as the are abandoning their position as the party of meritocracy, says priti patel. formic development secretary. to be absolutely certain, ijust looked up the definition of meritocracy and the definition of people, the holding of power by people, the holding of power by people of merit, the class of educated or able people. so she is saying, the foreign minister, and there may be an element of sour grapes because she lost herjob, she is saying the party has no merit. people have absolutely no merit and she cites all sorts of examples to back up her claim. she said there is scant evidence of meritocracy or freedom within the party, by contrast she says margaret thatcher was in tune with the hopes and aspirations of the british people. this lot are not, they are very lazy in their battle for ideas with the labour party. do you think she has a point? priti patel was sacked last year from her position as international development secretary because there were a number of meetings she had with israeli officials. she didn't tell the foreign office about them, so she basica

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the paper also reports on comments from priti patel that the conservatives are abandoning their positiony of meritocracy. the sunday mirror has details of a murder probe into a british man who was found dead last september in the desert 75 miles from his home in new mexico. and "back from the dead" — the mail on sunday claims to have found a key witness in thejeremy thorpe affair who police assumed was no longer living. well, let's make a start. let's start with i ended up, on the mail on sunday and the story we have been running all day as our lead, an hour ago i set up the task of reading and you did so well. i will do my best. people have been watching the bbc drama andi people have been watching the bbc drama and i know you have as well aboutjeremy drama and i know you have as well about jeremy thorpe, they drama and i know you have as well aboutjeremy thorpe, they will find is easy but those who haven't may find it difficult but basically the mail on sunday have come up a cracking story because one of the central figures of the thorpe saga was a man called andrew newton, a man who w

that is according to priti patel. the sun on sunday. 0ne according to priti patel.it is five years, just a couple of yea rs it is five years, just a couple of years ago, since he was killed outside woolwich barracks. michael and larger, one of the men given a whole life tariff for killing him, has said he is going to write to lee rigby‘s family saying that he is sorry he killed him. i interviewed lee rigby‘s parents a couple of weeks ago. about the work they now do at the lee rigby foundation, which is helping people who are caught up in terror attacks, and former servicemen and women who have served, i don't quite know what they will make of that. that is indeed an interesting development this morning. let'sjust give interesting development this morning. let's just give you a reminder of our main story today. there will be a one minute silence this afternoon to mark the first anniversary of the london bridge terror attack. eight people died and 48 were injured when attackers drove a van into crowds and launched a knife attack in borough market. the bbc‘s hollyjones

day, also marking the 65th anniversary of her coronation, the paper also reports on comments from priti patel the party of meritocracy. the sunday mirror has details of a murder probe into a british man who was found dead last september in the desert 75 miles from his home in new mexico. and, back from the dead — the mail on sunday claims to have found a key witness in the jeremy thorpe affair who police assumed was no longer living. so let's talk through the papers. thejeremy so let's talk through the papers. the jeremy thorpe story, which so let's talk through the papers. thejeremy thorpe story, which has enthralled tv viewers with the dramatisation with hugh grant playing mr thorpe. it seems that real life is as extraordinary as the fictionalised version of real life, if you like. because there are new twists and turns in the affair. fa cey twists and turns in the affair. facey truth is stranger than fiction. it seems that the fiction has made the truth even stranger in this case. where to begin with this saga. the case has been opened once more because the person who is have alleged to ha

they do have a brexit story, priti patel says the tories are no longer the party of meritocracy.attacking negativity over the issue of brexit. a lovely picture of the queen at derby. helen mirren is featured on the front page of the 0bserver featured on the front page of the observer today. an eye—catching hat, the paper says, at epsom yesterday. they are also discussing brexit in their lead story, talking about how they believe theresa may could be replaced with michael gove to sort out the brexit situation, according toa out the brexit situation, according to a lead tory donor. the mail on sunday has a story they claim they have found, this is all tied into, of course, a very british scandal, thejeremy of course, a very british scandal, the jeremy thorpe docudrama, of course, a very british scandal, thejeremy thorpe docudrama, which has been running on the bbc. they claimed to have found the man who was allegedly hired to killjeremy thorpe's mother. this is the mail on sunday, their front—page story this morning. and the sunday mirror this morning. and the sunday mirror this mo