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Brown vows to lead Labour past election
British prime minister Gordon Brown says he will stay on as the Labour Party’s leader even if it fails to win a majority at the general election expected in May.
After 13 years of Labour government, the opposition Conservatives are ahead in opinion polls by a slim margin.
Amid growing speculation about a possible hung parliament, Mr [...]
Brown to “keep going” even if party loses poll
(Reuters) – British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Monday he would stay on as leader of the Labour Party even if it fails to win a majority at an election expected in May.
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The opposition Conservatives, seeking to end 13 years of Labour government, are ahead in opinion polls by a slim margin, with some [...]
Britain, France feared Berlin Wall fall would mark return of Nazi era
London, Sep.10 (ANI): Britain and France feared the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 would return Nazi-era ambitions to Germany.
East German border guards demolished a section of the wall on November 11, 1989
Secret British government documents to be published on Friday reveal [...]
BBC apologises for new racial faux pas
London, July 5 (ANI): The producers of BBC’s The One Show have apologised for a new racial faux pas, which comes just five months after the channel sacked Carol Thatcher for comparing a tennis player to a ‘golliwog’ on the show.
Some viewers of the BBC One programme complained after actor Martin Jarvis complimented a fellow [...]
Monkeys, humans use common brain mechanism to recognize faces
Washington, June 26 (ANI): Scientists have shown for the first time that rhesus monkeys and humans share a specific perceptual mechanism, configural perception, for discriminating among the numerous faces they encounter daily.
The study, conducted by researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, sheds light on the evolution of the critical human [...]
British economy at weakest for 30 years
LONDON: Britain’s recession-hit economy is contracting at its sharpest pace in almost three decades amid a the worst global downturn since the 1930s, official data showed on Friday.
British gross domestic product (GDP) shrank 1.9 per cent during the first quarter of 2009 compared with the final three months of last year, according to the Office [...]
Ex-UK PM Thatcher to meet Pope next week
London, May 22 (ANI): Former British Prime Minister Baroness Margaret Thatcher is to have a private audience with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican in Rome next week.
The former Prime Minister will fly to Italy today to stay with Carla [...]
‘Thatcher owed her success to Denis Healey’
London, Mar. 22 (ANI): A former Conservative leader has claimed that Margaret Thatcher would not have survived as Prime Minister, had former Labour chancellor Denis Healey not paved way for 1976 bailout.
Iain Duncan-Smith has said that Healey, who negotiated with the International Monetary Fund in 1976, deserves [...]
Brown to warn US politicians against economic protectionism
Washington, Mar 4 (ANI): British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who is presently in Washington to bolster Britain’s relations with the US, is expected to warn American politicians to avoid economic protectionism.
Brown is likely to urge a search for global solutions to end the menace [...]
Margaret Thatcher distressed over BBC’s treatment of daughter Carol
London, Feb.6 (ANI): Former British Prime Minister Baroness Margaret Thatcher has expressed her distress over the BBC’s decision to sack her journalist daughter Carol after likening a black tennis player to a “golliwog”.
The Daily Telegraph disclosed that the former Prime Minister believes the furore over her daughter’s remarks in a BBC Green Room is a [...]
Noel Gallagher predicts he will become UK’s PM
London, Feb 5 (ANI): Brit songwriter, guitarist Noel Gallagher has revealed that it will only be a matter of time before he is made UK’s Prime Minister.
Gallagher predicts that there will be a public outcry for his services that will lead to him being appointed as PM, and revealed on Christian O’connell’s breakfast radio show, [...]
BBC sacked Carol Thatcher to get even with `Mom’ Thatcher
London, Feb.5 (ANI): Carol Thatcher, the journalist daughter of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, was fired from the BBC’s flagship The One Show because the corporation has a vendetta against her mother.
Tory peer Lord Tebbit said he felt the sacking, which followed Miss Thatcher’s use of the word “golliwog” during a private conversation after [...]
Margaret Thatcher’s last days as Iron Lady to be turned into drama
London, February 1 (ANI): The last days of Margaret Thatcher as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom are set to be filmed for a major BBC drama.
‘Margaret’ will reportedly star Lindsay Duncan.
The two-hour programme will allegedly depict a previously unseen side of the Iron Lady struggling to maintain her power grip but apparently unconscious [...]
Margaret Thatcher’s last days as Iron Lady to be turned into drama
London, February 1 (ANI): The last days of Margaret Thatcher as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom are set to be filmed for a major BBC drama.
‘Margaret’ will reportedly star Lindsay Duncan.
The two-hour programme will allegedly depict a previously unseen side of the Iron Lady struggling to maintain her power grip but apparently unconscious [...]
