Gordon Brown

Where are all the MPs? They're watching it on TV, too

The televising of the Commons, begun 20 years ago, was inevitable – but it has diminished the chamber Is it really 20 years since they fitted new, brighter lights above the chamber of the Commons , drove out those atmospheric,...

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Karzai 'would fall in weeks' if Nato exits

David Miliband says UK needs more time to shore up Afghan government The Afghan government could fall within weeks if Nato pulled out troops now, David Miliband warned today as he urged British opponents of the war to give the...

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Brown pays tribute to policeman

The Prime Minister has paid tribute to the policeman who died in the floods in Cumbria in the early hours of Friday morning. Pc Barker, 44, was directing motorists off the bridge in Workington "saving lives" when it caved in as...

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Glorious two on Andrew Marr's sofa

Both Romala Garai and Stephen Poliakoff join Andrew Marr this Sunday This Sunday Stephen Poliakoff, writer and director of new movie Glorious 39, and its star Romola Garai join Andrew Marr. They will be talking about the making...

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Kidnapped British yacht couple fear they could be killed 'within a week'

A British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates fear they will be killed within a week unless British officials open negotiations with their captors, it emerged last night. Paul and Rachel Chandler fear they could be killed within...

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PM on Jedward and why he backs Stacey

Gordon Brown yesterday revealed that his family were backing Stacey Solomon to win The X Factor. The prime minister said he and his family were backing the Essex girl – the only woman left in the show after Lucie Jones was...

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Lady Ashton's ascent provokes dismay among former Westminster colleagues

The appointment as a little-known peer to become Europe's first "foreign minister" stunned and dismayed many in Westminster today, prompting a barrage of briefing against Britain's most senior female politician.

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An independent body is needed to restore fiscal credibility

The UK's planned new fiscal rules are yet more fudge. The Government is setting out legislation to halve the deficit in five years. That's a worthy goal. But Gordon Brown probably won't be Prime Minister in one year let alone...

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Brown slams Nottinghamshire cuts

The Prime Minister has waded into the row over spending cuts proposed by the Conservatives in Nottinghamshire. They plan cuts amounting to £85 million - that is 33 million over the next 12 months alone. Gordon Brown told the...

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Oxford University nude calendar censored for being 'too erotic'

Never keen to be outshone by Cambridge University which was involved in a row last month over its first tabloid newspaper complete with students posing as "Page 3" girls under the banner "Totty" Oxford now has its own nude...

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