World news | The GuardianDec 30
Foreign Office cautioned against UK military action to overthrow Robert Mugabe https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/30/foreign-office-military-overthrow-robert-mugabe-zimbabwe #RobertMugabe #TonyBlair #Zimbabwe #NationalArchives #UkNews #Politics #PoliticsPast
Foreign Office cautioned against UK military action to overthrow Robert Mugabe

Archives reveal options considered by Tony Blair’s government for dealing with Zimbabwean dictator in 2004

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World news | The GuardianDec 30
Blair pressured officials over case of UK soldiers accused of beating Iraqi man to death, files show https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/dec/30/tony-blair-pressured-officials-case-uk-soldiers-iraq-files #NationalArchives #PoliticsPast #TonyBlair #BritishArmy #Military #Politics #UkNews #Iraq #InternationalCriminalCourt
Blair pressured officials over case of UK soldiers accused of beating Iraqi man to death, files show

Then PM wrote on note from aide in 2005 that case ‘must not’ be dealt with in civil court, archives reveal

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World news | The GuardianDec 30
‘Too complacent’: how Blair’s advisers misjudged his disastrous WI speech https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/dec/30/tony-blair-advisers-wi-speech-womens-institute #Labour #TonyBlair #NationalArchives #AlastairCampbell #Politics #WomensInstitute #UkNews #PoliticsPast
‘Too complacent’: how Blair’s advisers misjudged his disastrous WI speech

Former PM’s team suggested initial less-politicised drafts seemed patronising and appealed to ‘fuddy-duddy Britain’

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World news | The GuardianDec 30
Brown’s allies could wreck Labour’s 2005 election hopes, Mandelson warned https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/dec/30/gordon-brown-allies-could-wreck-labour-2005-election-peter-mandelson #Labour #PeterMandelson #TonyBlair #GordonBrown #PoliticsPast #NationalArchives #UkGeneralElection2005 #Politics #UkNews
Brown’s allies could wreck Labour’s 2005 election hopes, Mandelson warned

Tony Blair was told that tensions with his then chancellor would need to be carefully managed, files reveal

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Lifestyle | The Guardian USOct 9
Iron Ladies review – inspiring account of the women on the miners’ strike picket lines https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oct/09/iron-ladies-review-inspiring-account-of-the-women-on-the-miners-strike-picket-lines #Theminers’strike1984-85 #Documentaryfilms #Lifeandstyle #Politicspast #Politics #Culture #Society #UKnews #Women #Women #Film
Iron Ladies review – inspiring account of the women on the miners’ strike picket lines

Fascinating exploration of the women inspired to activism in the Margaret Thatcher era of union-bashing

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Opinion | The Guardian USOct 9
Thatcher was born 100 years ago and her reign feels a lifetime away. Why is her effect on the country still so huge? | Martin Kettle https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/09/margaret-thatcher-born-100-years-ago-effect-country #MargaretThatcher #Conservatives #KemiBadenoch #Politicspast #Politics #UKnews
Thatcher was born 100 years ago and her reign feels a lifetime away. Why is her effect on the country still so huge?

Today’s politicians need to learn that she is not the answer to contemporary problems, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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Culture | The Guardian USJun 17, 2025
Mayor of Mayhem review – a jaw-dropping look at a crack-smoking politician who opened the floodgates https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jun/17/mayor-of-mayhem-review-a-jaw-dropping-look-at-a-crack-smoking-politician-who-opened-the-floodgates #Television&radio #Politicspast #Television #Culture #Canada
Mayor of Mayhem review – a jaw-dropping look at a crack-smoking politician who opened the floodgates

This provocative documentary about the hugely controversial Toronto politician is a chaotic watch – and features tactics that would go on to serve Trump

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Lifestyle | The Guardian USMar 30, 2025
Pedro Almodóvar’s image crisis, 1994 https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/mar/30/pedro-almodovars-image-crisis-1994 #Politicspast #Lifeandstyle #Culture #Film
Pedro Almodóvar’s image crisis, 1994

Has the clown prince of Europe lost his sense of humour, both in his life and in his art?

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Opinion | The Guardian USMar 9, 2025
Still uncertain about Trump? Let Boris Johnson guide you on this ‘very compassionate man’ | Catherine Bennett https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/09/still-uncertain-about-trump-let-boris-johnson-guide-you-on-this-very-compassionate-man #JacobRees-Mogg #Conservatives #BorisJohnson #Politicspast #DonaldTrump #AdolfHitler #Politics #USnews #UKnews
Still uncertain about Trump? Let Boris Johnson guide you on this ‘very compassionate man’

Some of the president’s Tory fans seem to find the grim reality of the president’s actions invigorating rather than terrifying

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Lifestyle | The Guardian USDec 1, 2024
Alec Douglas-Home v Harold Wilson: the 1964 general election https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/dec/01/alec-douglas-home-v-harold-wilson-the-1964-general-election #Electionspast #Politicspast #Lifeandstyle #Politics
Alec Douglas-Home v Harold Wilson: the 1964 general election

Successful candidates were advised to curb weird enthusiasms, not kiss babies and ask their wives to tone down their hats

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