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Catastrophic Loss for Brown in Scottish Vote

Separatists win one of Labour's safest seats; PM may not survive

Jul 25, 08 6:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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%... More »

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

Humiliating Defeat for UK Ruling Party

Labour comes in 5th place in election on Brown's anniversary

Jun 27, 08 6:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

ANALYSIS

One Year On,
a Prime Minister Diminished

How Gordon Brown went from powerhouse to pushover

Jun 26, 08 10:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Brown Hangs Tough to Win Terrorism Vote

UK PM denies buying support for increase
in detention time

Jun 12, 08 9:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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terrorism • Northern Ireland • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • Labour Party • British terror attacks • Democratic Unionist Party • detention without trial

New Election Loss Could Be Knock-Out Punch for Brown

Tory takes vacancy in industrial district

May 23, 08 2:32 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Outlook Dark for Britain's Brown

PM's ratings tank in new poll, prompting Labour worries party could go down with him

May 11, 08 1:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - British PM Gordon Brown suffered his worst ratings yet today, falling behind Conservative Party leader David Cameron in every category in a new survey. The Labour leader is scrambling to win back public favor after three in four people said he was doing a bad job, with almost half calling... More »

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Gordon Brown • Labour Party • Tory Party • David Cameron • Britain • polling • approval ratings

OPINION

 Brown, Clinton Suffer Same Fate 

For Clinton and Brown, Iraq is the unspoken element

May 8, 08 10:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the last few weeks, two giants of center-left politics—Hillary Clinton in America and Gordon Brown in Britain—have seen their electoral chances reduced to near impossibility. Both have struggled as uncharismatic politicians in a media age. But for one columnist in London's Times, their trajectories have more important... More »

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Iraq • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Tony Blair • Gordon Brown • Labour • Labour Party • Democratic presidential candidates • Democratic Party • triangulation

'Buffoon' Boris Takes London's Mayor Race 

Johnson's huge win deals devastating blow to Brown's Labour party

May 3, 08 5:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Self-described "buffoon" Boris Johnson won a hard-fought race last night to become mayor of London, the Guardian reports, dealing British PM Gordon Brown's party a stunning loss in his first election test. Johnson unseated Labour incumbent Ken Livingstone 53% to 47% after a 15-hour count that ended with a... More »

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London • United Kingdom • Ken Livingstone • Labour Party • Conservative Party • Boris Johnson • London mayoral election

 Brown, Labor Savaged
 in UK Elections 

Labor posts worst election results in 40 years

May 2, 08 5:43 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Down in Polls, Brown Admits 'Mistakes' 

Ahead of UK local voting, PM confesses tax missteps

Apr 30, 08 3:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - With polls predicting big losses for his Labour party in tomorrow’s local elections, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown admitted he’d made mistakes in the past six months, Reuters reports. Chiefly, Brown acknowledged increasing the tax burden on the lowest-paid workers and those aged 60-64, but said both problems... More »

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Gordon Brown • British elections • Labour • Ken Livingstone • Labour Party • home prices • housing crisis

Labour Will Lose London, Final Poll Says

Boris Johnson on course for 10-point victory in mayor's race

Apr 29, 08 9:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - With 48 hours to go before the election, a final poll gives Boris Johnson a 10-point edge in the race for mayor of London. The shambolic Tory is poised to romp to victory over incumbent Ken Livingstone Thursday, according to the pollster YouGov. The finding is completely at odds with... More »

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London • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • Ken Livingstone • Labour Party • poll • Conservative Party • Boris Johnson

Blair Weighs In on London's Neck-and-Neck
Mayoral Race

Ex-PM comes to aid of sworn foe Livingstone

Apr 24, 08 7:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - With one week to go, the two main candidates in the race for mayor of London—maverick Labour incumbent Ken Livingstone and clownish Tory Boris Johnson—remain neck-and-neck. As the Labour Party realizes that it could lose the most important elected office in Britain, the Guardian reveals that Livingstone is... More »

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Tony Blair • London • Gordon Brown • Ken Livingstone • Labour Party • Alistair Campbell • Boris Johnson • London mayoral election

 'Buffoon'
 Leads Incumbent
 in Race for
 London Mayor 

Boris Johnson holds slight lead for most important elected office in UK

Apr 3, 08 10:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - The two leading candidates for mayor of London, Britain's most important elected office, are locked in a neck-and-neck race, according to a new Guardian poll. Ken Livingstone, the fiery Labour incumbent and sworn enemy of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, is now running just behind the Conservative challenger: MP Boris... More »

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London • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • Ken Livingstone • Labour Party • Conservative Party • Boris Johnson • London mayoral election

UK Politician
Ridiculed for
Flak Jacket

Brown No. 2 wears stab-proof vest to tour her own London nabe

Apr 1, 08 9:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gordon Brown's deputy has sparked a media frenzy after she was photographed wearing a stab-proof vest around her own neighborhood in southeast London. Harriet Harman, the Labour Party's No. 2, has insisted the photograph of her touring the tough neighborhood in a kevlar-reinforced jacket with three police officers was taken... More »

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London • crime • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • Labour Party • Harriet Harman

UPDATED

Thatcher Leaves Hospital

Former British PM said to be doing fine after precautionary stay

Mar 8, 08 9:13 AM CST
(Newser) - Margaret Thatcher is back home after an overnight stay in a London hospital triggered by a "fainting episode," a spokesman says. Tests showed nothing more serious than that for the former British PM, the Guardian reports. Thatcher, 82, who suffered multiple strokes in 2005, smiled and waved to... More »

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London • Gordon Brown • Labour Party • Conservative Party • David Cameron • Margaret Thatcher • stroke • Britain • Denis Thatcher

UK Scraps Plan To Tax Rich Foreigners

Finance industry's fears of exodus forces minister's hand

Feb 13, 08 12:17 PM CST
(Newser) - Facing criticism from Britain's financial establishment and within his own Labour party, Treasury Minister Alistair Darling yesterday scrapped plans to tax "non-domiciled" foreigners as much as $60,000 a year. Investors worried the levy would push rich foreigners out of London and compromise the financial sector, the Financial Times... More »

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United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • Labour Party • Alistair Darling • non-domiciled foreigners

Top UK Minister Resigns Ahead of Police Inquiry

Cabinet member steps down amid yet another fundraising scandal

Jan 24, 08 7:55 AM CST
(Newser) - A leading minister in Gordon Brown's cabinet resigned today after UK police announced they were opening an investigation into his failure to disclose over $200,000 in donations. Peter Hain raised the money to contest an internal Labour Party election for deputy leader, which he lost. This is the third... More »

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Gordon Brown • Labour Party • campaign fundraising • Peter Hain

OPINION

Northern Rock Plan Backfires on Brown

Scathing critics slam Labour handling of bank's failure

Jan 22, 08 10:55 AM CST
(Newser) - A day after the chancellor of the exchequer announced new plans to accelerate the sale of Northern Rock, the British press sees serious trouble for Gordon Brown's government and no certainty that the taxpayers' $110 billion will be repaid. Anatole Kaletsky, a leading Times columnist who has been sympathetic to... More »

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Gordon Brown • Labour Party • Northern Rock • Alistair Darling

Donations Scandal Fresh Blow to Brown 

Party general secretary quits over 'murky affair'; rival Tories smell blood

Nov 27, 07 9:18 AM CST
(Newser) - The general secretary of Britain's ruling Labour Party has quit over secret donations made to the party, reports The Independent. The news is a fresh blow to party leader Gordon Brown, who had been hoping to launch a counter-offensive after a disastrous week that saw the rival Tory party open... More »

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British Parliament • Gordon Brown • Labour Party • Conservative Party

Poll Confirms: Brown Bubble Has Burst

Party support lowest since Blair left office, worrying Labour

Oct 31, 07 11:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - The "Brown Bounce" is over, says the Guardian. A sobering new poll puts Labour five points behind the Tories, the lowest showing for the party since Gordon Brown entered No. 10. Based on the distribution of seats, Labour would have remained the largest party in the Commons but lost... More »

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Gordon Brown • England • Labour Party • Tory Party

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