Brown critic 'ends hostilities'

UK prime minister Gordon Brown's comeback continues, as one of his leading critics has publicly said he will stop his calls for Brown to step aside."One of Gordon Brown's leading critics has said his campaign for a...

Remembering Some Heroic Young People

Difficulties and impediments can be overcome with determination. This is what these young people faced with serious troubles and obstacles must have told themselves as they struggled to change their situation and...

British PM wants CO2 targets to be 80% by 2050

British prime minister Gordon Brown has said that he wants to cut greenhouse gases and CO2 targets in the UK to 80% by 2050.Previously it was 60%.Brown has asked the Climate Change Committee to report by the end of...

UK Transport Secretary Resigns

It looks like UK transport secretary Ruth Kelly has decided to jump from what she sees as a sinking ship. Despite UK prime minister Gordon Brown's defiant speech at the Labour Party Conference yesterday, Kelly had...

UPDATE: Brown Pledges Burma UK Support for Democracy

UPDATE: Full text of Gordon Brown's speech.In an inspiring address to the Labour Party Gordon Brown pledged the UK to support moves for democracy in Burma and other areas of the world. In an adress that focussed on...

Miliband: I toned down conference speech to avoid 'Heseltine moment'

More drama from the Labour Party conference in the UK, as Gordon Brown tries to save his job and David Milliband tries to convince the media that he is not gunning for it. Embarassingly, Milliband was overheard...

JK Rowling makes £1 million donation to Gordon Brown's Labour Party

Gordon Brown's Labour Party is now a million pounds better off due to Harry Potter writer JK Rowling making a huge donation to party funds. Known to be a close friend of Brown and his wife Sarah, Rowling has dug just...

Myanmar junta gives 2 year hard labour to activist

 Thet Way , a labour activist in Myanmar, is known for work in the field of child labour, child soldier and forced labour.Thet Way is prosecuted for complaining to ILO regarding the role of Junta in forced...

Labour in civil war as rebels attempt to remove Gordon Brown

Just as Tories did to Maggie Thatcher in the past, Labour rebels MP gather to plot on the removal of imcumbent Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Apparently, the 45 rebel labour MP are led by Jim Dowd and Mr Stringer. " By...

Embattled New Zealand PM Helen Clark calls election

After nine years in power and confronting recent scandals from labour led coalition partners, New Zeland Prime Minister Helen Clark confront a national election on 8 November 2008. Her popularity has been...

Moving to the corporate position

The contest for the political centre ground is well documented. We can all see it taking place as the differences between the parties become blurred. Yet with millions of people living in the UK what is the centre ground? It is often referred to as ‘middle England’ while...

Prime Minister Gordon Brown Sends for the Cavalry as He Goes on the Offensive

Prime Minister Gordon Brown goes into battle this week with a special meeting designed to brief interested parties in a new set of policies and with the firm message he has no intention to stand down.  The...

Prime Minister Gordon Brown Defiant in Face of Charles Clarke Oust Challenge

Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his allies remained defiant today in the face of open mutiny from Charles Clarke whose recent article in the NEW STATESMAN has caused a flurry of excitement in the world's press of a...

English apples to rot on trees due to immigration laws

As we hear that unemployment in the UK is to hit 2 million we have a story that confirms much of the UK farming industry is kept going by the exploitation of foreign workers. As the euro strengthens against the pound...

Choice - not all it's made out to be

Buzzwords abound in the rhetoric of politicians and nevermore so than when the talk is of public sector reform. Of the current phrases spewing forth ‘choice’ and ‘empowerment’ are two of the favourites but...

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