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UK Home Secretary to Resign Amidst Expense Scandal

Kevin Spak — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:46:48 CDT

UK Home Secretary Jacqui Smith will resign her post, the Times of London reports, in an effort to hang onto her seat in parliament despite the expense scandal swirling around her. Smith has been badly embarrassed by revelations that she had charged taxpayers for her family home, several digital cameras,...

Tony Blair: Part Obama, Part Bush

Sarah Quinn — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:51:25 CST

Tony Blair was both Britain's Barack Obama, promising change, and its George W. Bush, dragging his country into an unpopular war, Jennifer Senior writes in New York . But now the Middle East envoy and superstar Yale lecturer is his own man. He's excited about Obama's victory and urges the president-elect...

Upset Election Victory Gives Brown a Boost

Jason Farago — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 07:51:04 CST

Labour won a stunning come-from-behind victory in a special election in Scotland early this morning, reports the Times of London, offering the first evidence that Gordon Brown's political recovery may be lasting. The election was called after the death of a Labour MP. The seat looked set to go to...

Brits Groan as Convention Goes American-Style

Rebecca Smith Hurd — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 19:11:03 CDT

England's political conventions have relied more on booze and debate than American-style showmanship, the Wall Street Journal reports. That has mean no flags, no banners, no stadium-sized crowd, and no rock & roll. Which is why some stalwarts got uppity when the Labor Party added a videoscreen and the prime...

Top Allies Look to Unseat Gordon Brown

Jason Farago — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:12:20 CDT

Several of the leading members of Gordon Brown's government will try to oust him as prime minister, reports the Times of London. Two contenders have emerged in a possible leadership challenge: David Miliband, the youthful foreign secretary allied with Tony Blair; and Harriet Harman, the deputy leader of the Labour...

Who Is Gordon Brown?

Sam Gale Rosen — Thu, 10 May 2007 11:40:09 CDT

As Gordon Brown prepares to succeed Tony Blair, the current chancellor of the exchequer's plans for Britain's future are unclear. Brown's dour, brusque style is a sharp contrast to Blair's slick verbosity, but some see that as an advantage. “He’s not regarded as a prince of spin or a liar,...