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MP sceptical on Afghan reinforcements

By Adrian Croft and Paul Taylor LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is unlikely to be able to send major reinforcements to Afghanistan because its armed forces are already overstretched, a leading opposition politician said Thursday....

William Hague: Europe is showing weakness in trade talks with Russia

Tomorrow, EU heads of government will resume talks with Russia on a new EU partnership agreement. Restarting talks effectively means a return to business as usual between Europe and Russia – the lightest of slapped wrists for...

Osborne to change role and downplay green taxes as Tories lose economic battle

A chastened George Osborne is to step back from his frontline party political role over the coming months to focus his attention on reviewing Tory economic policy amid growing fears among senior Conservatives that the shadow...

A prize for Mandelson – humiliation for Osborne

A year ago, George Osborne won the coveted "politician of the year" award from The Spectator. Yesterday, he had to present the magazine's awards for this year to two of his political foes – Lord Mandelson and Vince Cable, the...

Inside Westminster: Stimulating times for both major parties

Published Date: 14 November 2008 PRUDENCE has given way to profligacy. The extent of Gordon Brown's conversion from championing the cause of fiscal constraint to extolling the virtues of "fiscal stimulus" has been breathtaking....

Republicans have a shoulder to cry on

Republicans looking for a friendly shoulder to cry on in the coming months could do worse than look up their ideological cousins across the Atlantic. For the Conservative Party in Britain knows what it feels like to be wiped...

The FDs' FD: to be a winner

Margaret Ewing, Accountancy Age, Thursday 13 November 2008 at 15:37:00 Over the last six months this column has increasingly focused on how to survive the financial turmoil and dramatic impact on the ‘real economy’ It has...

Should Osborne remain Shadow Chancellor?

There's a great deal of rumbling on the Westminster grapevine about George Osborne's position in the Tory party. The FT set the ball a-rolling yesterday, with an article on the "dinner table" ire aimed at the Shadow Chancellor....

''Cameron pleaded with me''

David Davis, who resigned from the shadow cabinet to fight a by-election over civil liberties, regrets nothing. Plus read the full interview transcript For a man who this summer was denounced as “mad” by supporters and enemies...

Mandy's fight with the wimmin

Kevin Maguire brings you all the gossip from the Westminster village Gearing up for June's Euro elections is Harriet Harman. Labour's deputy leader is, I hear, fond of convening 30-strong campaign sessions in the party's HQ. I...