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Green Party Slams Mahmood’s Thatcher-Inspired Policies Ahead of Potential Chancellorship

7/19/2026

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The Green Party is drafting a memo that attacks Shabana Mahmood’s economic and immigration policies, framing her fiscal stance as a threat to wealth equality.
The memo will cite Mahmood’s praise of Margaret Thatcher and her “tough choices” remark while she was shadow treasury minister from October 2013 to May 2015.
The memo is prepared as she may become Andy Burnham’s chancellor, prompting the party to scale up election preparation.

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The Green Party is drafting a memo that attacks Shabana Mahmood’s economic and immigration policies, framing her fiscal stance as a threat to wealth equality.
The memo will cite Mahmood’s praise of Margaret Thatcher and her “tough choices” remark while she was shadow treasury minister from October 2013 to May 2015.
The memo is prepared as she may become Andy Burnham’s chancellor, prompting the party to scale up election preparation.