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  • July 2008

    • Catastrophic Loss for Brown in Scottish Vote

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  1 hour, 11 minutes ago

      Catastrophic Loss for Brown in Scottish Vote

      Gordon 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 . More »

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      United Kingdom  • Gordon Brown  • Labour Party  • Scotland  • special election  • Scottish National Party

    • UK Protester Glues Self to Brown

      newser  |  Times (UK)  |  Jul 23, 08 8:40 AM CDT

      UK Protester Glues Self to Brown

      An 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. More »

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      Gordon Brown  • Heathrow Airport  • publicity stunt  • glue  • environmentalists

    • UK Immigration Rules Would Exclude This Man

      newser  |  Bloomberg  |  Jul 16, 08 4:19 PM CDT

      UK Immigration Rules Would Exclude This Man

      Strict 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.'' More »

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      Great Britain  • Gordon Brown  • immigration  • college  • Steve Jobs  • Bill Gates  • immigration reform  • Michael Dell  • college graduates  • skilled labor

    • Bush Stuns G8 With 'Biggest Polluter' Boast

      newser  |  Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Jul 10, 08 8:00 AM CDT

      Bush Stuns G8 With 'Biggest Polluter' Boast

      George Bush concluded the last G8 summit of his presidency with a defiant final joke: "Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter," he quipped. The president then punched the air, his mouth fixed in a huge grin, the Daily Telegraph reports. Bush, who has faced international condemnation for years for his reluctance to fight climate change, then left the summit, as fellow leaders Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy looked on in shock. More »

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      George W. Bush  • environment  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • Gordon Brown  • pollution  • G8 summit

  • June 2008

    • Humiliating Defeat for UK Ruling Party

      newser  |  Times (UK)  |  Jun 27, 08 6:45 AM CDT

      Humiliating Defeat for UK Ruling Party

      On 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. More »

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      Great Britain  • United Kingdom  • Gordon Brown  • Labour Party  • Conservative Party  • Oxford

    • One Year On, a Prime Minister Diminished

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Jun 26, 08 10:11 AM CDT

      One Year On, a Prime Minister Diminished

      Gordon Brown has seen his reputation collapse in his year as UK prime minister: once the colossus of the Labour Party who enjoyed buoyant poll ratings, he is now so diminished that many in his own party want him to resign. To mark the first anniversary of his elevation to prime minister, the Guardian provides an in-depth look at the event that changed everything—Brown's decision to cancel a snap election he probably would have won. More »

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      Great Britain  • United Kingdom  • Gordon Brown  • election  • Labour Party

    • South African Prez to Plead With Mugabe to Save Race

      newser  |  Times (UK)  |  Jun 24, 08 4:30 AM CDT

      South African Prez to Plead With Mugabe to Save Race

      The president of South Africa is is flying today to Zimbabwe to plead with strongman Robert Mugabe to save this week's presidential election after Morgan Tsvangirai withdrew to protest government violence. Britain’s foreign secretary said an uncontested race would be “the most rigged election in African history" and called on nations to refuse to recognize the results, reports the Times of London. More »

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      Great Britain  • United Nations  • Zimbabwe  • Gordon Brown  • Robert Mugabe  • Zimbabwe elections  • South Africa  • Thabo Mbeki  • UN Security Council

    • UK Lawmaker Resigns to Protest Civil Liberties

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jun 18, 08 4:40 PM CDT

      UK Lawmaker Resigns to Protest Civil Liberties

      A British lawmaker resigned from Parliament today to protest what he views as a government assault on civil liberties, especially a recent law that extends to 42 days the length of time that terror suspects can he detained. David Davis of the Conservative Party hoped to call attention to the issue by triggering a special election, but the ruling Labour Party sees his move as a "political stunt" and won't run a candidate against him, the AP reports. More »

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      Great Britain  • Gordon Brown  • David Davis

    • For Beleaguered W. and Gordo, a Merry Old Time

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jun 18, 08 9:00 AM CDT

      For Beleaguered W. and Gordo, a Merry Old Time

      George W. Bush was in "one of his oddly chipper moods" during his awkward final trip to London, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd observes—but why? Perhaps, she opines half facetiously, "W. simply feels more at home in a monarchy" after years spent confessing to "Torquemada Cheney." Or maybe it's that he got to hang out with Gordon Brown, one of few world leaders "more unpopular than he is." More »

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      George W. Bush  • Gordon Brown  • Tony Blair  • diplomacy

    • Bush, Brown Butcher 'Homie Handshake'

      newser  |  Daily Mail (UK)  |  Jun 17, 08 4:57 AM CDT

      Bush, Brown Butcher 'Homie Handshake'

      Prime Minister Gordon Brown looked a little heavy handed when President Bush tried out a "homeboy handshake" on the British leader yesterday, the Daily Mail reports. Clearly caught by surprise by Bush's American-style "street" greeting, Brown fumbled, accidentally stuck a few fingers up the president's sleeve—and ended up clasping Bush's hand in a "wet fish" shake. Yo , Gordo. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Great Britain  • Gordon Brown

    • Britain Rolls Out New Iran Sanctions

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jun 16, 08 8:18 AM CDT

      Britain Rolls Out New Iran Sanctions

      Britain and the European Union will slap Iran with a new round of sanctions over its refusal to curtail its nuclear program, PM Gordon Brown announced today, handing President Bush an unexpected farewell gift on the last day of his weeklong European trip. Brown froze the assets of Iran's largest bank as of today, reports the Washington Post; he also pledged about 200 more troops to join the 7,800 British soldiers already in Afghanistan. More »

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      Iran  • Great Britain  • Bush administration  • European Union  • Gordon Brown  • nuclear program  • sanctions

    • Bush London Trip Sparks Clashes

      newser  |  BBC  |  Jun 16, 08 3:25 AM CDT

      Bush London Trip Sparks Clashes

      Hundreds of anti-war demonstrators clashed with London police as they protested President Bush's visit yesterday, reports the BBC. Protesters chanted "George Bush, terrorist!" but were kept out of the president's earshot as he arrived at 10 Downing Street. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Gordon Brown  • protests  • Queen Elizabeth II  • Laura Bush  • 10 Downing Street

    • Bush Running Out of Time to Catch Bin Laden

      newser  |  Times (UK)  |  Jun 15, 08 12:32 PM CDT

      Bush Running Out of Time to Catch Bin Laden

      President Bush has renewed the hunt for Osama bin Laden, enlisting the aid of British special forces to make the capture before he leaves the White House next year, the Times of London reports. Bush's European farewell tour moved today to England, which has participated in renewed raids in northern Pakistan. “Bush is swinging for the fences in the hope of scoring a home run,” said an intelligence source. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Pakistan  • Gordon Brown  • War on Terror  • England  • Osama bin Laden  • Queen Elizabeth II

    • Brown Hangs Tough to Win Terrorism Vote

      newser  |  BBC  |  Jun 12, 08 9:51 AM CDT

      Brown Hangs Tough to Win Terrorism Vote

      Prime Minister Gordon Brown prevailed in a crunch vote last night to extend Britain's period of detention without trial for terror suspects to 6 weeks, the BBC reports. Brown avoided defeat by convincing a small Northern Ireland party to support him after 36 members of his Labour Party joined the opposition to vote against the bill. More »

    • Ex-PM Blasts UK Government on Civil Liberties

      newser  |  Times (UK)  |  Jun 6, 08 11:07 AM CDT

      Ex-PM Blasts UK Government on Civil Liberties

      The British parliament is set for a nail-bitingly close vote on a law that will allow the police to hold terror suspects without charge for 42 days—by far the longest in the free world. As Gordon Brown pushes the law and attempts to prevent his first Commons defeat, John Major writes in the London Times that the law is an indefensible part of a new "siege society." More »

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      terrorism  • United Kingdom  • Gordon Brown  • British terror attacks  • detention without trial

  • May 2008

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