Gordon has just sent this email to Labour Party activists: As you may know, I have apologised to Mrs Duffy for remarks I made in the back of the car after meeting her on the campaign trail in Rochdale today. I would also like to apologise to you. I know how hard you all work [...]
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Gordon Brown’s “bigoted” arrogance caught on microphone
Gordon Brown has apologised in person to a grandmother after he was caught on microphone in an unguarded moment calling her “bigoted”. // < ![CDATA[ //CREATE PLAYLIST var playlist = new Object(); playlist.id = "Latest_Video"; playlist.defaultMediaId = 'item1_id'; playlist.items = new Array(); var contentObject = new Object(); contentObject.fileSize = ""; contentObject.type = "video/x-flv"; contentObject.medium = [...]
David Cameron speaks directly to the British people in new election broadcast
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Presidential funeral in Poland
Lava dust from Iceland causes travel chaos for International Leaders intending to attend the funeral in Krakow. Among those unable to attend the funeral are US President Barack Obama, the UK’s Prince of Wales, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Those mourners on the streets of Krakow said it was right for [...]
Remarks by the President and Vice President on Health Insurance Reform at the Department of the Interior
Department of Interior, Washington, D.C. THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. (Applause.) AUDIENCE: Yes, we can! Yes, we can! Yes, we can! THE VICE PRESIDENT: Yes, he did. (Applause.) Thank you all for being here, ladies and gentlemen. Please be seated. Ladies and gentlemen, to state the obvious, this is truly a historic day. But [...]
More UK Ministry of Defence Blunders
If this report is to be believed, and it is very credible, our UK armed forces are steadily working their way towards being a Civil Defence Force armed with third rate weapons. If this has resulted from the bonus culture within the MOD, the sooner the architects of this financial disaster are removed the better. [...]
Caroline Spelman MP: The Government was woefully ill-prepared for the severe weather this week – because it sat on a report on contingency plans for five whole months
Caroline Spelman is Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. Has anyone got a sense of déjà-vu about the current grit shortages and widespread disruption to the road network? The reason for that, is that this is exactly where we were in February last year. So how can we have got to this [...]
President Barack Obama sends 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan
Excerpts of the President’s Address to the Nation “The 30,000 additional troops that I am announcing tonight will deploy in the first part of 2010 – the fastest pace possible – so that they can target the insurgency and secure key population centers. They will increase our ability to train competent Afghan Security Forces, and [...]