English Labour Party politician and Chancellor of the Exchequer, Denis Healey (1917 - 2015) at the Labour Party Conference in Brighton on 3rd October 1977. (Photo by John Williams/Evening ...

49 years ago today, sterling crashed to its lowest ever point against the dollar. Denis Healey stared down his socialist opponents and asked the IMF for a loan – paving the way for Margaret Thatcher’s ...

May 4, 1979: Then prime minister Margaret Thatcher, with husband Denis Thatcher, waves to well-wishers outside Number 10 Downing Street - Tim Graham/Getty Images The 200th anniversary of the opening ...

“There is no such thing as a society – there are individual men and women and there are families.” This famous Margaret Thatcher quote has come to epitomise the Conservative leader’s brand of ruthless ...

Our Writer at Large talks to the author of a new biography of one of Britain’s most controversial leaders TINA GAUDOIN is the undisputed queen of the double whammy. Just minutes into our conversation, ...

Journal Editorial Report: A call to return to the ‘warrior ethos.’ Japan may soon have another Prime Minister after Sanae Takaichi this weekend won the race to lead the (barely) ruling Liberal ...

Frears ('The Queen') helms this two-part miniseries revolving around a 1989 interview of the U.K. prime minister by her onetime friend, broadcast reporter Brian Walden. By Angie Han Television Critic ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Sanae Takaichi came out top in a male-dominated race to lead Japan's ruling party on Saturday, putting her on course to emulate her hero, former British leader Margaret Thatcher, and ...

Under the slogan “#ChangeLDP”, Japan’s long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has elected Sanae Takaichi as its new leader. Pending a vote in the Diet’s lower house later this month, she is poised ...

The rise in youth unemployment in recent years is a tragedy JUST 15 months after being appointed, Rachel Reeves has already achieved the dubious distinction of becoming the least-popular Chancellor in ...