Christian Science Monitor (Free subscription) | yesterday
The prime minister faces intense pressure for change after his party lost in a once-safe Scottish constituency.
The Moderate Voice (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Following up on my earlier post on the Labour party loss in Scotland, party leaders and now turning an eye on Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Some want him out right now while others are giving him a couple months to get back on track. Dumping Brown would be a mixed bag for the Labour party with hopes that it would improve their position standing up against polls showing they could face a backlash ....
OTB News (Free subscription) | yesterday
The prime minister faces intense pressure for change after his party lost in a once-safe Scottish constituency.
World (Free subscription) | yesterday
Labour peer Lord Meghnad Desai on Friday said Prime Minister Gordon Brown should admit that he himself was the cause of his party's woes and asked him to step down, following the debacle in Glasgow East by-election.
New York Newsday (Free subscription) | yesterday
LONDON (AP) _ British Prime Minister Gordon Brown suffered a stunning setback when his party was defeated in a Labour stronghold in Scotland. His leading opponent demanded Friday that Brown call an early national election.
Plonc (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Dan Glass, a member of Plane Stupid, was about to receive an award from the prime minister when he stuck out his superglued hand and touched his sleeve. Plane Stupid says Mr Glass, from north London, then "glued his hand" to Mr Brown's jacket as he shook his hand. But Downing Street said there had been "no stickiness of any significance". Read more at: BBC.UK Ripped from crossunder
How This Old Brit Sees It ... (Free subscription) | yesterday
Gawd's truth, Gordon. Now wonder you've got a gob on again Battered, bruised and beaten - again? By another by-election bombshell? This time by some canny fellow Scots? For pity's sake Prime Minister, what's it going to take? Can't you see they're screaming for your head on a plate? The Scottish National Party has pulled off a stunning by-election victory by winning Glasgow East, one of
David Llewellyn (Free subscription) | yesterday
Full coverage of UK politics So now we know . After a delivering a speech with no notes in a darkened room, Gordon Brown is being warned he must lurch left or incur the wrath of the unions this weekend. The Prime Minister repeatedly spoke of turning things around within 24 months - confirmation, ...
The Lone Voice (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
For a Prime Minister who seems to attract negative headlines, meeting a group of excited children at Downing Street must have felt like a welcome distraction. But Gordon Brown's attempt to finally produce some positive PR backfired today when he was ambushed by an eight-year-old boy. Little Charlie Doherty met the Prime Minister at Downing Street as a reward for being a finalist in a competition to...
The Economist (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
The prime minister balances heart with head in his foreign policy GORDON BROWN is not a naturally emotive politician. That habitual reserve made this week's visit to Israel striking and intriguing. It featured an address to the Knesset, Israel's parliament, on July 21st--the first by a prime minister of the old mandate-era power. Mr Brown said that his father, a minister in the Church of Scotland,...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Prime minister addresses central London march of more than 500 bishops to urge world leaders to halve global poverty levels
SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
BBC 23 July 2008 Sinn Féin has held talks with the Prime Minister in Downing Street. Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness are understood to have met Gordon Brown amid fears of a standoff between Sinn Fein and the DUP at Stormont. DUP leader and NI First Minister Peter Robinson, and party colleague Gregory Campbell, met Mr Brown on Tuesday. A Sinn Féin source said its meeting focused on issues including...
An Englishman's Castle (Free subscription) | 17 minutes ago
Ministers plot to force out Brown after poll disaster Gordon Brown - Telegraph Gordon Brown is being undermined by Cabinet ministers who are now publicly questioning his future as Prime Minister following Labour's disastrous defeat in the Glasgow East by-election....
OTB News (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
The surprising loss in a by-election raised questions about Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s future.
OTB News (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
GLASGOW (Reuters) - Britain’s ruling Labour Party lost one of its safest parliamentary seats on Friday, deepening doubts in its own ranks about Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s ability to win the next election.
