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Parliament Gone Wild: MP Allegedly Headbutts Rival

Rob Quinn — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 08:41:05 CST

Britain's Houses of Parliament are home to no fewer than nine bars in which thirsty lawmakers and staffers can enjoy subsidized booze, and Labour MP Eric Joyce apparently had a few too many in one of them on Wednesday night. The Scotsman has been charged with three counts of assault...

Glenn Beck: Norway Victims Just Like Hitler Youth

Tim Karan — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:34:27 CDT

Glenn Beck has prompted outrage yet again, this time for comparing teenage victims of the Norway shooting rampage to Hitler youth. The right-wing radio host said the Labor Party's camp on Utoya Island— where 68 people were shot last week —is eerily similar to the Nazis' juvenile branch, reports the...

Ed Miliband Edges Brother to Take Over Labour Party

Sat, 25 Sep 2010 12:07:26 CDT

Britain's opposition Labour Party elected young lawmaker Ed Miliband as its new leader today after he narrowly defeated his older and better-known brother in a contest to replace former prime minister Gordon Brown. Miliband, the 40-year-old ex-climate change secretary, squeaked by David Miliband, the 45-year-old former foreign secretary, in the...

Tony Blair: I Drank Too Much

Kevin Spak — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:04:37 CDT

Tony Blair’s memoir, A Journey, has just hit stores, and it’s loaded with juicy revelations that have Britain talking. Among them: Blair says he used alcohol as “a prop,” with his daily intake “definitely at the outer limit” of what was acceptable. “By the standards of days gone by I...

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...

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...

Cameron Says He'll Form UK Government

Sarah Quinn — Fri, 07 May 2010 07:58:46 CDT

In the wake of yesterday's no-winner election in the UK, Conservative Party leader David Cameron says he plans to form a government even though he failed to secure a majority in Parliament, the Times of London reports. He has the support of Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg, who said Cameron...

Nobody Wins UK Election

Rob Quinn — Fri, 07 May 2010 04:42:03 CDT

The British haven't finished counting the votes from yesterday's election yet but it's now certain that no party will gain a majority of seats in Parliament, despite a large swing of votes toward the Conservatives away from the ruling Labour Party. Britain now has a "hung parliament," in which no...