3 h. ago Steve Coogan says ‘disappointing’ Labour year will ‘pave the way’ for Reform UK

The 59-year old actor and comedian reportedly supported the Labour party until last year, when he backed the Green Party.

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3 h. ago Steve Coogan claims Keir Starmer’s Labour will ‘pave the way’ for Reform UK

‘Alan Partridge’ star claimed Labour are ‘putting Band-Aids on the gash in the side of the Titanic’

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4 h. ago Steve Coogan reveals truth about infamous boozy night with Liam Gallagher and waking up in the same bed

'He says I said 'ah ha!', but I think that might be an embellishment'

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6 h. ago Steve Coogan says working class are being 'ethnically cleansed' as redevelopment of northern cities does not benefit blue

After backing the Greens at the last election, Mr Coogan appeared on BBC Breakfast to endorse the co-operative movement, which encourages businesses to share profits among employees.

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50 h. ago Steve Coogan says he now ‘admires’ Margaret Thatcher because of Keir Starmer’s politics

‘I never thought I’d say that,’ Alan Partridge star admitted

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3 d. ago Steve Coogan explains why Keir Starmer has made him ‘admire’ Margaret Thatcher

‘I never thought I’d say that,’ Alan Partridge star admitted

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6 d. ago The page three girl who dated Steve Coogan and married into one of Britain's most illustrious dynasties: Lady Rothschild says she is still 'so proud' of her glamour past

When Loretta Basey married Nat Rothschild, heir to the banking dynasty, in 2016, she not only captivated society but raised eyebrows after it emerged she was a former glamour model.

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6 d. ago Manchester beats London as 'most desirable place to live in the UK'

Our northern city has topped the list of Britain's favourite cities, overtaking the capital

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7 d. ago Oh, Canada! Trump cuts off all trade talks with US’s northern neighbor citing ‘blatant attack on our country’

President’s fit of pique comes after Canada’s finance department exempted a digital services levy from a Group of Seven agreement on international taxes

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9 d. ago Steve Coogan says 'hurrah for Harpurhey' ahead of town's big parade

Alan Partridge star Steve gave his thumbs up to Harpurhey's big celebration this weekend

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1 week ago Saipan film to reopen old wounds between Roy Keane and Mick McCarthy ultras

Drama-biopic starring Steve Coogan will reignite a row that split Irish football fans but there are good signs for its artistic meritWatching the teaser trailer for Saipan before its cinematic release later this summer called to mind that episode of Friends in which it is revealed Joey leaves his copy of The Shining in a freezer whenever it becomes too scary for him to continue reading. While 23 years may have passed since Roy Keane’s fabled eruption on the eponymous volcanic speck in the western Pacific, it is hard to get past the feeling that the makers of this drama-biopic might have been better off leaving the most seismic row in Irish football history and its accompanying media frenzy hidden among the frozen peas, ice-cream and portions of batch-cooked lasagne. Instead it is about to be sent out into a public domain where it will almost certainly reopen old and, in many cases, still festering wounds.Everyone of a certain age with a passing interest in football has their own ver...

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1 week ago WATCH: Steve Coogan and Éanna Hardwick transform into Mick McCarthy and Roy Keane in new film documenting their explosive bust

The trailer for a new film documenting Mick McCarthy and Roy Keane's explosive bust-up at the 2002 World Cup has dropped. 

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2 w. ago Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon announce The Trip’s return with season five in the Northern Lights

Series was previously thought to be over after the pair’s Greece-set instalment in 2020

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3 w. ago How Trump hinted at a crackdown on protests long before his inauguration

Similarly, how cities have long planned their responses to a Trump-led escalation, which is finally hereThe White House’s escalating response to street protests echoes talk before Donald Trump’s inauguration of forcibly quelling resistance in urban America. Those plans are now the present.After the use of federalized national guard units and marines in response to protests in Los Angeles, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) plans to deploy Swat-style special response teams to Seattle, Philadelphia, northern Virginia, New York and Chicago – cities led by Democrats that have long been the target of Trump’s invective – before expected protests this weekend, according to reports by NBC and others. Continue reading...

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