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NEWS ABOUT: David Cameron

David Cameron stories: 19 news summaries

 Brown to Repay 
 $20K in Expense 
 Scandal 

PM had called for ministers to pony up

Oct 12, 09 12:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Gordon Brown has been sent a bill for £12,415 ($19,600) for questionable expense account claims, and the prime minister intends to pay up, 10 Downing St. announced today. The lion’s share of that money was used for housecleaning, with a bit going to gardening and decorating.... More »

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British Parliament • Gordon Brown • David Cameron • Britain • scandal • inappropriate expenses • Nick Clegg

(Newser) - Gordon Brown is livid and his colleagues in the Labour Party are ripping up copies of the Sun in public after Rupert Murdoch ended 12 years of support and backed Conservative David Cameron this week. “We don't need an Australian-American coming to our country with a paper that has... More »

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newspaper • Rupert Murdoch • The Sun • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • England • Labour Party • David Cameron • prime minister • political endorsement • Sky News

(Newser) - Opposition parties are turning up the heat on Gordon Brown after Moammar Gadhafi’s son said the fate of the Lockerbie bomber came up often in trade talks between Libya and the UK. Tories say that raises “serious questions” about 10 Downing St.’s role in the release... More »

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United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • Scotland • Libya • bombing • David Cameron • Moammar Gadhafi • Seif al Islam Gadhafi • Lockerbie • 10 Downing Street • Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi

INVESTIGATION

News Corp Paid $1.6M to Hide Journos' Crimes

Tabloid hacked thousands of phones of stars, politicians

Jul 9, 09 6:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - The British subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp paid out more than $1.6 million in out-of-court settlements to conceal illegal methods deployed by its journalists, including hacking cell phones, a Guardian investigation reveals. Phone-hacking charges were first raised in 2007 in a case involving Prince William, but suppressed police... More »

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newspaper • Rupert Murdoch • David Cameron • private investigator • hacking • Les Hinton • News of the World • News Corp • police investigation • newspaper industry • Andy Coulson

(Newser) - The improper-expenses scandal roiling the British government is so crippling that the entire parliament ought to be dissolved, and an emergency general election held, opposition leader David Cameron said today. The “political system is paralyzed,” said Cameron, who could push for a June vote, the Telegraph reports. “... More »

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British Parliament • Gordon Brown • Labour Party • Tory Party • David Cameron • inappropriate expenses • special election • expenses • Michael Martin

UK Conservative Leader's Son Dies at Age 6

Cameron's eldest child suffered from rare neurological condition

Feb 25, 09 5:31 AM CST
(Newser) - The eldest son of David Cameron, leader of Britain's Conservative Party and the country's possible next prime minister, died early this morning at age 6. Ivan Cameron suffered from severe epilepsy and cerebral palsy and required constant care, reports the Times of London. He was born with Ohtohara syndrome, a... More »

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United Kingdom • British Parliament • Conservative Party • Tory Party • David Cameron • Britain

Obama Wraps Up Tour
in London, Defends Trip  

Candidate meets with Brown to close international tour

Jul 26, 08 11:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama wrapped up his international tour today in London, chatting for two hours with PM Gordon Brown on Iraq, the economy, and the "special relationship" between the US and Britain. Obama, preparing to head home to Chicago, defended his trip to Europe and the Mideast as polls in... More »

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Barack Obama • Tony Blair • London • Gordon Brown • David Cameron • Britain • Election 2008 • 10 Downing Street

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

Opinion

West's Right Wingers Are Banking Left

Conservatives taking a more moderate tack in face of unfriendly world

May 20, 08 3:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - There’s a distinct leftward tilt rippling across the western world, Gabor Steingart observes in Der Spiegel. From John McCain to England’s David Cameron to Germany’s Angela Merkel, conservative leaders are softening up and drifting toward the middle. To see why, one needs only look at three of... More »

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John McCain • Angela Merkel • conservative • David Cameron • right wingers • liberal • conservatism

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

McCain Cozies Up
to UK's Brown 

GOP candidate talks Iraq, global warming, with British PM

Mar 20, 08 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain began his visit to Europe in London today, where he met with PM Gordon Brown and praised him as a "very strong leader," the Guardian reports. McCain and Brown discussed Iraq, the global economy, and climate change, but when asked about British plans to withdraw troops... More »

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Afghanistan • John McCain • diplomacy • London • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • David Cameron • British military

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 Tories Give Hillary a Hand

Britain's right aligns itself with America's left

Jan 27, 08 10:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Since David Cameron became leader in 2005, Britain's Conservative Party has moved steadily to the political center on issues from climate change to gay rights. That shift has alienated the Tories from their American cousins, the Republicans, and in an election year the division has become especially acute. As the... More »

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Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Tories • Conservative Party • David Cameron • Britain

Two More Discs Missing in UK Data Fiasco

Brown apologizes as criticism of government grows louder

Nov 22, 07 2:15 PM CST
(Newser) - The fallout from the lost data fiasco in Britain continues, as the Times of London reveals that two more unencrypted discs containing sensitive personal information have been reported missing from the nation's tax agency. Gordon Brown faced down a furious opposition in Prime Minister's Questions yesterday. The PM has employed... More »

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United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • David Cameron • data theft • Alistair Darling

Dislike Deeper Than Politics for UK Foes

Columnist examines 'toxic' relations between PM Brown and Tory Cameron

Nov 8, 07 3:33 PM CST
(Newser) - In London this week, a full slate of public appearances has forced Gordon Brown and David Cameron to act chummy and smile for the cameras. Yet as a columnist for the Telegraph observes, the Labour prime minister and Conservative opposition leader seem barely capable of having a conversation. Their mutual... More »

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Gordon Brown • David Cameron

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

UK Opposition Leader Calls On Governator

Tory challenger visits Schwarzenegger, Google heads, maybe Bush

Oct 12, 07 9:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - David Cameron, the UK Tory leader, is in California to meet with politicians and tech gurus and to pitch himself, rather than Gordon Brown, as the future of Britain. Only two weeks ago Cameron's career was in free fall, but after a stellar performance at the Conservative Party's conference and... More »

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Google • California • United Kingdom • Arnold Schwarzenegger • David Cameron • Iraq war

Tories Try to Fight Off Early UK Election

Conservatives prepare for disaster, and some prefer Brown anyway

Oct 2, 07 1:58 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

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

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