http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorThu, 28 Aug 2008 7:38:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35114/britain-to-test-car-satellite-toll.html?refid=rss_all_defaultBritain plans to test a toll system that tracks drivers by satellite and charges them by the mile, the Daily Telegraph reports. Dubbed "spy in the sky," the controversial plan was floated by the Labour government and was considered dead under PM Gordon Brown. "It seems that Labour's unpopular plans for a national road pricing scheme are alive and well," one official said.http://www.newser.com/story/35114/britain-to-test-car-satellite-toll.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSun, 17 Aug 2008 18:46:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34059/leaked-blair-memo-blasts-brown-vacuity.html?refid=rss_all_defaultGordon Brown took further lashed from his own party over the weekend as allies of Tony Blair leaked an old memo from the former prime minister bashing Brown's tenure. In the memo, written last year after Brown called off a mooted snap election, Blair accuses his successor of "hubris and vacuity." Blairites are also preparing to launch a series of statements and policy proposals to force Brown out.http://www.newser.com/story/34059/leaked-blair-memo-blasts-brown-vacuity.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 04 Aug 2008 4:16:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33716/facebook-pulls-stabbing-app-amid-uk-knife-deaths.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA surge in knife crime has shaken Britain, ABC News reports. Twelve people—six of them teenagers—were stabbed to death in a single week this month. Public concern has caused Facebook to yank a third-party application where users could send each other "virtual stabs," and Nike has taken its Air Stab shoes off the market.http://www.newser.com/story/33716/facebook-pulls-stabbing-app-amid-uk-knife-deaths.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 30 Jul 2008 5:55:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33633/top-allies-look-to-unseat-gordon-brown.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSeveral 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 Party. The paper says that a cabinet revolt will probably take place in September, after the summer break.http://www.newser.com/story/33633/top-allies-look-to-unseat-gordon-brown.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 29 Jul 2008 7:23:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33328/catastrophic-loss-for-brown-in-scottish-vote.html?refid=rss_all_defaultGordon Brown suffered a potentially fatal blow to his leadership when Labour lost a once rock-solid seat to the Scottish National Party in a special election early this morning. In one of the most stunning upsets in years, the separatists seized the constituency of Glasgow East as more than 22% of voters who went Labour at the last election abandoned the party.  "We are in trouble," one minister admitted to the Guardian .http://www.newser.com/story/33328/catastrophic-loss-for-brown-in-scottish-vote.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 25 Jul 2008 4:17:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33156/uk-protester-glues-self-to-brown.html?refid=rss_all_defaultAn environmentalist tried to superglue himself to Gordon Brown last night inside 10 Downing St. Dan Glass was receiving an award from the British PM when he put his adhesive-slathered hand on the prime minister's forearm. The demonstrator stayed stuck to the PM for less than a minute, writes the Times of London, and will not face charges.http://www.newser.com/story/33156/uk-protester-glues-self-to-brown.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 23 Jul 2008 7:16:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32608/uk-immigration-rules-would-exclude-this-man.html?refid=rss_all_defaultStrict new immigration rules aimed at attracting highly skilled workers to Britain would keep tech icons Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Michael Dell from getting top-tier visas, Bloomberg notes, because they don't have college degrees. "It's a dumbing-down,'' one opponent says. "If you're a 20-something American with a bachelor's degree and you earn [$52,000] a year, you're a high-skilled migrant. You can come in, but Bill Gates can't.''http://www.newser.com/story/32608/uk-immigration-rules-would-exclude-this-man.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 16 Jul 2008 14:03:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/31085/humiliating-defeat-for-uk-ruling-party.html?refid=rss_all_defaultOn the first anniversary of Gordon Brown's premiership, the Labour Party went down to a humiliating fifth-place finish in a special election near Oxford, reports the Times of London. Although the Tories had been expected to retain the seat vacated by new London mayor Boris Johnson, the ruling party came behind not only the third-party Liberal Democrats, but also the Greens and a whites-only extremist party.http://www.newser.com/story/31085/humiliating-defeat-for-uk-ruling-party.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 27 Jun 2008 5:24:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/31046/britons-new-trash-laws-are-rubbish.html?refid=rss_all_defaultIn the midst of a garbage overload, the UK is cracking down on trash with strict new rules, sparking a backlash among Britons, the New York Times reports. Many areas now pick up trash only biweekly, and accept only regulation amounts. Some reject recycling bins tainted with garbage. In response, some Britons are yelling at trash collectors, stealing neighbors’ bins—and burning their rubbish.http://www.newser.com/story/31046/britons-new-trash-laws-are-rubbish.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 27 Jun 2008 4:08:44 CDT