The Party Blog (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Full coverage of UK Politics If David Cameron has nothing else he has nerve. If you doubt it, check out that interview with Andrew Marr in Blackpool last September when the chips were down and see how he breez...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
... democratic institutions which lead to greater stability, democracy and rule of law in Pakistan. DAVID MILLIBAND, BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARYPakistan is a vital friend of the UK and it is essential for Britain's security that it has a strong and democratic government with a clear mandate. The responsibilities on political leaders in Pakistan are now significant. They need to come together...
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
... counterpart in Bulgaria - Miglena Tacheva - to urge the re-opening of the case.Foreign Secretary, David Milliband, has also written to the Bulgarian authorities urging them to act.Other celebrities including Liverpool FC football players have supported Michael, as have Fair Trials International.But Bulgarian authorities have refused to re-open the case or consider a pardon, instead...
Eine Kleine Nichtmusik (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
So Musharraf decided to resign before he could be impeached. Smart move. Smarter than David Milliband, who in that article is quoted as referring to Muharraf's "commitment to tackle terrorism". Ah: that would be why hundreds of Pakistani residents were kidnapped and sold (cash in hand, no inconvenient questions) to the Americans who wanted "terrorists" with which to fill - and justify...
CNN (Free subscription) | yesterday
... where they are on a permanent basis."Speaking later in Tbilisi with British Foreign Secretary David Milliband, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili called the NATO statement encouraging, saying Russians "are not and have never been after just small pieces of Georgian territory.""They want to demoralize my people and put them into panic," he said. "They want to not only get rid of...
politicalbetting.com (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008
... some comfort, however, from the findings of questions about him compared with the young pretender, David Milliband, who made his “non-bid” for the leadership in the now infamous Guardian article nearly three weeks ago. As the Sunday Times notes Miliband was regarded by only 21% of those in the sample as potentially a better prime minister. Brown was rated as a better leader by 38%....
John Redwood's Diary (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
It comes as no surprise today to see a poll telling us that David Miliband would be no more successful against David Cameron than Gordon Brown. The problem is primarily economic. Mr Miliband has not put forward an alternative, is not a critic of the PM’s over [...]
