Margaret Thatcher

Another leader please

bloggers4labour.org     4 hrs ago   2 related          

The Economist's Bagehot column this week weighed in on the topic of Gordon Brown's leadership woes and David Miliband's apparent aspirations to his job:The political costs of deposing Gordon Brown so soon after Labour ditched...                    

The most influential magazine covers of all time

timesonline.co.uk     1 hr ago          

Judges compiling a list of the most influential magazine covers in history have selected Vivienne Westwood dressed as Margaret Thatcher, a photograph of Diana, Princess of Wales, published after her death and a picture of the...                    

Thatcher's PR man to buff Belarus image

ft.com     50 mins ago          

Margaret Thatcher’s favourite public relations man, Tim Bell, signed a contract this week to improve the image of the government of Belarus, described by the White House as a “repressive dictatorship on the doorstep of the...                    

Station to station

apn.co.nz     5 hrs ago          

The Sopranos was not the only concluding TV drama that left its devotees baffled. Also departing on an enigmatic note was the BBC time-travel cop show Life on Mars , in which a sensitive, modern-day policeman, Sam Tyler (played...                    

Sir David Serpell: first Permanent Secretary at the DoE

timesonline.co.uk     15 hrs ago          

Sir David Serpell was an outstanding civil servant. He was the founding first Permanent Secretary of the Department of the Environment in 1970 and went on after retirement to join the main board of British Rail and to produce...                    

'Digger' Dowling, the war legend who inspired The Great Escape, dies, aged 92

dailymail.co.uk     yesterday   15 related          

A war hero whose tunnel-digging exploits inspired the classic film The Great Escape has died, aged 92. Airman Eric "Digger" Dowling was shot down during night-time operations in April 1942 and imprisoned in Stalag Luft III,...                    

Fed's Next US Interest Rate Move is Down

marketoracle.co.uk     yesterday   164 related          

Yesterday, the Fed surprised no one and left its key rates unchanged and gave no indication that the committee was preparing to raise or lower rates anytime in the foreseeable future. As always, the market reactions were much...                    

Noel: Guardian spotty herberts really piss me off

guardian.co.uk     yesterday          

After backing down from his Jay-Z dissing, Noel Gallagher has found a new name for his pain - and it's us lot at the Guardian and Observer Leave 'em be, Noel ... they're not worth it. Photograph: Dave Hogan / Getty "I'm not...                    

Clever To A T

dailyrecord.co.uk     yesterday   1 related          

Aug 6 2008 Tam Cowan THE recent Glasgow East by-election was an absolute disaster for Labour, but fair play to the party for doing everything in its power to win back the voters. Yes, folks, deputy leader Harriet Harman has...                    

Tebbit's claims about gay parenting not backed by "credible evidence"

pinknews.co.uk     Aug 5, 2008   7 related          

A Tory peer who claimed that "adoption by homosexual couples is unsatisfactory for the child" is wrong, said Britain's leading gay equality organisation. Ben Summerskill, chief executive of Stonewall, welcomed Michael Gove's...                    

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