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Labour's Worst Election Performance in 35 Years
2007-05-04 16:16:00
The morning after the Chancellor is contemplating the repercussions of the final round of national elections on Mr Blair's watch. Voters turned their backs on Labour. It is Labour's worst election performance in 35 years papers are reporting. Early projections have given the Conservatives 41 per cent of the national vote, bringing David Cameron within reach of a general election victory. VOTE
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Labour Does Not Trust it's Ministers to Speak without Instruction
2007-05-04 16:05:00
This from the Guardian ... had a good laugh while reading it :) A briefing paper prepared by the Labour party for ministers appearing on last night's election programmes admitted in advance that the results were likely to go badly. Cabinet ministers were assiduous in following the official line in the 27-page document, passed to the Guardian, which included advice on what to say when asked about
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Wales Prediction
2007-05-04 15:49:00
In Wale s Labour looks likely to lose control of the Welsh assembly.
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Labour Sleaze Resonates on Election Night
2007-05-04 09:03:00
An election night opinion poll for the BBC Newsnight programme showed that Mr Blair, who broke records for popularity when he became Prime Minister in 1997, was leaving office with Labour ’s reputation deeply tarnished. The Communicate Research poll showed that fewer than one in five (18 per cent) thought the Labour Party could be trusted to keep its promises. Fifty-nine per cent said they saw
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Voting Has Now Closed .. We Await the Results
2007-05-04 08:00:00
Voting in the Elections has now closed. Labour is expecting heavy losses as the first results are expected around 11:30. Join in my UK Election Live Blog as we find out exactly how embarrassing the results will be for Labour and discuss the impact they will have.
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After Blair Announces His Resignation Next Week , Will Also Stand Down as a
2007-05-03 23:06:00
Tony Blair is preparing to stand down as an MP after he resigns as Prime Minister, rather than remain in Parliament according to credible reports from Westminister today. The speculation about Mr Blair’s future was triggered by a Press Association report that it had learned Mr Blair was planning to make the announcement on 11 May, a day after he gives a date for leaving Number 10. He has already
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Live Blogging UK Election
2007-05-02 23:56:00
I will be live blogging election night. Hope to see you there. I've got the champagne on ice eagerly awaiting a very embarrassing result for labour. The British people have had enough lets hope they vote accordingly. I've dedicated a blog exclusively for the election. To join in the live blog click below http://www.electionuk.blogspot.com/
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Absurd News of the Week -The $67 Million Pants
2007-05-02 15:30:00
From ABC NEWS.. A Washington, D.C., lawyer is suing an area dry cleaning business for losing a pair of his trousers. The business owners claim they have his pants, but he's pressing ahead with his suit. A $10 dry cleaning bill for a pair of trousers has ballooned into a $67 million civil lawsuit. The ABC News Law & Justice Unit has calculated that for $67 million Pearson could buy 84,115 new
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Blair To Announce His Resignation Next Week
2007-05-02 10:35:00
Tony Blair promised yesterday that he would stand down in the next few weeks. He is expected to announce his resignation next Wednesday or Thursday in a last minute attempt to avoid a substantial protest vote against labour in the mid-term elections tomorrow. Put the champagne on ice ... it's almost time to celebrate, or is it? Blair endorsed Gordon Brown as his successor ending months of
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Question of the Week
2007-04-30 10:07:00
"Under international laws, the UK does not deport people to regimes where they may face persecution." Do you agree with Britain's policy that terrorists and criminals (who are not UK citizens) can not be deported to countries where they may face persecution? For the post relating to this question click below http://bestnewsfirst.blogspot.com/2007/04 /two-libyan-terror-suspects-could-be.html
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Gordon Brown and the £1 Billion "Cover-up"
2007-04-29 10:59:00
The Government has been accused of covering up a £1 billion discrepancy in the finances for the London Olympic Games when Britain submitted its bid. The original discrepancy of the £1 billion difference however has now turned into a 6.95 Billion discrepancy with the current estimate mushrooming to 9.35 Billion in March of this year or nearly 4 times the original 2.4 Billion pound estimate.
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Two Libyan Terror Suspects Could Be Released After Winning Appeals Against
2007-04-29 08:36:00
Two Libyan terror suspects could be released within days after they won appeals against Home Office attempts to deport them. One of the men ,known only as DD, was found with a map marked with the flightpath to Birmingham International Airport. Not only have they avoided deportation but it looks as though they will also be released on bail. The commission Judge, Mr Justice Mitting, said keeping
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Leaked Memo of Talks Between Blair and Bush
2007-04-26 01:23:00
Blair and Labour have lost the trust of the British people. Therefore it would not be surprising to find that this government has caused the rest of the world to lose trust in the UK as well. Thankfully the leak of this memo was stopped, but whathappens next time when it is not? All the more reason to NOT vote for Labour at the next general election. Whether we choose to admit it or not the UK
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Ahmadinejad's Announcement Was Misleading - Iran's Nuclear Programme Facing
2007-04-24 16:15:00
Iran's nuclear programme is apparently facing severe technical difficulties. Experts now say that it could take four years to produce enough weapons-grade uranium for one bomb. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's April 9th announcement that uranium enrichment on an "industrial scale" had begun was "misleading" and the time-scale for success is likely to be longer than early estimates suggested.
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David Miliband Declares He Will Support Gordon Brown as the Next Prime Mini
2007-04-23 09:20:00
David Miliband, Brown 's most serious rival, said publicly for the first time that he will support the Chancellor. At a Labour press conference in Glasgow for the Scottish Parliament election campaign, Mr Miliband denied that he was waiting for the results to decide whether to stand. "I'll be voting for Gordon Brown as Labour leader," he said. "He's done fantastic things for the prosperity of all
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Question of the Week
2007-04-23 08:59:00
Do you think Lord Goldsmith should be allowed to have the final decision as to whether charges are brought in the Cash for Honours case? For the article related to this question click below http://bestnewsfirst.blogspot.com/2007/04 /cash-for-access-memo-leaked-days-after.h tml
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Cash For Access Memo Leaked Days After CPS is Handed 216 Page Cash for Hono
2007-04-23 08:39:00
A strategy to "sell" Downing Street access to wealthy party donors from the very beginning of the Blair years has been uncovered. A leaked internal memo places Tony Blair, his chief of staff Jonathan Powell and Labour's leading fundraiser Lord Levy at the centre of a "cash-for-access" policy to raise millions. This leak comes days after police handed over a 216-page file to the Crown
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Met Police Hand "Cash for Honours" File Over To CPS
2007-04-22 07:46:00
The Met Police have handed the "Cash for Honours " file over to the CPS to determine whether or not there is enough evidence to proceed. A 216-page file was handed over by detectives from the Metropolitan Police to the CPS on Friday. Prosecutors will decide whether anyone should be charged over claims that honours were given in return for money Although the police file amounts to an exoneration
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Labour Wins NO Vote on Pension Bill Amendment.. Yet Another Reason NOT to V
2007-04-19 05:38:00
During PMs Question time today David Cameron asked about the 125,000 people whose occupational pension schemes had collapsed. He said he was asking in a "genuinely cross-party way" for the prime minister to look at amendments to the Pens ion Bill that would give victims more compensation. Mr Blair's response was that the chancellor had upped the scheme to £8bn, but said he did not know if they
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Will Des Browne Be Forced To Resign ?
2007-04-16 10:09:00
Tory leader David Cameron said yesterday that Des Brown e must resign from the Cabinet unless he can convince MPs that he still commands the support of the Armed Force s after the Iran captives fiasco. Today, Defence Secretary Browne will make a statement to MPs regarding the seizure in the Gulf last month, their 13 days of captivity at the hands of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, and the decision
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Blair's Plans Regarding Final Weeks in Office and Progress Made During His
2007-04-16 10:01:00
In an interview with BBC1's The Politics Show yesterday, Mr Blair refused to be drawn into discussions on speculation regarding the succession. The Prime Minister said he was confident his legacy would be secure as a reformer of public services. In comments that risked irritating Mr Brown he said that in his final weeks in office he would cementing New Labour's long-term reforms. "We will over
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Labour - The Battle to Suceed Blair
2007-04-14 23:00:00
Former Home Secretary Charles Clarke is heading the 'Stop Gordon Brown' campaign. He fired the opening shots in what threatens to be a fiercely-fought battle to succeed Tony Blair . "Recent political history is littered with leadership favourites who have been pipped at the post," said Clarke. "There is no reason why the Chancellor should not suffer the same shock defeat." Mr Clarke, who recently
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Prince William and Kate Middleton Split... Is History Repeating Itself?
2007-04-14 15:30:00
Prince William and long time girlfriend Kate Middleton , who many thought would one day be Queen, have split due to William's demanding schedule in the Army. William passed out from Sandhurst as an Army officer last December and started his training to be a armoured troop commander in Camp Bovington Dorset on March 16, leaving the couple seeing each other no more than once a week. A "close friend
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The World Watched as Blair Handled the Hostage Crisis in Iran and the Revie
2007-04-13 09:01:00
Below are a small selection of the comments being made around the world with regard to Britain's handling of the hostage crisis. Some I disagree with, but unfortunately most are correct. Blair 's handling of this crisis was degrading to Britain and everything we stand for. Thanks to Mr. Blair we have become a prime target in the future for terrorist attacks on our soil as well as on our men and
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Hostages Selling Their Stories .. I Have to Say It
2007-04-13 08:36:00
I am sure many people will disagree with me, but I have to say it. I can not believe that the British sailors and marines who were held hostage are selling their stories for a profit. This simple fact has changed my perception of them quite a bit, even more if they do not donate the money to a charity for the families of the soldiers who were not as lucky. The men and women who DIED FIGHTING for
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President of Iran Proudly Announces"We Have Joined the Nuclear Club" and T
2007-04-10 15:40:00
A year ago, Iran announced that it had produced enriched uranium for the first time. Unfortunately today they have come a long way from that first announcement. At the ceremony at the Natanz nuclear facility Monday Ahmadinejad said, "With great honour, I declare that as of today our dear country has joined the nuclear club of nations and can produce nuclear fuel on an industrial scale." This
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Question Of The Week
2007-04-10 02:38:00
Do you feel there should be reprucussions for the schools who fingerprinted school children, without parental consent, then proceeded to tell these children there was no need to inform their parents?
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Outrage At The Naive Statement Made By UK Bishop of the Forces
2007-04-09 15:56:00
The Roman Catholic Bishop of the Force s, the Rt Rev Tom Burns(pictured), who oversees the armed forces has provoked public outrage by praising the Iranian leadership for its "forgiveness" and "act of mercy" in freeing the 15 British sailors and marines last week. He said that the religious beliefs of the Iranians had played a large part in their decision to release the hostages. These words were echoed by a leading Anglican figure, the Right Rev Michael Nazir-Ali, the Bishop of Rochester, who said Iran had acted within the "moral and spiritual tradition of their country" and contrasted this with Britain's "free-floating attitudes". Bishop Burns continued ,"Faith in a forgiving God has been exemplified in action by their good deeds. They are offering to release the sailors and marines, not just as the result of diplomacy, but also as an act of mercy in accordance with their religion."Now, with all due respect, have they lost their minds?!? I do not think these religious leaders unde...
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Blair's Big Brother Governement Targets Our Children Behind Parents Back
2007-04-09 15:11:00
Blair's Big Brother Government will now force 5.9million children to have their fingerprints taken by schools simply to borrow library books or gain access to school dinner service. 5.9 million children's fingerprints are believed to have been taken already, some without parental approval and even by 'con tricks' such as pretend spy games.The Tories obtained information from Freedom of Information data to reveal a further 4.9 million sets of prints could now be added to school computers after the majority of local education authorities sanctioned the practice.This is a way to have our children become accustomed to a surveillance, government controlled, big brother society. What they have not considered is what will happen when a hacker gains control of the biometric and other data belonging to these schoolchildren.Conservatives have taken a survey of every education authority in the country to see if they allow the practice. Only 39 of the 171 that replied said they do . That me...
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Happy Easter !
2007-04-07 22:42:00
I wanted to wish everyone a very Happy East er ! My thoughts and prayers this Easter are with those who have lost loved ones due to terrorism and those brave enough to fight the terrorists.To Send Friends and Family Free Easter E Cards and learn about the traditions and History of Easter visit http://allabouteaster.blogspot.com/Best Wishes
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