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Margaret Thatcher: Trafalgar Square has room for another great warrior
Horatio Nelson was a divisive figure, certainly so to Fanny (his wife) and possibly Sir William Hamilton (husband of his mistress, Emma). Apart from those two, whose hearts he and Emma may have broken,...
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Subdued Westminster continues to mourn Thatcher
MORNING BRIEFING – By Benedict Brogan (Daily Telegraph). Good morning. British politics is in abeyance in the run-up to Lady Thatcher’s funeral. Despite the intervention of the Bishop of Grantham and...
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Margaret Thatcher funeral: the decision to have a full ceremonial funeral was...
Over the past week both Mrs Thatcher’s opponents and supporters have let themselves – and her – down. The debate over whether we should toll or muffle our bells, build statues, rename airports, buy pop...
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Margaret Thatcher funeral: in the end, the protesters faded away
So there were no demonstrations worth mentioning after all. Apparently somewhere around Ludgate Circus, a few idiots threw things at the horses (a particularly nasty, gratutious gesture) but it...
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Cameron salutes Thatcher ahead of funeral
MORNING BRIEFING – By Benedict Brogan (Daily Telegraph). BREAKING NEWS: David Cameron has told the Today programme that “we are all Thatcherites now…the big arguments she had everyone now accepts”. He...
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Farewell to the Iron Lady
MORNING BRIEFING – By Benedict Brogan (Daily Telegraph). Good Morning. Britain bade farewell to Baroness Thatcher with a service which our Elizabeth Grice describes as “ a simple, awe-inspiring and...
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A slippery slope for soapbox Ed
MORNING BRIEFING – By Benedict Brogan (Daily Telegraph). Good Morning. Its leader might be a soapbox politician these days, but Labour’s head-and-shoulders lead over the Tories is being slowly pulled...
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A side of Margaret Thatcher we’ve never seen
In researching the first volume of the authorised biography of Margaret Thatcher, Charles Moore conducted extensive interviews with Lady Thatcher herself, her family, friends and former colleagues,...
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Jo Johnson beats Boris to No 10
MORNING BRIEFING – By Benedict Brogan (Daily Telegraph). Good morning. Westminster awakes to the news of a Johnson in Downing Street, at last. There are plenty of gags around, and quite a bit of...
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Ed Miliband is a blancmange in a hurricane
In the past 10 days the Prime Minister has been busy. As well as responding with maturity, proportion and resolution to the jihadist atrocity in Woolwich, he has been advancing on a broad front. He has...
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Socialism Works Until You Run Out of Other People’s Money, Then All Money
Margaret Thatcher famously said that Socialism works until you run out of other people’s money. Venezuela has run out of money. Period. The speaker of Venezuela’s opposition-controlled National...
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Britain’s Jews Embrace Appointment of Pro-Israel PM Theresa May
British-Jewish and pro-Israel groups are congratulating Home Secretary Theresa May for winning the leadership of the Conservative Party and replacing outgoing United Kingdom Prime Minister David...
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10 Downing Street opens up to Google Street View
Few members of the public are allowed inside Number 10 Downing Street, with the Prime Minister’s residence one of a handful of British landmarks that has remained off-limits to tourists. But online...
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The Telegraph – Brexit Bulletin
Good afternoon. Britain’s spat with Spain over the sovereignty of Gibraltar escalated sharply over the weekend after Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon said the Government would go “all the way” to...
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