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British Elections: The Rise of the Also-Rans

LONDON (April 27) -- Don't worry if you've never heard of Nick Clegg. Until two weeks ago, the leader of Britain's Liberal Democrats -- which for the past 20 years have consistently come in third in national elections -- was barely known in his own country, let alone abroad. Now with only nine days left until Britons go to...

Protesting Brits Give Labour Party the Boot

(April 7) -- Some boots are made for walking -- others are made for protesting. At least that's the case in London, where members of the nation's Conservative Party have constructed an enormous pair of work boots to demonstrate against the ruling Labour Party as the country's May 6 general election nears....

Brown's Political Foes Call for Bullying Inquiry

(Feb. 22) -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was at the center of a hot political storm today as his opposition opponents called for an inquiry into claims that he is the Bully of Downing Street. Conservative Party leader David Cameron and the Liberal Party's Nick Clegg said the claims in a book by a London journalist...

British Launch Inquiry Into Iraq War

LONDON (Nov. 25) -- Almost seven years after Britain joined the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and amidst a still blazing public debate, a government-appointed panel has launched a sweeping investigation into why the country went to war and why British forces were so poorly prepared for the chaos that followed the fall of...

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UK politician: Blair, Brown too close to Murdoch

LONDON -Britain's politicians and its powerful media were uncomfortably close while Tony Blair ran the country, a former U.K. minister said Wednesday.

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Nathan Gardels: G-20 MUST SUPPORT INCLUSIVE GREEN GROWTH GLOBALLY: Gordon Brown, Eric Schmidt, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, George Yeo

The following is the 21st Century Council statement from the pre-G-20 meeting in Mexico City, May 4-6, 2012.

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05/29/12 Government U-turns: the laddie's for turning Source: The Guardian - London - UK The U-turn gained its peculiar place in Tory psychology with a joke that Margaret Thatcher told â very possibly without understanding it.
05/22/12 Veronique de Rugy: In Europe, time for true austerity Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press - St. Paul MN Talks to form a coalition government in Greece collapsed again last week as a result of the country's belt-tightening backlash.
05/21/12 UK politician: Blair, Brown too close to Murdoch Source: Idaho Statesman - Boise ID One of the British Labour Party's most seasoned operatives said his party's leadership may have gotten too close to media tycoon Rupert Murdoch.
05/08/12 Nathan Gardels: G-20 MUST SUPPORT INCLUSIVE GREEN... Source: The Huffington Post The following is the 21st Century Council statement from the pre-G-20 meeting in Mexico City, May 4-6, 2012.