtermism: how good intentions and the rich created a dangerous creed

Tech billionaires seem intent on giving away a lot of money. But are those who support ‘longtermism’ and ‘effective altruism’ ignoring the very real problems of today?

The Guardian - UK

Abuse victim wins £450,000 in damages from leading Scottish private school

A FORMER pupil who was abused at Sir Tony Blair’s old school has been awarded £450,000 in damages – thought to be the largest such award from…

The National (Scotland)

Political musicals: from the forthcoming Berlusconi to Hamilton, it’s the gift that keeps on giving

Politics, it turns out, is a great topic for musicals

Evening Standard

Trust in UK politics has taken a hit after recent chaos – and historical data suggests only a change of government can fix it

A YouGov poll conducted in October this year asked respondents if they trusted the Conservative party. Some 68% said that the party could not be trusted and only 14% said that it could. This followed the ill-advised mini budget from former prime minister Liz Truss and former chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng…

The Conversation

Tony Blair praises Matt Hancock for ‘courageous’ decision to appear on ‘I’m a Celebrity’

Ex-Labour PM hits out at ‘meanness’ directed at those in public life

The Independent UK

Matt Hancock's I'm A Celebrity stint 'took courage' says former PM Tony Blair

The former health secretary is returning to face angry colleagues, constituents and questions about his political future in Westminster

The National (Scotland)

Hancock’s I’m A Celebrity stint took ‘courage’, says Blair

The Tory MP is returning to face questions about his political future in Westminster, but received some support from the former prime minister.

The Independent UK

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‘Not sensible’ for UK to criticise Qatar over LGBT rights, says Tony Blair

The former Prime Minister said he is a ‘total supporter’ of gay rights, but the World Cup is a ‘huge event’ for Qatar.

Wales Online

Prince Andrew TV musical will see Harry Enfield as Tony Blair

Emily Maitlis will be played by actress and comedian Emma Sidi, known for Starstruck and Stath Lets Flats

Evening Standard

David Cameron becomes a peer: How does the House of Lords work and what do its critics say about it?

The ex-prime minister is by no means the first peer to be in the Cabinet but the practice is unusual

Reason

Did Sam Bankman-Fried's Millions Buy the Media's Loyalty?

The mainstream coverage of SBF and FTX is more than a little blasé.

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Evening Standard

The fall of FTX marks the end of the “wild west” days of crypto

City Comment : There is something of the Fyre Island festival debacle about the downfall of crypto platform FTX. Like the 2017 scandal, there is a backdrop of sun kissed silver beaches - FTX operated largely out of the Bahamas - an apparently credible charismatic 30 year old entrepreneur running…

Salon

Qatar 2022 WTF: How did we get here?

This World Cup is a farcical disaster, but that's not Qatar's fault. Call it punishment for the sins of capitalism

Daily Mirror

Keir Starmer vows to abolish House of Lords to 'restore public trust in politics'

Under Keir Starmer's plans, the Lords replacement would be "truly representative" of the UK's nations and regions

Daily Mirror

Keir Starmer taking advice from Blair and Brown as Labour gears up for government

Labour was last night polling at 50%, 22 points ahead of the Tories after Jeremy Hunt and Rishi Sunak’s gloomy Autumn Statement

The Independent UK

Adoption, witchcraft and Britain’s most hated woman: The ‘cash for babies’ mum 21 years on

The full, wild tale of an adoption scandal that dominated headlines in early 2001 – and that Tony Blair called ‘disgusting’ – is delicately explored in a new Prime Video series. Eloise Hendy speaks to the woman once dubbed ‘the most hated in Britain’ for paying £8,000 to adopt two…

The Independent UK

Next Labour leader ‘ideally’ a woman, says Starmer

The Labour leader spoke of his hope that after he steps down his party could for the first time choose a female leader.

The Guardian - UK

The Delightful Sausage: ‘Impostor syndrome has propelled us forward’

It will take more than multiple Edinburgh nominations to convince comedy duo Amy Gledhill and Chris Cantrill that they’re a success. Perhaps a TV sitcom would do it?

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