British Politics

Who Would Jane Austen Vote For?

Amy Elizabeth Smith | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Book News, Tory Politics, 2012 Presidential Election, 2012 Election, Jane Austen Politics, Jane Austen Morals, Jane Austen, Politics Book, British Politics, Jane Austen Book, Books News
Amy Elizabeth Smith

If Jane Austen were alive today, how would she vote? Would the champion of marrying for love support gay marriage? Would the advocate of a woman getting to choose her future mate herself support reproductive choice?

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British Lawmakers' Booze Problem

AP | By RAPHAEL SATTER | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Video, Britain, UK Lawmakers, United Kingdom, British Parliament, Health, England, Alcoholism, British Politics, Addiction-Recovery, Europe, London, Eric Joyce, Westminster, World News

LONDON -- An increasing number of U.K. lawmakers are seeking help for alcohol-related problems, the parliamentary speaker said Sunday, saying drinking...

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No Wonder the British White Working Classes Are Fed Up

Christina Patterson | Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: British Politics, Racism, Immigration, Social Housing, White Working Class, Employment, World News
Christina Patterson

Large sections of the white working classes in England, according to a new report, feel that, when it comes to things like the allocation of social housing, they are "last in line."

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Ed Miliband Gives 'Robot-Like' Interview

Posted 08.31.2011

Read More: British Public Sector Strikes, Video, Britain, Great Britain, UK Politics, Ed Miliband, British Politics, UK Diary, British Labour Party Leader, British Labour Party, World News

Long the butt of punchlines for his nasal-sounding voice and geeky demeanor, British Labour Party leader Ed Miliband has become a hot tabloid topic on...

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The Curse of the Cult of the Amateur

Christina Patterson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: British Politics, Jamie Oliver, David Cameron, Budget Cuts, Economy, Conservative Party, Foreign Policy, World News
Christina Patterson

We don't really need to be reminded that the spirit of British amateurism is alive and well. We can see it in a foreign policy that appears to be modeled on Carry on Up the Khyber, and in an economic policy that appears to be modeled on Calendar Girls.

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Nasty Nurses? Tell Me Something New

Christina Patterson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: British Politics, Hospitals, Old People, Cancer, Nurses, Nhs, Healthcare, Home News
Christina Patterson

Some people, on hearing that old people in hospital were being left lying in their own faeces, or with open wounds that no one had put a bandage on, o...

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Why British Politics Needs Less of the Pantomime

Christina Patterson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gordon Brown, British Politics, House of Commons, Disability, David Cameron, Tony Blair, Mps, World News
Christina Patterson

If a colleague says something you disagree with and you tell them so, in a normal voice, without yelling, gurning like a gargoyle or maybe making "Wooh, wooh" noises -- then you're probably not an MP.

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"First Do Much Harm": UK & US Conservatives Stomp on Healthcare in Unison

Martin Lewis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cynically Mis-Named Legislation, Sicko, Conservatives, David Cameron, Health Care Reform, British Politics, Michael Moore, Conservative Party, Hyphens, Health Care, Republicans, Politics News
Martin Lewis

You have to hand it to conservatives. When they want to stomp on regular folks -- they know how to act in unison. On the exact same day that Republi...

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Gordon Brown Might Just Have Found His True Calling

Christina Patterson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gordon Brown, Britain, Beyond the Crash, Ex Prime Minister, David Cameron, British Politics, Parenting, Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Community Organising, Barack Obama, Global Economic Crisis, World News
Christina Patterson

Brown's face lit up at the sound of the students' cheers, as well it might after years of being publicly disemboweled in the media. He will be a hell of a lot happier as a community organizer than a politician.

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The New Brand of 'Human' Politicians

Christina Patterson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: British Politics, Nick Clegg, Ed Miliband, Labour Party, David Miliband, New Labour, David Cameron, Politics News
Christina Patterson

It almost makes you want to live in North Korea. At least there, when a swarthy younger brother is thrust on the nation, you don't have to endure mont...

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UK Labour Leadership Elections: The Brothers Miliband

Larry Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ed Miliband, David Miliband, Robert F. Kennedy, Tories, United Kingdom, Labour Party, Tony Blair, British Politics, Recession, John F. Kennedy, George Clinton, World News
Larry Abrams

For a politician who will need to confront both the hegemony and destructive immorality of the world political-economic order as well the furious, defeated neo-liberal wing of his own Party, this is clever.

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Insurgent Ed Miliband Ends the New Labour Era

Michael Carmichael | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gordon Brown, Bruce Babbitt, Bill Clinton, Richard Gephardt, David Milliband, John Smith, Tony Blair, Tony Benn, Sam Nunn, Ed Milliband, Progressive Movement, New Labour, Lawton Chiles, UK Politics, British Politics, World News
Michael Carmichael

The election of 40-year-old Ed Miliband to lead the UK's Labour Party proves the existence of a vibrant progressive movement in Britain that mirrors Barack Obama's victory over Hillary Clinton in 2008.

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David Cameron's Father Dies While Vacationing In France

AP | DAVID STRINGER and CLAUDE PARIS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: UK Affairs, UK Politics, British Prime Minister, British Prime Minister David Cameron, French Riviera, Ian Cameron, David Cameron Father Dies, David Cameron, David Cameron Father, British Politics, Nicolas Sarkozy, World News

LONDON — British Prime Minister David Cameron's father died in France on Wednesday after suffering a stroke while on vacation, the leader's offi...

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Gordon Brown: The First Interview Since Leaving Office

Christina Patterson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gordon Brown, Nelson Mandela, Tony Blair, Fife, British Politics, Scotland, Peter Mandelson, Kirkcaldy, Politics News
Christina Patterson

We're back in the post-prime ministerial car. I am determined to squeeze more out of Brown. I was wondering, I say, what the biggest adjustments were for his new life?

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Why Has No One Noticed That a Hung Parliament Would Trigger a Constitutional Crisis in England?

Guy Lodge | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nick Clegg, British Politics, British Parliament, David Cameron, World News
Guy Lodge

If there is to be a hung parliament, then debates about electoral reform will not only be relevant to party negotiations, they will be relevant to the survival of the UK too.

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Lessons for American Politicians From the British TV Debates

Alan Schroeder | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nick Clegg, Gordon Brown, British Politics, John McCain, David Cameron, Presidential Debates, Barack Obama, Politics, World News
Alan Schroeder

By depriving the media of contrived sound bites and pseudo-dramatic confrontations, the candidates managed to shift the post-debate analysis onto more substantial ground.

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Gordon Brown Offered Role on 30 Rock

Ruth Fowler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Right Wing, Gordon Brown, Labour Party, Labour, British Politics, Left Wing, General Election, Mrs Duffy, Prime Minister Gordon Brown, World News
Ruth Fowler

Gordon Brown's '30 Rock' moment was sublime. Like Liz Lemon ranting while still on mic, Gordon smiled and told the woman he had just visited, to "take care," before clambering into his limo to complain, "She is just a sort of bigoted woman."

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UK Election 101: Harry Potter & The Half-Baked Prince Of Conservatives

Martin Lewis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gordon Brown, Conservatives, British Elections, Labour Party, David Cameron, Nick Clegg, British Politics, Harry Potter, Conservative Party, New Labour, British Prime Minister, Liberal-Democrat Party, J.K. Rowling, World News
Martin Lewis

Nick Clegg is now the Susan Boyle of politics. Without the Bulgarian tractor-driver's eyebrows and the public thumb-sucking. He's likely to remain the new flavor of hysteria for at least a week.

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The 'Americanization' Of British Politics

Alexander Dresner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gordon Brown, Nick Clegg, British Politics, Tony Blair, David Cameron, Politics News
Alexander Dresner

A noticeable and unnerving trend has taken shape in the lead-up to this year's British national election: with an influx of advisors and consultants w...

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The Maligning of BP

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: British Politics, British Petroleum, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Oil Spill Gulf of Mexico 2010, World News
Christopher Brauchli

It's hard for the British not to believe that all our whinging is nothing more than wanting to make them and one of their prized corporate citizens look bad.

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Gordon Brown Interview: the Election, Blair and Family Life

Ginny Dougary | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: British Politics, Gordon Brown, British Election, New Labour, Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Labour Party, David Cameron, British Election 2010, World News
Ginny Dougary

The general impression I had of Gordon Brown, while working on this piece, was that, despite, his mistakes, he is a man of substance in a shallow age. So the question is -- will we get the prime minister we deserve?

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UK Election 2010: Let the Games Begin!

Eric Lurio | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gordon Brown, British Election, British Elections, British-Elections, British Politics, David Cameron, Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Queen Elizabeth II, World News
Eric Lurio

The waiting is almost over. Now, the number number two most anticipated election -- next to the US's presidential one -- in the world gets going for real.

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Consensual, Civilized... Depressing

Christina Patterson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Coalition, British Election, Conservative Party, British Politics, Nick Clegg, Liberal Democrats, David Cameron, Barack Obama, Politics News
Christina Patterson

In his dreams, it can't have been like this. In his dreams, it was cheering crowds, tears of joy, hands clasped in gratitude, and waves of sheer, bles...

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Pauline Prescott: 'John would have resigned over his affair'

Ginny Dougary | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: British Politics, Women and Politics, Women, Scandal, Pauline Prescott, John Prescott, World News
Ginny Dougary

The Times March 06, 2010 - Ginny Dougary Pauline Prescott talks to Ginny Dougary about public humiliation, private anguish - and why her husband now ...

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Gordon Brown Branded A Bully By New Book

AP | RAPHAEL G. SATTER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gordon Brown, The Guardian, Gordon Brown Bullying, United Kingdom, Gordon Brown Bully, Great Britain, British Politics, Bullying, World News

LONDON — On Sunday the British public was introduced to what one political journalist has painted as the dark face of the country's prime minist...

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