Politics

Decision due on voting question

BBC — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:44:58 GMT

The Electoral Commission is to give its verdict on the proposed question for the referendum on further powers for the Welsh assembly.

Blair: 'I had concerns about Diana'

BBC — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:20:17 GMT

Tony Blair talks about how he had concerns about Princess Diana's relationship with Dodi Fayed.

George Galloway sues over NoW ‘phone hacking’

PRESSGAZETTE — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Former MP George Galloway is demanding damages in excess of £300,000 from the publisher of the News of the World claiming he was embroiled in the phone hacking scandal at the newspaper.

Libersal Democratic Values

WORLDPRESSNETWORK — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By cartoonist Leon Kuhn whose work can also be seen on his own website http://www.leonkuhn.org.uk where

Clegg visits Pakistan flood camp

BBC — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:14:27 GMT

Nick Clegg has said Pakistan will need aid for years to come following the worst floods in decades, after seeing the devastation there himself.

Blair Brown relationship "difficult"

BBC — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:54:50 GMT

Tony Blair has reportedly described Gordon Brown as "difficult, at times maddening" in his memoirs, being published on Wednesday.

Labour leadership vote under way

BBC — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:38:30 GMT

Labour Party members begin voting on which one of five candidates will replace Gordon Brown as leader, with the result announced later this month.

Pick a Labour leadership candidate

GUARDIAN — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:32:45 GMT

Voting has started in the Labour leadership contest. If you have a vote, this interactive tool will help you decide how to use it. Source: Votematch.org.uk Labour party

Libersal Democratic Values

WORLDPRESSNETWORK — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By cartoonist Leon Kuhn whose work can also be seen on his own website http://www.leonkuhn.org.uk where

Ed Balls warns of coalition cuts

BBC — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:15:11 GMT

Labour leadership contender, Ed Balls, is warning that the government's austerity programme could tip the country back into recession.

Blair's Journey

WORLDPRESSNETWORK — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By cartoonist Leon Kuhn whose work can also be seen on his own website http://www.leonkuhn.org.uk where

Concern over tobacco display ban

BBC — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 23:14:36 GMT

New laws banning shop tobacco displays in Scotland will increase black market trade, an industry survey claims.

Opik denies Labour defection plan

BBC — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 07:54:51 GMT

Former Liberal Democrat MP Lembit Opik denies a newspaper report that he is planning to defect to Labour.

Blair's Journey

WORLDPRESSNETWORK — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By cartoonist Leon Kuhn whose work can also be seen on his own website http://www.leonkuhn.org.uk where

Obama under pressure in test that could define presidency

INDEPENDENT — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 23:00:01 GMT

Listening to the Great Mosque Debate, you'd imagine that minarets and domes are about to rise on the exact spot where the Twin Towers stood – and that at the appointed hour, a muezzin's

SAVINGS

WORLDPRESSNETWORK — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By cartoonist Leon Kuhn whose work can also be seen on his own website http://www.leonkuhn.org.uk where

UKIP leader Pearson standing down

BBC — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 06:40:43 GMT

UK Independence Party leader Lord Pearson of Rannoch is standing down after less than a year in the position.

Leader of UKIP is standing down

BBC — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 05:00:01 GMT

UK Independence Party leader Lord Pearson of Rannoch is to stand down less than a year after taking the post, the BBC learns.

SAVINGS

WORLDPRESSNETWORK — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By cartoonist Leon Kuhn whose work can also be seen on his own website http://www.leonkuhn.org.uk where

BENEFITS

WORLDPRESSNETWORK — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By cartoonist Leon Kuhn whose work can also be seen on his own website http://www.leonkuhn.org.uk where

Anti-terror advert banned in UK

PRESSTV — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:35:59 GMT

The British Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned an anti-terrorism advert it deemed possibly offensive because it suggests that various everyday actions could be suspicious.

Is U.S. still beacon of liberty for Muslims?

CNN — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

U.S. liberties are the dream of many in the Muslim world - Those dreams are marred by suspicion that greets Muslims here - Muslim Americans are not the enemy, and can be part of the solution

The real scandal of Michelle Obama's Spanish vacation | Dan Kennedy

GUARDIAN — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:00:21 GMT

It's depressing to watch the so-called liberal media take the bait of rightwing hysteria about the first lady's holiday If you think you can't stand reading about how the media are

Obama attacks Bush-era policies

PRESSTV — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 06:08:31 GMT

US President Barack Obama has attacked the financial policies of his predecessor George W. Bush as the country's troubled economy continues to take its toll on Americans.

We don’t believe in politics of shoes, says Nawaz

DAWN — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 03:57:55 PKT

MANSEHRA: The former prime minister and chief of his own faction of Muslim League, Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif, has said that he doesn’t believe in the politics of shoes. “Politics is

BENEFITS

WORLDPRESSNETWORK — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By cartoonist Leon Kuhn whose work can also be seen on his own website http://www.leonkuhn.org.uk where

UUP confirms Sir Reg to resign

BBC — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 09:46:00 GMT

The chairman of the Ulster Unionist Party has confirmed that Sir Reg Empey is resign as party leader.

Nasrallah shows Hariri 'evidence'

BBC — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 23:27:00 GMT

Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah reveals what he says is evidence of Israeli involvement in the murder of ex-Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri.

Anna Trench on David Cameron and Nick Clegg

GUARDIAN — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 08:55:14 GMT

The Guardian's cartoonists showcase continues with Anna Trench's latest take on the coalition government Anna Trench

UN chief calls for nuclear disarmament

PRESSTV — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 06:15:46 GMT

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged all nuclear-armed countries to completely eliminate their "indiscriminate weapons."

Cameron wants cuts to stay

BBC — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:26:40 GMT

David Cameron has said that his government is seeking to "avoid" making cuts that can be "restored" in the future. Cuts to public services must be "sustainable", he said.

Newsnight's candidate hustings

BBC — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:58:34 GMT

All the action and expert analysis as the Labour leadership hopefuls went head-to-head on BBC's Newsnight.

Spending cuts 'must be joined-up'

BBC — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 10:32:19 GMT

Chancellor George Osborne's spending cuts programme needs "strategic guidance", a Conservative think-tank warns.

Officials miss migration hearings

BBC — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 09:17:17 GMT

More than 17,000 appeals against immigration decisions were won last year without a Home Office worker attending hearings, figures reveal.

‘Punjab govt should focus on flood relief, not politics’

DAWN — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 13:09:45 PKT

LAHORE: Federal Law Minister Babar Awan on Sunday said that political statements by those occupying the seat of Lahore, standing in the flood hit area of Mianwali, is highly condemnable.

Pakistan leader heading to Europe

BBC — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 03:13:55 GMT

Pakistan's president is due in Europe later for a trip that will take in the UK, amid tensions over David Cameron's comments about terrorism.

US prosecutor says no case against Gore

INDEPENDENT — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:11:05 GMT

Former Vice President Al Gore was cleared yesterday of allegations he groped and assaulted a masseuse in a luxury Portland hotel room in 2006, closing a case that could have tarnished the

David Cameron defends comments about Pakistan and terrorism

GUARDIAN — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:23:22 GMT

British prime minister says he has not caused offence in Pakistan and insists he is not accusing the Islamabad government of promoting terrorism David Cameron today launched a strong

Cameron's doubts on becoming PM

BBC — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:27:19 GMT

David Cameron has confessed that, on the day before entering Downing Street, he told his wife Samantha he was sure he would not become prime minister.

Cameron 'was unsure of coalition'

BBC — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:07:41 GMT

David Cameron reveals he told the Queen he was not "totally sure" what sort of government he was going to form as he became prime minister.

Immigration cap is to the fore as David Cameron visits Bangalore

GUARDIAN — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:51:02 GMT

Alan Travis examines why Indian IT staff are at the centre of the debate over the coalition government's immigration cap Like the old Access credit card adverts, David Cameron's

British Army had 'no desire' for Iraq war

BBC — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:08:45 GMT

General Sir Richard Dannatt has said the UK's Army had "no desire" to go to war in Iraq in 2003.

Cameron attacks Labour AV U-turn

BBC — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:06:47 GMT

David Cameron accuses Labour of "complete and utter opportunism" after the party says it will oppose holding a referendum on electoral reform.

David Cameron on tour

GUARDIAN — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:07:02 GMT

A selection of images from David Cameron's trip to Turkey and India

General Dannatt attends Iraq Inquiry

BBC — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:52:11 GMT

Coverage from London as General Sir Richard Dannatt appears before the inquiry into the 2003 invasion of Iraq and its aftermath.

Coalition split on migration cap

BBC — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:57:11 GMT

David Cameron plays down cabinet divisions over immigration after Vince Cable said a planned cap must be flexible.

The disinherited

HAARETZ — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT

What happened to the 130,000 Syrian citizens living in the Golan Heights in June 1967? According to the Israeli narrative, they all fled to Syria, but official documents and testimonies tell

Cameron: Gaza 'a prison camp'

BBC — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:10:09 GMT

David Cameron has said that Gaza cannot remain a "prison camp", and that aid and people should be allowed in both directions across the border.

In my words: Brown sets date for book publication

BBC — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:52:18 GMT

Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown's account of the global financial crisis is to be published in November.

Tory youth chief resigns over ‘offensive’ remarks - "He said he wished George Galloway was dead."

WALESONLINE — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT

THE chairman of Tory youth group Conservative Future in South Wales was forced to resign yesterday, over a web post in which he said he wished George Galloway was dead.

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