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Cameron Takes Reins in UK

Wed, 12 May 2010 06:27:26 CDT

Britain woke up to a new political era today with the first coalition government since World War II—an unlikely marriage between the Conservative Party and the left-leaning Liberal Democrats. With a handshake, smiles and waves, the Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron welcomed his new coalition partner, Deputy Prime Minister...

David Cameron Will Succeed Gordon Brown

M. Morris — Tue, 11 May 2010 13:34:09 CDT

Gordon Brown stepped down as prime minister and resigned as head of the Labour Party today, as it became clear that the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats are on the verge of forming a coalition government. David Cameron, the head of the Tories, is expected to visit Buckingham Palace today to...

Gordon Brown Offers to Step Down—Eventually

Kevin Spak — Mon, 10 May 2010 11:43:12 CDT

Gordon Brown has announced that he's stepping down as the head of the Labour party—some time before the party's next conference this fall—but that he'd like to remain prime minister until then if possible, the Guardian reports. Brown also announced that the Liberal Democrats would begin formal talks...

Cameron, Clegg Scramble to Form UK Government

Kevin Spak — Mon, 10 May 2010 07:50:13 CDT

Britain's winner-less election has left both the Conservatives and the Labour Party furiously negotiating with and sucking up to Nick Clegg's Liberal Democrat party, with papers just as furiously live-blogging the comings and goings. Though they actually lost seats, the Liberal Dems have the power to determine who becomes prime...

Lockerbie Bomber: Was He Traded to Libya for Oil?

Kevin Spak — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 08:40:12 CDT

Opposition parties are turning up the heat on Gordon Brown after Moammar Gadhafi’s son said the fate of the Lockerbie bomber came up often in trade talks between Libya and the UK. Tories say that raises “serious questions” about 10 Downing St.’s role in the release of Abdelbaset Ali...

Key Brown Aide Quits Amid 'Sex Smear Scandal'

Wesley Oliver — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:03:00 CDT

A senior adviser to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has resigned after word leaked of a plan to smear opponents with sex rumors on a gossip website, the Guardian reports. In email exchanges with a blogger, Damian McBride discussed targets for the project, including the wives of top Conservatives. One...

Rowling Wows Obama—and Medvedev, Too

Katherine Thompson — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 10:13:23 CDT

Barack Obama took a break from the global economic crisis at a Downing Street G20 dinner this week, buttonholing JK Rowling to tell her that he had read all of her Harry Potter books—and had read them to his girls, the Telegraph reports. And Dmitry Medvedev did his US...

Obama Wraps Up Tour in London, Defends Trip

Matt Cantor — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:05:41 CDT

Barack Obama wrapped up his international tour today in London, chatting for two hours with PM Gordon Brown on Iraq, the economy, and the "special relationship" between the US and Britain. Obama, preparing to head home to Chicago, defended his trip to Europe and the Mideast as polls in the...

Bush London Trip Sparks Clashes

Peter Fearon — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:25:01 CDT

Hundreds of anti-war demonstrators clashed with London police as they protested President Bush's visit yesterday, reports the BBC. Protesters chanted "George Bush, terrorist!" but were kept out of the president's earshot as he arrived at 10 Downing Street.