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After Thatcher: The decline of the Tory Party

• Authors : Moore, Charles

• Source: Claremont Review of Books. Fall, 2023, Vol. 23 Issue 4, p44, 4 p.

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Fuel smuggling among IRA criminality that funded Sinn Fein growth, archives claim. Prime Minister Blair raised issue in call with President Bush, and NI Secretary Mandelson sent a secret memo to Chancellor Brown.

• Source: Belfast Telegraph (Belfast, Northern Ireland). 2024, pages. 14

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Sinn Fein pushed for amnesty long before controversial Legacy Act... but it was only to be for republicans. Declassified documents show Gerry Kelly and Gerry Adams told Government move 'could not involve members of the British forces', and that even after immunity, IRA wouldn't tell full truth.

• Source: Belfast Telegraph (Belfast, Northern Ireland). 2024, pages. 8

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Lord Hoyle. Influential Labour backbencher, parliamentary party chairman and trade unionist whose son became Speaker of the Commons.

• Source: The Times (London, England). 2024, pages. 38

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'I've a huge admiration for politicians who I think are in a much darker world than the one I had to occupy'. Ahead of former Labour MP Alan Johnson's visit to Belfast this week, he speaks with Aine Toner about the possibility of a Keir Starmer-led majority and his joy at writing thrillers; 'Keir has the capacity to deal with being PM'.

• Source: Belfast Telegraph (Belfast, Northern Ireland). 2024, pages. 21

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Lord McAvoy. Labour politician with a well earned reputation as a bruising government whip throughout Tony Blair's administration.

• Source: The Times (London, England). 2024, pages. 46

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In some ways, Reform is as big a problem as Labour for Sunak now. Sir John Curtice The nation's foremost political polling guru discusses his predictions for the election, how it could be his last and why Tony Blair was the best post-war PM. By Guy Kelly.

• Source: Sunday Telegraph (London, England). 2024, pages. 24

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We need a Blair-Osborne Act to stop ex-MPs shilling for foreign rulers. The nexus between government, business and overseas money is becoming ever tighter.

• Source: Daily Telegraph (London, England). 2024, pages. 16

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Sir Tony Lloyd. Veteran Labour MP who campaigned hard for Manchester and was elected police commissioner.

• Source: Daily Telegraph (London, England). 2024, pages. 27

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Blair pays tribute to 'kind, generous and loving' Derek Draper.

• Source: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England). 2024, pages. 13

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