Brits Urge Obama to Stop Bashing BP
British leaders are concerned about the American president’s criticism of the oil company.
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Thatcher Proves Krugman Wrong
The British leader showed that there’s an alternative to Keynesianism.
Europe Braces for Spending Cuts
While the Greek debt crisis and subsequent decline of the euro continue to worry investors around the world, the people of Europe are preparing for severe austerity measures, and not just in the troubled south. With hundreds of billions of euros pledged to stabilize the common currency, European leaders are forced to make major cutbacks […]
Cameron Launches Civil Society Initiative
The Conservative prime minister intends to “take power away from politicians and give it to the people.”
Macmillan’s Game At an End
Britain must reinvent its place in the world again after “punching above its weight” for half a century.
The Great Experiment
With David Cameron installed as prime minister on Tuesday evening, for the first time in almost seventy years the United Kingdom has a coalition government again. Will it hold? Elections in early May produced a hung parliament with the Conservatives just twenty seats short of a majority. Negotiations between Labour and the minority Liberal Democrats […]
Conservative Cameron Becomes British Prime Minister
Conservative Party leader David Cameron forms a coalition with the liberal party.
After Election, Britain Wonders: What Now?
Neither of the three largest parties have a majority of seats in the House of Commons.
Conservatives Expected to Win UK Elections
David Cameron’s Conservative Party will fall just seventeen seats short of a parliamentary majority, according to a joint poll conducted by major British broadcasters. The Conservatives are set to win almost a hundred more seats than they gained in 2005, possibly up to 305. Labour would have 255 while the Liberal Democrats, in spite of […]
What’s a Big Society?
In opposition to “big government” and the British welfare state, the Conservative Party under David Cameron has come up with an alternative approach — “big society.” What does it mean? According to the Conservatives’ website, they favor a society based on “social responsibility and community action.” They promise that under a Conservative government, “charities, voluntary […]
Clegg: Brown Can’t Stay If Labour Loses
If his party loses the election, Gordon Brown can’t stay on as prime minister.
British Party Leaders Debate Foreign Policy
The leaders of the three major British political parties debated foreign policy on Sky News tonight. Questions from the audience quickly steered the discussion in a more domestic direction but the politicians were able to present their views on the European Union, the special relationship with the United States, climate change and defense.
British Party Leaders Debate
Tonight ITV hosted the first televised debate between the leaders of Britain’s three major parties in the run-up to next month’s parliamentary elections. Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his foremost contender, Conservative foreman David Cameron attacked each other repeatedly while Liberal Democrat Nick Clegg tried to present himself as a fresh alternative to the traditional […]
Cold Response
NATO forces exercise north of the Arctic Circle to test cold weather operations and interoperability.
Russian Bombers Penetrate British Airspace
Two weeks ago, two British Tornado F3 fighter aircraft were scrambled from the Royal Air Force base Leuchars, the United Kingdom’s most northerly air defense station, to pursue two Russian Tupolev 160 bombers which were approximately one hundred nautical miles to the west of Stornaway on the northwest coast of Scotland. More than twenty of […]