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QMU backs out of Libya deal Edinburgh’s Queen Margaret University is one of five British universities who have pulled out of a £4 million pound deal financed by Gaddafi’s regime. The University was part of a deal to train 300 Libyan...

Wed 20 Apr 2011 by Jessica Abrahams | Read more »

Long awaited Blair memoirs provoke protests »

Tony Blair

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair released his autobiography, A Journey, earlier this month, amid protests over his alleged accountability for the Iraq War in 2003. Mr Blair’s book signing for the autobiography in Dublin shortly after its release...

Sun 12 Sep 2010 by Jonathan Baldie | Read more »

The Pot Calling the Kettle Brown »

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Wed 03 Mar 2010 by Marthe Lamp Sandvik | Read more »

Northern Ireland does a deal—on new deadlines »

Northern Ireland police

At the end of last week, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) finally decided to accept the terms of the agreement reached at Hillsborough Castle over ten days of negotiations with Sinn Fein and other parties. So does that put devolved power-sharing g...

Wed 17 Feb 2010 by Alan Trench | Read more »

Where the Party's at »

Where the Party's at

When the Tories were slowly imploding in the run up to our first landslide victory in 1997, former minister Alan Clark called me to bemoan his party's fate. As my diaries show, this fellow diarist phoned me rather a lot, more th an his party whips a...

Wed 20 Jan 2010 by Alastair Campbell | Read more »

Government has "failed" young people, says Tory MP »

Governmsent has "failed" young people, says Tory MP

The shadow secretary for universities and skills has criticised the government's failings on youth unemployment, claiming that new figures are a "damning indictment" for the prime minister. It had been reported that youth unemployment had reached almo...

Wed 25 Nov 2009 by James Fidler | Read more »

Labour student debt sell-off criticised »

The Lib Dems have criticised government plans to sell off the English student loan book in a bid to raise £26 billion. It comes as part of a wider plan to sell of public assets, including playing fields, libraries and council estates, in a bid t...

Wed 28 Oct 2009 by Laura McCaffrey | Read more »

Battle lines are drawn as conference season ends »

Labour conference Gordon Brown

Conservative leader David Cameron promised to “put Britain back on her feet” in his speech at the party's conference last week. The speech concluded a four-day party conference in Manchester. “Don't get me wrong, I have no illusions...

Wed 14 Oct 2009 by Neil Bennet | Read more »

PM ready to make cuts to Britain's nuclear fleet »

Gordon Brown

Having announced preliminary plans to reduce the number of nuclear submarines from four to three, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has faced criticism for maintaining any at all. The UK’s present complement of four Vanguard class nuclear-armed submar...

Wed 07 Oct 2009 by Neil Bennet | Read more »

G20 summit: Concentrate, please »

Sam Karasik

On 2 April, the Group of 20 advanced and emerging economies will convene in London for a summit on reforming the global financial system. As the number of days until the summit dwindle, presidents, prime ministers, and finance ministers have been touti...

Mon 23 Mar 2009 by Sam Karasik | Read more »

Goodwin to face investigation ordered by RBS »

Royal Bank of Scotland’s chairman, Sir Philip Hampton, with the support of Chancellor Alistair Darling, has ordered an investigation into Sir Fred Goodwin’s 10-year stint in charge of the Bank. In a new attempt to claw back some of the ban...

Mon 09 Mar 2009 by Sarah Clark | Read more »

'Freudian self-harm' behind Mandelson appointment »

Peter Mandelson

Prime Minister, Gordon Brown instituted a cabinet reshuffle over the weekend of Friday 4 October in a effort to relaunch his government and capitalise on recent gains in popularity owing to his stewardship of the financial crisis.The reshuffle saw many...

Mon 13 Oct 2008 by Ross Melton | Read more »

10p Tax: Robin Hood-ism in reverse »

Although it may be hard to believe, given the wall-to-wall coverage of the last two weeks, Gordon Brown had almost gotten away with it. For over a year, his last budget as Chancellor was characterised as a mercurial example of clever book-keeping, lo...

Thu 24 Apr 2008 | Read more »

Brown faces mutiny over abolition of 10p tax »

Gordon Brown

A back bench revolt is brewing over the Labour government’s plans to abolish the 10p tax band. Originally put forward in Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s last budget as Chancellor of the Exchequer in 2007, the proposals have drawn fierce cr...

Thu 24 Apr 2008 by Paris Gourtsoyannis | Read more »

Scotland may lose some devolved powers, claims Brown »

Gordon Brown

The Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced that a review into devolution could actually result in the loss of some of Scotland's existing powers as well as the increase in others.Mr Brown voiced his support for the Scottish Labour Party leader Wendy Ale...

Tue 26 Feb 2008 by Helen Walker | Read more »

The tabloid agenda »

Gordon Brown is coming to town. Finally. Well, perhaps. A fortnight before Christmas, the prime minister is due in Brussels for the first time since he came to power in the summer. But don’t expect ho-ho-hos and a sack full of prezzies. Oh no, be...

Mon 03 Dec 2007 by Ian Traynor | Read more »

The Labour Crisis: An unlikely coalition »

Gordon Brown must be wondering where it all went wrong: in September, he led David Cameron by 11 points in the polls. He could rely on the Conservatives to serve up grammar school rows, ill-timed photo-opportunity trips to the Third World and by-electi...

Mon 03 Dec 2007 | Read more »

Tories race ahead in polls »

Conservative Party Logo

The Tories have raced ahead in the English polls, opening up their biggest lead since the 1980s.A survey by YouGov puts the Conservatives on 43 per cent, eleven points up on Labour on 32 per cent. The Liberal Democrats trail on 14 per cent.The Conserva...

Mon 03 Dec 2007 | Read more »

Scottish MPs voice concern over increase in anti-Scottish sentiment »

The Scottish Parliament

Gordon Brown is facing mounting pressure as a number of his Scottish MPs have added their voices to calls for a solution to the West Lothian Question in order to tackle growing anti-Scottish sentiments south of the border.Mr Brown has thus far been unw...

Mon 03 Dec 2007 by Helen Walker | Read more »

Call to end renewable energy barriers »

Wind farm

The Prime Minister has been urged to review the ‘insane pricing policy’ which currently limits the uptake of renewable energy in Scotland. Gordon Brown has promised to make Britain a world leader in the battle for climate change, aiming...

Mon 03 Dec 2007 | Read more »

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