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Labour breathing down Tories neck: Poll

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:32:48 GMT

[Iran Press TV Latest] A survey suggests that British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's ruling Labour Party is slashing the chances of an easy victory for the Conservatives' in the upcoming election.
Source: Rantburg

UK Watch: A Comeback For Gordo?

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:15:26 GMT

So, I’m sort of a weird fanboy/observer of British politics, and as a detached observer I sort of feel that current PM Gordon Brown was dealt a bad hand. The economy didn’t tank on his watch, but people blame Labour and by extension, him.
Source: Oliver Willis

Axed Factor: Tory Ad Spins Jedward Exit

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:51:47 GMT

4:51am UK, Monday November 23, 2009 David Williams, Sky News Online The Conservatives have jumped on Jedward's X-Factor axing to take a swipe at Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling.
Source: Sky News

Conservatives: Cameron just six points ahead of Brown

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:31:14 GMT

DAVID Cameron was rocked yesterday by a shock poll showing the Tories lead has been slashed. An Ipsos Mori survey has put the Conservatives on 37%, just six points ahead of Labour.
Source: Daily Star

U.K. Rivals Put Focus on Growth

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:13:48 GMT

By Terence Roth LONDON -- The leader of the U.K. opposition Conservative Party Sunday pledged that, in the event of an election victory next year, he would announce a major emergency budget within 50 days of taking office.Meanwhile, Prime Minister...
Source: Wall Street Journal

Brown: China can drive UK recovery

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:05:15 GMT

Gordon Brown is to set out his hope that investment from China can drive the economic recovery in Britain. The Prime Minister is to say he wants to see "thousands" of Chinese firms working in the UK, rather than the current level of around 400.
Source: Wales Online

Clegg: I would back Tories in hung poll

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:59:43 GMT

He has vowed to support David Cameron if the Tories win most seats in a hung parliament. Mr Clegg's pledge is a huge blow for Gordon Brown, who was banking on Lib Dem backing to keep him in No 10.
Source: The Sun

US Senator says Lockerbie bomber should return to jail

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:32:29 GMT

A US senator has written to Prime Minister Gordon Brown calling for the Lockerbie bomber to be returned to prison. Democrat senator Charles Schumer said Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi was released early on the assumption he only had three months to live.
Source: History News Network

Quoted in 'Clegg reveals Lib Dems are prepared to back Cameron'

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:16:59 GMT

said in The Independent:

I start from a very simple first principle ... It is not Gordon Brown or David Cameron or Nick Clegg who are kingmakers in British politics, it's the British people. The votes of the British people are what should determine what happens. Whichever party has the strongest mandate from the British people, it seems to me obvious in a democracy they have the first right to seek to try and govern, either on their own or with others.

The Cabinet in the East Midlands

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:52:56 GMT

Quoted in 'Brown hints at Afghanistan handover date'

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:04:31 GMT

Gordon Brown said in The Age:

Since January 2008, seven of the top dozen figures in al-Qaeda have been killed, depleting its reserve of experienced leaders and sapping its morale ... There is now an opportunity to inflict significant and long-lasting damage to al-Qaeda.

Photo from Reuters Pictures

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:25:11 GMT

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown arrives to give a speech at a central London venue, October 12, 2009. Brown set out on Monday plans for asset sales to help rein in the budget deficit.

Photo from Reuters Pictures

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:23:55 GMT

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown arrives to give a speech at a central London venue, October 12, 2009. Brown set out on Monday plans for asset sales to help rein in the budget deficit.