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Gordon Brown 'went for second best to spite Tories'

Gordon Brown rejected advice from Lord Mandelson to seek one of the big economic posts in the European Commission for Britain once it was clear that Tony Blair could not succeed in becoming Europe’s first president, The Times...

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This week: Belle du Jour, Sarah Palin and the MCC

Lucy Mangan on the people in the headlines Stripped blogger Belle de Jour The blogger-turned-bestselling-author who documented her secret life as a call girl revealed after five years of carefully maintained anonymity her true...

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Richard Ingrams’s Week: Why are so many deniers of climate change on the right?

"Never write about any matter that you do not well understand" – advice to us journalists once given by one of the very greatest, William Cobbett. In my many years as a newspaper columnist I have tried (perhaps not always...

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Floods spread across front pages

Dramatic images from the deluged towns of Cumbria make most front pages. The most widely used picture shows emergency crews carrying an elderly woman over a wall and into an inflatable dinghy. Alongside it, the Times has the...

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Britain 'should demand immediate return' of Lockerbie bomber because he's still alive after three...

Gordon Brown was told last night that he must seek the immediate return of the Lockerbie bomber to Britain. A senior senator in the United States has written to the Prime Minister to protest that Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al...

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Tories accuse Brown of selling out the City in deal with France

Positioning of Sarkozy's man to run financial services is criticised by Hague By Andrew Grice, Political Editor, and Sean O'Grady, Economics Editor Gordon Brown was accused yesterday of failing to protect the British national...

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Report of Edinburgh protest against NATO on Saturday 14th November 2009

Here is detailed report of the demonstration against NATO in Edinburgh last weekend. Report of protest against NATO on Saturday 14th November 2009 There was a five day NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) conference in...

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The New EU Chiefs: Rompuy-Pumpy and Cathy Who?

'Rompuy-pumpy' and Cathy Who?: Critics underwhelmed by EU's choice for new top jobs By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press Writer LONDON November 20, 2009 (AP) The Associated Press Post a Comment Catherine Ashton: International woman...

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Afghan government would fall if NATO withdraws: UK minister

LONDON (Reuters) - The Afghan government would quickly be overthrown if NATO troops pulled out of the country now, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Friday. "If international forces leave, you can choose a time --...

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New foreign policy chief at EU was fourth in line for job

By James Kirkup and Bruno Waterfield in Brussels Saturday November 21 2009 high representative for foreign affairs on Thursday despite having never held elected office and her lack of foreign policy experience. British and...

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