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Brown's Britain

After a decade as PM-in-waiting, Gordon Brown finally ascends to Britain's top job

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November 2007
- Northern Rock Plummets 40% as Britain Seeks Buyer
  
  Financial Times (UK) | Nov 20, 07 8:36 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - In Britain the meltdown of Northern Rock has expanded into a full-out political crisis. The bank's stock plummeted 40% this morning to trade at less than a dollar a share, the Financial Times reports. The collapse of Northern Rock spells serious trouble for Alistair Darling, the chancellor, who is desperate to ensure that $80 billion in taxpayer-backed loans to Northern Rock will be repaid. More »
- Dislike Deeper Than Politics for UK Foes
  
  Daily Telegraph (UK) | 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 hatred is something unseen in Britain since Margaret Thatcher's days. More »
October 2007
- Poll Confirms: Brown Bubble Has Burst
  
  Guardian (UK) | 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 its majority had tomorrow's canceled general election taken place. More »
- After Gaffes, Queen Hopes to Placate Saudis
  
  Times (UK) | Oct 30, 07 11:00 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Queen Elizabeth will have to put on a brave face when she welcomes Saudi King Abdullah today, following yesterday's gaffe-filled beginning to his London visit. Abdullah's widely reported outburst over the 7/7 attacks left Downing Street open-mouthed, writes the Times of London, but then Britain's foreign secretary skipped a meeting with his Saudi counterpart. More »
- Saudi King: Britain Lax on Terror
  
  BBC | Oct 29, 07 1:44 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Britain needs to do more to fight international terrorism, Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah says. Speaking on the eve of the first official visit to the UK by a Saudi ruler in 20 years, the monarch said his government passed along intelligence that could have averted the 7/7 bombings "but unfortunately no action was taken," the BBC reports. More »
- UK Secretary in DC to Mend Fences With US
  
  Daily Telegraph (UK) | Oct 23, 07 9:30 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The British foreign secretary arrived in Washington last night, and David Miliband now faces the unenviable task of mending a deepening rift between the Bush administration and Gordon Brown. The speed of the UK's pullback in Basra—not to mention the PM's coolness toward President Bush—has irked a White House accustomed to Bush-Blair coziness, the Telegraph reports. More »
- UK Liberal Chief Forced Out In 'Brutal' Purge
  
  Independent (UK) | Oct 16, 07 11:33 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - British politics got a jolt yesterday with the sudden resignation of Sir Menzies Campbell, leader of the Liberal Democrats. The 66-year-old leader of the UK's third party, languishing in the polls, was forced out by party apparatchiks in what other politicians are calling a brutal, ageist coup. "Merciless," screams the cover of today's Independent . More »
- Tory Poll Surge Batters Brown
  
  Daily Telegraph (UK) | 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 points to 43%, compared with 36% for Brown's Labour Party, the Daily Telegraph reports. More »
- UK to Slash Iraq Force by More Than Half
  
  Guardian (UK) | Oct 8, 07 1:15 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - British troops will number only 2,500 in Iraq by next spring, Gordon Brown said today. In “two distinct stages,” the PM said, the UK will shrink its presence to 4,000 troops from the current 5,500 and then to 2,500, the Guardian reports. Three of four provinces under UK control have already been handed over to local forces, Brown said. More »
- Brown Under Fire for U-Turn on Elections
  
  Guardian (UK) | Oct 7, 07 4:30 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Gordon Brown has a new nickname: “bottler,” British slang for someone who’s lost their nerve at the last minute. He's facing heavy criticism for the unpopular decision not to hold a snap general election this autumn after learning that his Labor party lags 6 points behind the Torries in polls and would risk losing its majority, the Guardian reports More »
- Tories Try to Fight Off Early UK Election
  
  Guardian (UK) | 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 the party is wondering if it would be better just to lose. More »
- Brown Cuts 1,000 Iraq Troops
  
  BBC | Oct 2, 07 7:18 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown made a surprise first visit to Iraq today and announced that he'll withdraw 1,000 troops by the end of the year. He spent an hour with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki, and was expected to meet with Gen. David Petraeus in advance of addressing parliament next week, the BBC reports. Britain currently has 5,500 soldiers stationed at Basra Airport,. More »
September 2007
- 'Scars' of Iraq Evident in Britain: Minister
  
  Times (UK) | 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 this year's conference, policy has been overshadowed by gossip of early elections. More »
- Brown Leans Right In Major Speech
  
  Times (UK) | 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 their demands for pay rises, the Times of London reports. More »
- London Transit Strike Off, But Headaches Still On
  
  Guardian (UK) | Sep 5, 07 11:13 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The union representing London’s Tube workers has called off a threatened 3-day strike after a day of shutdowns that hobbled the city’s transit system, but commuters still face lingering aftershocks. Transit of London, which runs the Underground, and the RMT union say they made sufficient progress yesterday to restart nine of the 12 lines that had been sidelined. More »
- Winners of the Iraq War: The Scots
  
  New Republic | Sep 4, 07 4:31 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - When Scotland’s separatists became the first party to wrest control of the Scottish Parliament from Labour last May, it was due to a surge of anti-Iraq-war sentiment as much as pro-independence fervor. But the Scottish National Party has proved adept at governing, the New Republic notes, making small popular steps, towards cutting UK ties. More »
- UK Chatters About Elections as Polls Narrow
  
  Independent (UK) | Sep 4, 07 11:48 AM CDT