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Feb 28, 2010
* Poll shows ruling Labour could remain largest party
* Cameron says party has "a fight on its hands" (Updates with latest poll, reaction)
BRIGHTON, England, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Britain's ruling Labour could remain the largest party in parliament after an ...Read More
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Feb 28, 2010
David Cameron arrives in Brighton for the start of the conference
In the Conservative conference hotel in Brighton they have plastered their "Year for Change" slogan over mirrors, framed pictures and walls.
They have even branded the stairs with their message.
But ...Read More
James McGrath, who has worked for David Cameron, Boris Johnson, the London mayor, and George Osborne, the shadow chancellor, was in Gen Fonseka’s campaign war-room last night compiling reports of intimidation by supporters of President Mahinda Rajapaksa and advising on ...Read More
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Jan 15, 2010
LONDON - The leader of Britain's Conservatives said Friday that if elected he would be far more cautious than his predecessors in deciding to deploy British troops abroad.
Britain's military has been strained by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, interventions ...Read More
David Cameron has condemned the "naked" corruption on display in last month's Afghan elections.
The Conservative leader went much further than Gordon Brown, who in a letter released today said the Afghan poll marked "an important step" in the country's democratic ...Read More
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U.K.|
Aug 12, 2009
A Conservative MP, who was secretly recorded saying politicians have had to "live on rations" after the expenses row, has come in for renewed criticism.
Ex-sleaze watchdog Sir Alistair Graham said front-bencher Alan Duncan's comments could be seen as offensive by ...Read More
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U.K.|
Jun 25, 2009
With merciless clarity, David Cameron reminded us what Mr Brown told the House last week — “Capital expenditure will grow until the year of the Olympics” — and went on: “The Government’s own figures show that is just not the ...Read More
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U.K.|
Jun 20, 2009
Gordon Brown may agree to step down as Prime Minister before the next General Election to avoid a humiliating defeat by David Cameron, according to Labour sources.
The possibility of Mr Brown quitting to give a new leader the chance of ...Read More
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U.K.|
Jun 14, 2009
This week, the new Cabinet met and immediately got down to business: cleaning up politics, helping families and businesses through the recession, continuing our investment in public services and getting them up to scratch.
But this was also the week when ...Read More
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U.K.|
Jun 11, 2009
The Tories' plan to leave the European Parliament's main centre-right group is "stupid", an ex-Tory MEP has said.
Leader David Cameron has vowed to take his MEPs out the European People's Party (EPP), saying its federalist views are against Tory ...Read More