Read more Labour Party stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/3470/labour-party.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 14:02:21 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70738/brown-labour-fuming-after-murdoch-backs-conservatives.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGordon Brown is livid and his colleagues in the Labour Party are ripping up copies of the Sun in public after Rupert Murdoch ended 12 years of support and backed Conservative David Cameron this week. “We don't need an Australian-American coming to our country with a paper that has never...http://www.newser.com/story/70738/brown-labour-fuming-after-murdoch-backs-conservatives.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 01 Oct 2009 11:28:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70414/bbc-journo-stuns-brown-with-pill-popping-question.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGordon Brown's office and the British Labor Party are furious with the BBC after the host of the channel's flagship political program asked the prime minister if he took prescription painkillers. Downing Street had already denied the rumor, which began on the Internet. A shocked Brown responded: "No! I think...http://www.newser.com/story/70414/bbc-journo-stuns-brown-with-pill-popping-question.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 28 Sep 2009 3:53:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62406/bruised-brown-talks-of-fleeing-downing-street.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter surviving a coup by members of his own party earlier this month, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown admitted he was “hurt” by their personal attacks and said he could “walk away from all this tomorrow.” “I’m not interested in what accompanies being in power,” Brown told the Guardian , saying...http://www.newser.com/story/62406/bruised-brown-talks-of-fleeing-downing-street.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 20 Jun 2009 15:48:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61327/brown-survives-party-revolt.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritish PM Gordon Brown survived a rowdy party meeting today despite Labour’s dismal election results and a backbencher uprising, the Guardian reports. 16 Labour parliamentarians spoke in defense of Brown and five called for his resignation in the wake of a high-profile financial scandal. “You solve the problem not by...http://www.newser.com/story/61327/brown-survives-party-revolt.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 08 Jun 2009 16:12:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61270/eu-election-pounds-left.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe center-right won a clear victory in this weekend's European parliament elections, while a record low turnout helped far-right and extremist groups make gains across the 27-nation bloc, the BBC reports. The ruling conservative parties in France, Germany and Italy performed well, while in Britain Labor came in a dismal...http://www.newser.com/story/61270/eu-election-pounds-left.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 08 Jun 2009 4:09:34 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61124/brown-i-wont-walk-away.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA defiant Gordon Brown said last night he will not "waver or walk away" from leadership despite a growing mutiny within the Labour Party, the Guardian reports. The British prime minister rejected calls for his resignation and managed to restore a semblance of authority after a day of surprise resignations...http://www.newser.com/story/61124/brown-i-wont-walk-away.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 06 Jun 2009 5:24:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61062/brown-likely-to-hang-on-to-power.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGordon Brown looked set to hang on to power this morning, despite the shock resignation of yet another minister who called on him to step down. James Purnell, a young Blairite, quit the Cabinet seconds after polls closed in last night's election, forcing Brown to bring forward a planned government...http://www.newser.com/story/61062/brown-likely-to-hang-on-to-power.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 05 Jun 2009 8:18:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59362/dissolve-parliament-over-expense-flap-uk-opposition.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe improper-expenses scandal roiling the British government is so crippling that the entire parliament ought to be dissolved, and an emergency general election held, opposition leader David Cameron said today. The “political system is paralyzed,” said Cameron, who could push for a June vote, the Telegraph reports. “The country doesn’t...http://www.newser.com/story/59362/dissolve-parliament-over-expense-flap-uk-opposition.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 18 May 2009 11:26:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59199/another-uk-lawmaker-suspended-over-expenses.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritain’s Labour Party has suspended David Chaytor, the latest lawmaker caught up in a widening expense account scandal, the Daily Telegraph reports. Chaytor reportedly claimed $20,000 in interest on a mortgage that was already paid off. Chaytor has said he made an “unforgivable error in my accounting procedures for...http://www.newser.com/story/59199/another-uk-lawmaker-suspended-over-expenses.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 16 May 2009 9:17:18 CDT