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The Queen and her prime ministers – the favourites and the blunders
Press Association News via AOL· 2 years agoNo-one is supposed to talk about the behind-the-scenes relationship between the sovereign and the...
Echoes of dire 1970s in today's Britain
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPlans for a high-wage, high-growth economy lie in ruins as Britain's Conservative prime minister struggles to answer a cost-of-living crisis, compounded...
Ted Heath is owed full inquiry into police child sex abuse witch hunt, says Tory peer
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe official historian of the Conservative Party has called for an independent investigation into...
The 25p state pension boost for the over-80s is a worthless insult
The Telegraph via Yahoo Finance· 1 week agoIn 1971, Edward Heath’s Conservative government introduced an increased state pension for the...
How collapsing energy use reveals Britain’s economic disaster
The Telegraph via Yahoo Finance· 2 months agoDoomsayers warn that Britain is returning to the bad old days of the 1970s – yet by one measure, we...
Sir Peter Hordern, backbencher under Heath and Thatcher who brought City wisdom to the House –...
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 1 week agoSir Peter Hordern, who has died on his 95th birthday, was a mainstay of the Conservative back...
Priti Patel ‘silent on scandal’ of adviser role for accused ex-police chief
Press Association News via AOL· 2 years agoHome Secretary Priti Patel has been accused of staying “silent” over the “scandal” of a former chief...
From Churchill to Boris: 14 prime ministers the Queen has seen come and go (and which was her...
Yahoo News UK· 2 years agoThe Queen with Boris Johnson in happier times. (PA) In her 70 years as monarch, the Queen has seen...
From Churchill to Johnson: The Queen’s 14 prime ministers
Evening Standard via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Queen’s 70 years as sovereign has seen 14 prime ministers, from Second World War statesman Sir...
The Left still prefers myth to reality 40 years on from the miners’ strike
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 months agoIn The Road to Wigan Pier, George Orwell said “our civilisation ... is founded on coal, more...