The Alan Partridge performer also admitted he thinks his iconic comedy character has a lot in common with the prime minister.

Steve Coogan has explained why Keir Starmer makes him “admire” Margaret Thatcher. The actor and writer is a dyed-in-the-wool ...

Steve Coogan has delivered a scathing assessment of Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, accusing him of lacking conviction and ...

Steve Coogan explains why Keir Starmer has made him ‘admire’ Margaret Thatcher ‘I never thought I’d say that,’ Alan Partridge star admitted ...

By 1989, Thatcher was under pressure. Her chancellor, Nigel Lawson, had resigned just three days before the interview, citing her refusal to sack her economics adviser, Sir Alan Walters.

Sir Alan Budd, pragmatic economist under Thatcher and Major who was a founding member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee – obituary No monetary purist, ...

Mr. Lawson had resigned angrily from Mrs. Thatcher’s government in October 1989 in a dispute over who was running the economy — the chancellor or Sir Alan Walters, Mrs. Thatcher’s economic ...

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However, by 1989, Thatcher was losing control over her party with her chancellor, Nigel Lawson, resigned because she had supposedly refused to sack her economics advisor, Sir Alan Walters.

Despite Mrs Thatcher’s description of Mr Lawson as “unassailable” he was anything but, and when she refused his request to dump Sir Alan, the chancellor had little option but to quit.

Channel 4 drama Brian and Maggie looks at the final TV interview Margaret Thatcher gave with Brian Walden, with the former PM played by Harriet Walter ...