Margaret Thatcher

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is seen by commentators as the most likely next prime minister (Picture: Rob Pinney/Getty Images)

How much do policies matter in an election? Ian Swanson

Star Wars is a space opera film series created by George Lucas that quickly exploded into a pop culture phenomenon.

How May 4 was taken and held by Star Wars fans Patrick Hollis

Take a look through our photo gallery for a trip back in time to 1986.

17 pictures taking you back to the Capital in 1986 Gary Flockhart

Sir Bernard Ingham arrives in Downing Street to attend a party to celebrate the 85th birthday of Baroness Thatcher on October 14, 2010 (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

Sir Bernard Ingham - press secretary to Margaret Thatcher- dies at 90 Patrick Hollis

There doesn't need to be a strike before ambulances fail to arrive within their target time.

Sunak's Thatcher imitation game is out of date – Ian Swanson Ian Swanson

Liz Truss should let her record in government speak for itself. Oh dear (Picture: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Susan Morrison: Detest Tories? No, what I hate is ‘greed is good’ philosophy Susan Morrison

Nicola Sturgeon addressed the SNP conference in Aberdeen yesterday (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Malcolm Rifkind has an unexpected message for nationalists – Ian Swanson Ian Swanson

Crowds doing their Christmas shopping in Princes Street Edinburgh, December 1986.

17 photos taking you back to the Capital in 1986 Gary Flockhart

Sir Malcolm Rifkind was a minister throughout the 18 years of the Thatcher and Major governments.

'Tories would have agreed to devolution if Scots' calls were more passionate' Ian Swanson

New Prime Minister Liz Truss leaves 10 Downing Street yesterday

God help us in this relentless game of Pinball PM - Susan Morrison Susan Morrison

Cost of living crisis hits pubs - your views online By The Newsroom

Lizz Truss, who has been named the new leader of the Conservative Party and the next Prime Minister, is to be the subject of a new biography by Lord Ashcroft.

Lord Ashcroft to write biography of Liz Truss Gary Flockhart

Mikhail Gorbachev arrives at Edinburgh Airport during his visit to Scotland in December 1984. Picture: Hamish Campbell Jack Crombie / TSPL

'I wish you many sunny days': Mikhail Gorbachev's bond with Scotland Martyn McLaughlin

Protesters demonstrate outside the Conservative party leadership hustings in Perth (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Susan Dalgety: Scotland must not be divided into 'traitors' and 'true believers' Susan Dalgety

Despite one possible omen, Liz Truss is not destined for long in the top job (Picture: Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)

My second meeting with Richard Madeley will not herald rise of new Maggie Susan Dalgety

Most popular: novelty Toby Jugs of Prime Minister Boris Johnson topped sales figures

Boris Johnson tops sales charts for novelty Prime Minister Toby Jugs Richard Wheeler

Liz Truss is the frontrunner in the Tory leadership race

Readers' letters: Liz Truss ignores Nicola Sturgeon at her peril By The Newsroom

Liz Truss has pledged to crack down on 'militant' action by trade unions (Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Thatcher reborn? How UK in 1979 and 2022 are scarily similar – Susan Dalgety Susan Dalgety

Westminster deludes itself that it is a bastion of democracy (Picture: Adrian Dennis/AFP via Getty Images)

Westminster's refusal to allow Indyref2 shows UK democracy is an illusion Christine Grahame

New Zealander Bruce Biddle and Australian Ray Bilney race towards the chequered flag at the finish of the 102 miles cycling road race during the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh in July 1970. Biddle won the race.

22 pictures of sporting action from the Edinburgh Commonwealth Games David Hepburn

Rishi Sunak delivers a speech at Vaculug tyre specialists at Gonerby Hill Foot, Grantham, as part of his campaign to be leader of the Conservative and Unionist Party and the next prime minister. Picture date: Saturday July 23, 2022.

Rishi Sunak labels himself the underdog as ‘forces that be’ back Liz Truss Dominic McGrath and Will Janes

Singers at the 1986 Games opening ceremony were given tartan umbrellas to keep off the rain.

19 pictures of the Opening Ceremonies of the Edinburgh Commonwealth Games David Hepburn

Readers' letters: Pay imbalance at Edinburgh Trams By The Newsroom

Police look on as picketers speak to a lorry driver at Bilston Glen early in the strike (Picture: PA)

Pardon provides some justice for striking miners – Ian Swanson Ian Swanson

Former miners outside the Scottish Parliament last week

Pardon for miners is decades too late - Helen Martin Helen Martin

Boris Johnson, a bumbling officer class nincompoop, and Donald Trump, a deranged conspiracy-theory-spouting bore, are otherwise respectively known as the UK Prime Minister and US President (Picture: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)

Why Trump and Johnson make me long for Thatcher and Obama – Susan Morrison Susan Morrison

Evocative scenes of '80s Britain are captured in this new book Peter Ormerod

Four police officers struggle with a striking miner as clashes break out at Bilston Glen colliery in June 1984.

Time to pardon striking miners – Steve Cardownie Steve Cardownie

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