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  • May 2008

    • New Election Loss Could Be Knock-Out Punch for Brown

      Guardian (UK)  |  May 23, 08 2:32 AM CDT

      New Election Loss Could Be Knock-Out Punch for Brown

      (Newser) - The crushing defeat for the Labor Party yesterday in an election in a working class district of England could spell disaster for Prime Minister Gordon Brown, reports the Guardian . The opposition Tory candidate beat the ruling party choice in a by-election to fill a death vacancy by a whopping margin in the decaying northern England industrial town of Crewe—the kind of place considered a bedrock of Labor support. More »

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      Great Britain  • United Kingdom  • Gordon Brown  • England  • Labour Party  • Conservative Party  • David Cameron  • British elections  • Tory Party

    • Brown, Labor Savaged in UK Elections

      Times (UK)  |  May 2, 08 5:43 AM CDT

      Brown, Labor Savaged in UK Elections

      (Newser) - Labor has suffered its worst showing in 40 years in local elections across England and Wales. Just one year after Gordon Brown became prime minister, his party pulled only 24% of the projected national vote, 20 points behind the Tories and behind even the third-party Liberal Democrats. As for the night's most closely watched race—for mayor of London—both parties privately project that Tory challenger Boris Johnson has won. More »

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      United Kingdom  • London  • Gordon Brown  • Labour Party  • Conservative Party  • Ken Livingstone  • Boris Johnson  • British elections  • Tories  • Liberal Democrats

  • April 2008
  • October 2007

    • Tories Try to Fight Off Early UK Election

      Guardian (UK)  |  Oct 2, 07 1:58 PM CDT

      Tories Try to Fight Off Early UK Election

      (Newser) - Britain's Conservatives are having their annual meeting this week, and the party is desperate to put on a brave face and scare Gordon Brown away from an early election. But as David Cameron, the Tories' 40-year-old modernizing leader, prepares for his make-or-break speech tomorrow, one columnist reports that in private the party is wondering if it would be better just to lose. More »

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      Gordon Brown  • Conservative Party  • David Cameron  • British elections  • Tory Party

  • September 2007

    • 'Scars' of Iraq Evident in Britain: Minister

      Times (UK)  |  Sep 26, 07 2:16 PM CDT

      'Scars' of Iraq Evident in Britain: Minister

      (Newser) - Britain's new foreign secretary has proposed a break with Blair-era policy and admitted his country was "scarred" by failures of the Iraq war. In his address yesterday to the annual Labour Party conference, David Miliband dismissed the idea of a "military 'solution'" to the world's problems. But at this year's conference, policy has been overshadowed by gossip of early elections. More »

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      Iraq war  • Gordon Brown  • Labour Party  • David Miliband  • British elections

    • UK Chatters About Elections as Polls Narrow

      Independent (UK)  |  Sep 4, 07 11:48 AM CDT

      UK Chatters About Elections as Polls Narrow

      (Newser) - As London returns from holiday, the press and the parliament are still whispering about when Gordon Brown will call a general election. Although he can delay until as late as 2010, the Prime Minister can hold a vote any time, and British papers are debating whether he may rush it in time for autumn, while his Labour party still enjoys a thinning popularity. More »

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      Great Britain  • Gordon Brown  • Labour Party  • British Parliament  • British elections

  • May 2007

    • Blair Ally to Step Down

      Guardian (UK)  |  May 7, 07 9:25 AM CDT

      Blair Ally to Step Down

      (Newser) - British Home Secretary John Reid will stand down, he announced yesterday, giving PM apparent Gordon Brown space to rejigger the cabinet when he succeeds Tony Blair. Tensions have run high between the old and new Labour leaders' supporters, but Reid stressed that his surprise departure was personal; the Guardian reports that wider decamping by Blair allies is unlikely. More »

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      Great Britain  • Gordon Brown  • Tony Blair  • British elections  • Labour

    • Labour Party Escapes Election Catastrophe

      Guardian (UK)  |  May 4, 07 3:42 PM CDT

      Labour Party Escapes Election Catastrophe

      (Newser) - Tony Blair's Labour Party took a beating in yesterday's local elections, winning just 27 percent of the vote. But both the party—wildly unpopular because of Blair's Iraq war stance and several recent scandals—and pundits scored the result a minor victory because Labour lost only 410 local council seats rather than the predicted 600. More »

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      Iraq war  • Great Britain  • United Kingdom  • Tony Blair  • Labour Party  • Scotland  • British elections  • Tories  • Scottish National Party

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