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Brown Involved in Political Spin Already, That didn't last long
2007-06-28 16:57:00 After claiming to no longer adhere to the Blair doctorate of Poli tical Spin , Brown 's Spin Doctors follow in Blair's footsteps as Ed Balls, a key aide to Gordon Brown boasted to a reception that Quentin Davies would not be the last to cross the floor of the House of Commons. Mr Balls, a Treasury minister, sought to panic the Tories into fearing more desertions but the Tories have seen it for what More About: Long
On Blair's Last Day Met Police Fly Courtney Coventry to London to take Stat
2007-06-28 01:57:00 On Blair's last full day in office the Met Police attempted to secretly fly the Beautiful American girl Court ney Coventry into London to take her statement in the Cash for Honours Inquiry. From the Sun: "A STUNNING American was flown by cops to Britain yesterday to be quizzed in the cash for honours probe. Californian actress Courtney Coventry, 25, was grilled over her links to Labour’s chief More About: Stat
Blair Resigns From Politics - Champagne Anyone?
2007-06-27 23:57:00 Blair has not only stood down as Prime Minister he has also resigned as an MP today . Mr Blair went back Trimdon Labour Club for the first time as an ex-prime minister and announced he would also be resigning immediately as an MP. Some were more pleased then others to see Blair on his home ground again. One Trimdon woman made sure she left before he arrived. The mother of three said "He only More About: Politics , Champagne , Blair , Poli , Cham
Brown is Prime Minister
2007-06-27 23:57:00 Gordon Brown has today become the UK's prime minister, succeeding Tony Blair. Before entering 10 Downing Street, Mr Brown said: "This will be a new government with new priorities. And I have been privileged to have been granted the great opportunity to serve my country. And at all times I will be strong in purpose, steadfast in will, resolute in action in the service of what matters to the More About: Prime Minister , Minister , Prime , Rime
Britain's Regional Flood Defense Committee Told to Prepare For Further Cuts
2007-06-27 19:57:00 Tony Blair, in his last day as prime minister, expressed sympathy for the families of the dead and said more money would need to be spent on flood prevention. Interesting considering that last year the Government slashed £15million off spending - and yesterday it emerged Britain's Regional Flood Defence Comm ittee had been told to prepare for further cuts. A document sent out by the Environment More About: Defense , Committee , Told
NHS Failure with Tragic Results
2007-06-26 23:57:00 The NHS is failing and this tragic story in the mail exemplifies the situation. "A premature baby diagnosed with a collapsed lung died after doctors operated on the wrong side. " The wrong side? How could a mistake like that possibly be made? That is the question being asked however sadly mistakes like this one are not as uncommon as we would like to believe. The cost of this mistake to the More About: Results , Tragic , Failure , Result , Lure
Why Can't Blair Just Go Quietly?
2007-06-23 22:07:00 Why can't Blair just leave quietly? Because he is consumed by creating his European Legacy and, as usual, it is at our expense. Blair surrenders Britain’s to veto EU decisions in 52 other policy areas, including tourism, transport and civil protection. The Conservatives have called for a referendum, with William Hague saying: “the Government have absolutely no democratic mandate to introduce More About: Quiet , Lair
Back from Holiday
2007-06-17 01:57:00 Just returned from holiday (yes I realise I was meant to be back Wed but the beach held me hostage) Blogpower Awards: Thank you very much for all of your support and votes! Despite all of the whining and tantrums that appeared to go on in my abcense we did extremely well and even took first place in Best Unintentionally Humourous Category as well as 2nd Place in Best Ranter Category, 2nd Place More About: Holiday , Back
Absurd News of the Week
2007-06-16 22:57:00 US City Imposes New Dress Code From the Telegraph: A town council in Louisiana has made it a crime to wear baggy trousers that expose the underwear. Residents of Delcambre in the southern US state face six months in jail or a fine of $500 (£254) if they are caught wearing trousers which show their undergarments. How exactly are they going to impose this law. If one bends over and their knickers More About: News , Week , Absurd , Absu
Blogpower Awards- Vote Early and Often!!
2007-06-10 03:35:00 I will be out of town from Sat 9 June until Wed 12 June and will be writing posts if (hopefully when) I have any free time. We are still doing well in the Blogpower Awards but need your votes to pull ahead of the current leaders! Thanks for all your support and keep voting! You can vote once per day and the link to the polls can be found HERE More About: Vote , Early , Ward , Earl
NHS has over £500m Surplus But At What Price?
2007-06-07 05:14:00 Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt had put her job on the line over getting the health service out of the red. Hewitt now claims success as on paper the NHS has a 510m surplus. The question is how is that possible when only a year ago they had a deficit in excess of 500m? Are you suspicious yet? Well you have every right to be. This "surplus" came at a heavy price. Over 17,000 jobs have been lost More About: Price , Surplus
Blogpower Awards- Vote Early and Often!!
2007-06-07 04:43:00 The voting has begun in the Blogpower Awards and UK News and Politics needs your votes!! Thanks to your support we have been nominated in several categories. Here is the list of categories. If you click on the category it links to each poll. Thank you again to each and every person that nominated UK News and Politics. Now comes the real challenge. Categories you can Vote for UK News and More About: Early , Ward , Earl
Blair and Labour Party Waste Another £750,000
2007-06-06 09:39:00 If Blair 's £1m farewell tour wasn't enough money wasted, according to Scotland Yard the police probe into the cash-for-honours affair has cost more than £750,000 so far it emerged today. And we wonder why there is a constant lack of funding for schools and health care. If Blair, Levy etc are found guilty they should be made to foot the bill for the investigation. I don't see why it should come More About: Party , Labour , Labour Party , Waste
Last Day of Nominations!!
2007-06-05 15:01:00 Today is the last day of nominations for the blog awards so don't forget to stop by the Blogpower Awards and nominate UK News and Politics! Thank you for your support we can't do it without you. We are doing well in the nominations for best british blog , best political blog, best little blogger, most under rated and surprisingly we have been nominated for our absurd news of the week post as More About: Mina
"Further Inquiries" Demanded in Cash for Honours Scandal
2007-06-05 09:54:00 Despite receiving a 216 page file from Scotland Yard, the Crown Prosecution Service has demanded additional evidence from the police and that they "undertake further inquiries" before deciding whether there should be criminal charges in the cash for honours investigation. It appears Prime Minister Blair may be interviewed by the police for a third time. This time however, it is highly possible More About: Scandal , Honours , Cash , Scan , Inquiries
£1m To Be Spent Training Muslim Imams at University
2007-06-04 14:54:00 A new report by Academic Ataullah Siddiqui says teaching of Islam in English universities is based on "out-of-date and irrelevant issues". It concludes that more emphasis should be placed on Islam in a modern context. Ministers will now label Islamic studies a "strategic subject" because of its role "in preventing extremism". Education Secretary Alan Johnson is expected to announce a £1m cash More About: University , Muslim , Training , Slim , Univ
Brown Pledges To Protect Our Civil Liberties ... By Giving Police Powers to
2007-06-04 07:54:00 Gordon Brown has said he will not to put civil liberties at risk over plans to introduce new anti-terror laws. He says this despite the fact that he wants to give police more powers, including holding suspects without charge for more than 28 days, when he takes over as prime minister on the 27 June. Mr Brown also wants to allow police to continue questioning suspects after they have been charged More About: Police , Giving , Edge , Civil Liberties
Next General Election in 2009?
2007-06-02 18:43:00 All of those hoping for a quick general election will be disappointed today. Although he did not intend to, Gordon Brown accidentally let slip that the next general election is planned for 2009. After realizing what he had said, Brown promptly backtracked on this comment. "That is why, when I was asked about what we can do to make it possible for us to win more seats in 2011 (the next scheduled More About: General , Election , General Election , Gene
Thank you for Your Support!
2007-05-31 20:53:00 We want to thank all of our loyal readers for their support in the Central News Blog of the Month Competition. It was a fiercely fought race during which we were swapping the lead with Falkirk BNP who pulled ahead on the last day. Our congratulations go our to Falkirk BNP on their victory. We were also joined in the competition by Mr Chalk and Pommygranate, both excellent blogs, who received 1 More About: Support , Thank You , Hank
Immigration Damaging Education
2007-05-31 17:23:00 Home Office figures show that 4,200 children were brought from the Eastern Europe to Britain by their parents in the first three months of this year, or 65 every school day. Schools have no option but to devote thousands of pounds and hundreds of hours to attempt to bring the immigrants up to the same standard as British children. The result of this is devastating of the education system. David More About: Education , Immigration , Aging , Ducati , Duca
Thousands of Criminals to Escape Justice
2007-05-31 16:53:00 The sentencing of criminals should be decided by the seriousness of the crime, not by prison capacity. This seems a fairly obvious statement unfortunately, despite Blair's "tough on crime" slogans the government does not agree. It has emerged that the government will not keep building prisons which will result in thousands of criminals escaping jail. Justice Minister Lord Falconer said offenders More About: Cape , Thousand , Criminal , Sands
Blair's £1million Vanity Trip
2007-05-31 16:00:00 The Conservatives have accused the Prime Minister of authorising a "self-indulgent" waste of public funds to promote his reputation at home and abroad. Nine official and political visits have been scheduled by Blair since announcing that he is to step down on June 27 and there is the possibility of more to be added. The Conservatives claimed last night that the total cost of the trips planned More About: Vanity , Trip , Million , Lair
Foreign Office's Failure of Accountablility to Parliment
2007-05-31 15:53:00 Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett's reluctance to attend a session ahead of an EU summit, was "a failure of accountability to Parliament" according to the foreign affairs committee. The summit will consider attempts by Germany to revive the EU constitution, vetoed by the French and Dutch in referendums two years ago. "Deep concern" that MPs had not had a chance to question ministers was More About: Failure , Foreign , Count , Lime , Arli
Blog of the Month- Thanks for Your Votes!
2007-05-30 15:37:00 Thank you for all of your votes in Central News Blog of the Month Poll. UK News and Politics is doing well but we have tough competition so we still need your votes! To vote click on the Central News link above. The poll is on the sidebar. Thanks again for your support :) More About: Hank , Votes
5 Britons Taken Hostage from Government Building in Iraq
2007-05-30 15:27:00 The British government convened an emergency meeting of its Cobra crisis management committee on Tuesday afternoon after Five Britons were taken hostage in Iraq . The Britons, an IT expert and his four bodyguards, were seized from the Iraqi Finance Ministry in Baghdad by heavily-armed men who arrived in dozens of police vehicles wearing police and commando uniforms. As of yet no group has More About: Building , Government , Build , Stage
Blog of the Month
2007-05-29 22:48:00 UK News and Politics is the running for Central News Blog of the Mont h and would love your votes! Click HERE to visit the site and vote (the poll is on the sidebar). Thanks for Your Support :)
"Tony Blair wandering around the world doing nothing but indulging his vani
2007-05-29 15:15:00 Blair claims important work is being carried out not just by him but by ministers acting "as a government" including international duties, such as the G8 summit in early June. However, to the rest of the country it appears Labour is in limbo. Tory Leader David Cameron hit the mark when he said, "There are urgent problems in our country, like the crisis in the NHS, that need to be sorted out now. More About: World , Tony Blair , Around the world , Blair , Wandering
Hosptials Using Unqualified Support Workers to do Job of Midwives
2007-05-29 15:12:00 Last month Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt said maternity support workers were "not a substitute for midwives". However, a new report released today contradicts Hewitt's previous statement. The report which was commissioned by Hewitt says that the lives of mothers and their babies is being put at risk by NHS hospitals which use unqualified "maternity support workers" to do the work of More About: Workers , Support , To Do , Worker
Immigrants
2007-05-29 15:02:00 Telegraph Headline - Immigrant s Need More Help To Adjust I would suggest they need more help to leave. More About: Grant , Immigrants
Absurd News of the Week
More articles from this author:2007-05-28 07:19:00 The greatest concern of women prisoners in a Swedish Jail near Gothenburg is that the are not able to get a decent tan. A prison council has written to Sweden's Justice Ombudsmen to say the issue is one of sex discrimination. The female inmates complained that that, unlike their male counterparts, they are unable to take off their tops to enjoy the sun thus depriving them of a basic human right. More About: News , Week , Absurd , Absu 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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