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Steve Coogan sparks fears Margaret Thatcher docudrama will be a woke whitewash as he reveals he cut scene 'because it was too sympathetic'

Mr Coogan, 59, who plays the former Labour MP turned London Weekend Television host, said that he had 'huge antipathy' for the former PM describing himself as 'very anti-Thatcher'.

Mr Coogan added: ‘In fact, in the edit we cut something because I thought it was a bit too kind and we wanted to remind people that there was this damage... She had vision and zeal, but she lacked empathy. Steve Coogan, 59, has sparked fears that a new Margaret Thatcher drama will be a woke whitewash after he admitted editing out a scene that was sympathetic to Britain’s first female prime minister (pictured in May 2024) Mr Coogan who plays the former Labour MP turned London Weekend Television host, said that he had ‘huge antipathy’ for the former PM describing himself as ‘very anti-Thatcher’ (pictured in October 2019)

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