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“Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime” was a phrase uttered by Tony Blair pretty early on in his time as Leader of the Labour Party. It was short, punchy sentences like this that symbolised the ‘sound-bite’ style of “New Labour’s...
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At least 37 BBC executives earn more than the Prime Minister, it was revealed yesterday, as the corporation disclosed the scale of its senior salaries for the first...
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown, was forced to apologise to the mother of a soldier killed in Afghanistan after he spelt her son’s name wrong in a letter of...
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Mr. Brown announced in the House of Commons on Wednesday that the increase depends on a number of conditions, including a North Atlantic Treaty Organization strategy...
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The Financial Times today has published a full-page account of the development of Gordon Brown’s bank rescue plan, which is worth reading for many reasons, but...
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A fire sale of public assets will be announced by Gordon Brown today to help cut the Government’s mounting deficit.
The Tote, the Dartford crossing, the student...
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown refused a major Afghanistan troop reinforcement against the military’s advice, the former head of the Army has said.
Gen Sir Richard...
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Britain faces being sidelined from a new elite club of economic powers being set up by Barack Obama.
The U.S. president wants to establish a top table of powerful...
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Poor old Gordon Brown. His joy at being given a World Statesman of the Year award must have been severely tempered by having to deny he’s been snubbed by Barack...
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However, the US president is planning to hold personal meetings with the leaders of Russia, China and Japan.
The decision follows anger in America over the release of...
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They were Tony Blair’s not-so-secret weapon in his landslide victory in 1997. But now women voters appear to be turning their backs on Labour under his successor...
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Gordon Brown is being given until the autumn to turn Labour’s fortunes around in the wake of another by-election disaster.
The Conservatives romped home...
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Gordon Brown has admitted that he has been “hurt” by the personal attacks on him during the failed attempt to oust him this month, and said that he might...
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With the increasing corruption in the government and MPs misusing the taxpayers hard earned money for their own comforts; the system needs to be changed. This is what...
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Corrupt MPs would be expelled from Parliament under emergency moves to be unveiled within weeks to rebuild trust in Westminster following the Commons expenses...
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Gordon Brown’s political survival hung in the balance today as Labour suffered a devastating rout in the European elections.
The party was beaten into third...
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With polls showing support for the ruling Labour party at historic lows amid revelations about parliamentarians’ expenses, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown vowed...
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In 1982 it was a war in the South Atlantic. In 2009 it has been moats, manure and the flipping of houses. Different mechanism, same outcome: the economy has been taken...
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In February 2008, I wrote this article, Why Obama is My Man. It has been three months since, though it seemed like three years. The Obama that I saw then looked very...
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Gordon Brown, reeling from a drubbing in local polls, sought to allay voters’ concerns over the economy on Wednesday in the face of taunts from an opposition that...
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Gordon Brown is mounting a final fight-back after Labour crashed to its worst electoral drubbing for a generation at the hands of the Tories and criticism intensified...
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The Conservatives renewed their challenge to Gordon Brown to call an early election after David Cameron pulled off a significant comeback in the opinion polls.
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