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The Cult of Presidential Personality

Harold A. McDougall | Posted 12.09.2012 | Politics
Harold A. McDougall

Over time, the scale of the presidential election itself has given the office a kind of larger-than-life quality that was not the original intention.

Lawmakers Rip Ex-Barclays CEO Over 'Highly Selective' Libor Testimony

AP | DAVID STRINGER | Posted 10.18.2012 | Business

LONDON -- Former Barclays CEO Bob Diamond offered a "highly selective" account to a parliamentary hearing on the banking rate-fixing scandal, British ...

Bank of England Official Denies Pressuring Barclays

AP | ROBERT BARR | Posted 09.08.2012 | Business

LONDON — A senior Bank of England official denied Monday that he had given any hint to Barclays that it should manipulate reports of its borrowi...

British Lord Wants To Rename 'Bank Holidays'

The Huffington Post | James Sunshine | Posted 07.05.2012 | Business

Lord McColl of Dulwich has had enough. In light of a slew of bank-related controversies, recently climaxing with Barclays' $450 million settlement ove...

Will Britain Ditch The Dukes?

AP | DAVID STRINGER | Posted 08.27.2012 | World

LONDON — Can Britain's government ditch the dukes, eject the earls and kick out the cronies? Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday set out ...

Lawmakers Kick Up A Stink Over Smelly Restrooms

AP | Posted 08.01.2012 | World

LONDON -- British lawmakers are kicking up a stink about the odor and lack of cleanliness inside restrooms at the House of Commons. In an internal su...

Blockbuster Phone Hacking Report Gets A Target Date

Reuters | Posted 06.19.2012 | Media

LONDON, April 19 (Reuters) - British legislators said on Thursday they hoped to publish on May 1 a long-awaited report into a phone hacking scandal ...

E-petition Urges Government To Take Steps To 'Curb' Immigration

PA | Posted 12.31.2011 | Home

Campaigners have launched a petition urging the Government to take "all necessary steps" to curb immigration and stop the UK's population from swellin...

After the British Riots: What Comes Next?

Erik Bleich | Posted 10.22.2011 | World
Erik Bleich

The recent events in England allow us the opportunity to make social scientific lemonade out of British lemons. Cameron's government should not only crack down on protesters, but also unearth funds to implement jobs programs for at-risk youth.

After the Riots, "Broken" Britain Grows Still More Fractured

Michelle Chen | Posted 10.21.2011 | World
Michelle Chen

You won't find the most troubling "moral breakdown" in London among its youth. It reveals itself in every humiliating police search, every shuttered youth club, every corruption scandal ingrained in a political structure that walls off ordinary people.

UK PM Recalls Parliament As Riot Crisis Deepens

AP | DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS | Posted 10.09.2011 | World

LONDON -- British Prime Minister David Cameron recalled Parliament from its summer recess Tuesday and tripled the number of police on the streets of L...

Piers Morgan Asked To Return To Britain To Answer Phone Hacking Allegations

AP | RAPHAEL G. SATTER | Posted 10.04.2011 | Media

LONDON — Former Beatle Paul McCartney said Thursday he would contact police over his ex-wife's claim that the couple had been spied upon by a Br...

WATCH: Jon Stewart Slams U.K. Censorship Of 'Daily Show'

The Huffington Post | Katla McGlynn | Posted 10.03.2011 | Comedy

People worldwide got a kick out of Jon Stewart's coverage of the "News Of The World" scandal, but if you tried watching it in the U.K., you might have...

Meet Jonnie Marbles, The Man Who Pied Rupert Murdoch In The Face

The Huffington Post | Steven Hoffer | Posted 09.18.2011 | Media

Jonnie Marbles is all of a sudden a household name. The Windsor-based activist and comedian -- identified as Jonathan May-Bowles -- made headlines ...

Jack Mirkinson

Rupert Murdoch Faces Parliament Grilling

HuffingtonPost.com | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 09.18.2011 | Media

I knew nothing, and I'm sorry. That was the line that Rupert Murdoch gave over and over again during his marathon appearance before the British Par...

The Handbook for Ministers: Leadership Advice for Elected Officals

Darrin Burgess | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Darrin Burgess

Nearly 60 percent of Britain dislikes David Prime Minister Cameron's coalition government. Luckily for the nation, a practical solution emerged in the form of an idiot's guide written by Rod Clark.

Jason Linkins

British MP Tom Watson To Glenn Beck: 'You Are A Bigot'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

As anyone who has spent time watching the British Parliament in operation could tell you, no one would ever suggest that the various factions sit toge...

Sparking a Movement for World Pneumonia Day

Dr. Orin Levine | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Dr. Orin Levine

Only in its second year, it seems like World Pneumonia Day might be moving from spark to blaze -- engaging governments, child health organizations and advocates in an effort to spotlight the leading killer of children.

Moving on from Blair: British Labour selects new leader

LabourList | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
LabourList

By Anthony Painter The British Labour party has ditched Tony Blair and his legacy. That is the simple message from Saturday's victory of Ed Miliband i...

Biotech Propaganda Cooks Dangers out of GM Potatoes

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Jeffrey Smith

Don't worry your little heads over the gene-spliced foods on your plates. Just trust companies like Monsanto when they tell you their genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are perfectly safe.

Anniversary of a Whistleblowing Hero

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Jeffrey Smith

http://www.responsibletechnology.org/blog/76 Part 1 (Click here for Part 2 ») Twelve years ago, a 150-second TV broadcast changed our world; e...

DK Matai | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
DK Matai

Editor's Note: This post has been removed from the Huffington Post....

DK Matai | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
DK Matai

Editor's Note: This post has been removed from the Huffington Post....

The New UK Parliament Opens With Old Traditions & A Coalition

AP | JENNIFER QUINN | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

LONDON — Britain's House of Commons opened a new legislative session on Tuesday with centuries-old rituals and a stark change: its first coaliti...

UK Parliament Hosts First Same-Sex Marriage

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

LONDON — Britain's Europe Minister Chris Bryant has taken part in Parliament's first gay marriage, celebrating a civil partnership ceremony at t...