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Roy Hattersley, former Labour deputy leader, dies aged 93

Labour grandee was MP for Birmingham Sparkbrook from 1964 until his retirement from the Commons in 1997 Roy Hattersley, the former Labour deputy leader and author, has died at the age of 93. Keir Starmer described Hattersley as a “giant of the labour movement”. Continue reading...

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What happenedPaying tribute, Sir Keir Starmer said Lord Hattersley "was a giant of the Labour movement".
What changedOne side frames it as "‘A giant of the labour movement’: Roy Hattersley, former Labour deputy leader, dies aged...". The other frames it as "How Labour giant Roy Hattersley overcame savage Spitting Image jibes and tub of lard TV i...".
ConfidenceMedium. 3+ sources across at least two bias buckets with comparable news formats.
Archive healthLive match · 5 sources · 3 buckets · comparable news format

WORDING GAP

87WORDING GAP

5 sources · 3 bias buckets · Medium confidence

Different Spin. One side frames it as "‘A giant of the labour movement’: Roy Hattersley, former Labour deputy leader, dies aged...". The other frames it as "How Labour giant Roy Hattersley overcame savage Spitting Image jibes and tub of lard TV i...".

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Jun 14, 8:56 PM: The Mirror UK joined the source map.

Jun 14, 9:21 PM: The Guardian UK joined the source map.

Jun 14, 9:25 PM: The Belfast Telegraph joined the source map.

Jun 14, 9:39 PM: BBC News joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 87/99 and story health is live match · 5 sources · 3 buckets · comparable news format.

ARCHIVED SOURCES

Left ·News report

‘A giant of the labour movement’: Roy Hattersley, former Labour deputy leader, dies aged 93

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Labour grandee was MP for Birmingham Sparkbrook from 1964 until his retirement from the Commons in 1997 Roy Hattersley, the former Labour deputy leader and author, has died at the age of 93...

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Right ·News report
The Sun28m ago

How Labour giant Roy Hattersley overcame savage Spitting Image jibes and tub of lard TV insult to help Blair into No.10

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ONE-TIME top Labour figure Roy Hattersley, who has died aged 93, was once replaced on TV’s Have I Got News For You, with a tub of lard – it was the producer’s revenge after he pulled out of...

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Center ·News report
BBC News6m ago

Roy Hattersley, former Labour deputy leader, dies aged 93

Paying tribute, Sir Keir Starmer said Lord Hattersley "was a giant of the Labour movement".

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Center-left ·News report

Former Labour deputy leader Roy Hattersley dies aged 93

Labour politician and former deputy leader Roy Hattersley spent 33 years as an MP and was made a life peer when he left the Commons

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