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Labour Party stories: 55 news summaries

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Class Reigns Supreme in Britain

Oct 20, 07 2:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Britain’s Labour Party says a classless society can be a reality in England, but after 10 years in power, their country still feels deeply divided by class. According to a Guardian survey, 89% of Britons felt they were judged by their class, with almost half saying it counted for... More »

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middle class • Labour Party • working class • Britain

Tory Poll Surge Batters Brown

PM accused of cowardice, lack of vision as opponents soar in polls

Oct 14, 07 12:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - British PM Gordon Brown took a beating this week as a new poll showed the opposition Tories surging to their highest levels of popular support in 15 years, and even some Labourites came out of the woodwork to attack his vision for the future. Support for the Conservatives rose 5... More »

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Gordon Brown • Labour Party • Tories • Conservative Party • David Cameron • Britain

'Scars' of Iraq Evident in Britain: Minister

Military action not end in itself, Miliband says at party conference

Sep 26, 07 2:16 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Brown Leans Right In Major Speech

PM's first address to unions rebuffs
demands for pay raises

Sep 10, 07 12:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Gordon Brown received a cool reception in his first address as prime minister to Britain's Trade Union Conference, traditionally Labour's largest constituency. After 10 years of tense relations with Tony Blair, the unions had hoped that Brown would offer a more left-wing policy. But Brown insisted that he would oppose... More »

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Tony Blair • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • unions • Labour Party • trade unions • Britain

UK Chatters
About Elections
as Polls Narrow

Labour's lead shrinks but Brown won't rule out an early vote

Sep 4, 07 11:48 AM CDT
(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... More »

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Brown Downplays
US Fissure

New PM will visit Camp David,
insists he isn't 'America's poodle'

Jul 27, 07 1:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Britain's new Prime Minister is set to meet with President Bush at Camp David next week amid rumors that relations between the two nations have cooled since Tony Blair's departure. Brown is walking a tightrope between rebuffing this speculation and being seen as "America's poodle," an epithet Blair... More »

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Iraq • climate change • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • England • Labour Party • Camp David • America's poodle • prime minister • Britain • Iraq war

Brown Proposes Significant Power Shift

PM seeks new role for Parliament, bill of rights, lower voting age

Jul 4, 07 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gordon Brown used his first appearance before the House of Commons as PM yesterday to unveil a surprising slate of power-shifting reforms, including limiting his right to declare war and lowering the voting age to 16. The initiatives, which also include development of a bill of rights, could radically alter... More »

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United Kingdom • British Parliament • Gordon Brown • Labour Party • House of Commons • voting • Tory Party

UK Change of Guard Today

Blair will quit Parliament as Brown begins government shakeup

Jun 27, 07 4:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tony Blair is expected to resign from Parliament today as he vacates 10 Downing Street and is confirmed as the new international envoy to the Mideast. Gordon Brown, whose luggage is waiting curbside, will begin his shakeup of the government, with at least six ministers targeted for replacement, the Guardian... More »

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Tony Blair • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • Labour Party • Britain

Brown Vows to Lead New Era

Blair successor
as Labour chief
pledges to 'learn lessons' of Iraq

Jun 25, 07 5:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Vowing to "heed and lead the call of change," Gordon Brown yesterday took the reins of Britain's ruling Labour Party before stepping into his new role as prime minister Wednesday. Brown is expected to loosen the close ties to Bush foreign policy that marked the Blair era and... More »

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Iraq • Tony Blair • Gordon Brown • Labour Party • Britain

Blair Looks Back on Tenure as PM

"We will not succeed simply by military or security means. It is
a political challenge."

Jun 1, 07 12:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a wide-ranging essay that offers few apologies, Tony Blair reflects on his decade as prime minister and argues that Britain must stand in the world as “a player not a spectator.” Writing in the Economist, Blair discusses the shifting landscape of his time in office, the challenges... More »

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Iraq • Tony Blair • United Kingdom • Labour Party • Britain

Brown Outlines Post-Blair Era

Proposes major initiatives - including transfer of war powers to Parliament

May 13, 07 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Gordon Brown is about to put some distance between himself and his former boss with a series of proposals laying out his vision, including giving Parliament the right to approve war powers, reports The Observer. With Blair pilloried for pusuing a profoundly unpopualr war almost single-handedly from Number 10, Brown... More »

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Tony Blair • Gordon Brown • Labour Party • Tory Party • David Cameron • Britain

Tony Blair Ends 10-Year Era

"The party will now select a new leader."

May 10, 07 6:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - It's official: Tony Blair will step down on June 27, as soon as a new Labour leader is chosen. Blair publicly announced his decision in his home constituency of Sedgefield, having told his cabinet earlier in the day. Blair's words prompted "much thumping of tables" by the cabinet, says... More »

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Blair Will
Resign Tomorrow

British PM to back Brown Friday, step down in July

May 9, 07 10:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - British Prime Minister Tony Blair is expected to formally announce his resignation tomorrow and anoint Chancellor Gordon Brown as his successor Friday. The Guardian reports he won't actually step down until July, but the announcement will signal the end of the Blair era and begin a divisive process of choosing... More »

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Tony Blair • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • Labour Party • resignation • Conservative Party • Britain

Labour Party Escapes Election Catastrophe

Pro-independence faction takes control
of Scottish parliament

May 4, 07 3:42 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Blair Points
To Successor

After 10 years at
No. 10, PM says he'll pass torch to Brown within weeks

May 2, 07 9:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - As he marked a decade in power, British prime minister Tony Blair said yesterday he'll step down within weeks. Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown is expected to succeed Blair, who stopped short of officially anointing Brown but told a Labour rally, "In all probability, a Scot will become... More »

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