Gordon is a Moron: The Definitive and Objective Analysis of Gordon Brown's Decade as Chancellor of the Exchequer
Times Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
Gordon Brown rejected advice from Lord Mandelson to seek one of the big economic posts in the European Commission for Britain once it was clear that Tony Blair could not succeed in becoming Europe’s first president, The Times has learnt. Instead he settled for the post of EU High Representative for Baroness Ashton of Upholland.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tony Blair warned Gordon Brown a week ago that his campaign to become the first president of the European Council was doomed after a decisive intervention by the German chancellor Angela Merkel, according to senior Whitehall sources. To the dismay of key ministers, who wanted Brown to push for Britain to take an economic portfolio in the European commission once Blair's hopes were dashed, Brown insisted...
Andy Peacock (Free subscription) | yesterday
Labour peer Baroness Ashton has been selected as the EU’s high representative of foreign affairs and security, diplomats say. Baroness Ashton, currently EU Trade Commissioner, was chosen for the new post by the leaders of the EU’s 27 member states at a meeting in Brussels. Gordon Brown backed her for the role after accepting Tony Blair could not become European Council president. Before...
Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | yesterday
By PETER SPIEGEL and YOCHI J. DREAZEN WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown have turned the focus of Afghan war planning toward an exit strategy, publicly declaring that the U.S. and its allies can't send additional troops without a plan for getting them out. The shift has unnerved some U.S. and foreign officials, who say that planning a pullout now -- with or...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Pay no attention to the Eurosceptics. Cathy Ashton's posting as EU 'foreign secretary' is a major post-Lisbon development The chorus of ill-informed and patronising calls of "Who?" that have greeted the appointments of the Belgian prime minister, Herman Van Rompuy , as the new long-term president (really chairman) of the European Council, and Baroness Cathy Ashton, as the new EU foreign...
Foreign Exchange Outlook (Free subscription) | yesterday
GBPEUR/GBPUSD The Pound declined for a third straight day against the U.S Dollar yesterday, while the UK currency also fell to a low of 1.1170 versus the Euro, amid speculation that UK banks will disclose more credit losses. The Daily Telegraph reported yesterday that UK lenders are in a worst state than those abroad, citing credit-checking company Experian Plc. The Chief Executive Officer Don Robert...
The Appalling Strangeness (Free subscription) | yesterday
It would take a heart of stone not to laugh out loud and do a little dance of joy at this : Gordon Brown has accepted that prime minister Tony Blair cannot become the first President of the European Council, Downing Street has said. Good to see that once again the "support" of Gordon Brown has once again acted as a curse rather than a blessing.
Sify (Free subscription) | yesterday
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown along and three of his cabinet colleagues has launched a campaign to gather Labour support for Britain's role in Afghanistan.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
British peer says she will show she is the best person for the job of European foreign minister over the next few months and years Europe's eight-year quest to establish a simpler and more democratic regime came to a dramatic climax last night when the Belgian prime minister, Herman Van Rompuy, and British peer Cathy Ashton were appointed as the two top officials embodying the new system. In a surprise...
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has said it is too soon to set a timeline for shifting security duties from NATO-led troops to Afghan forces, as proposed by Britain. "I think I would rather have those on the ground in Afghanistan make the judgment call about when a province or a district was ready to be turned over, rather than specific dates," Gates told a news conference. Asked about...
Newsday (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
The Cane Producers Association of Trinidad and Tobago (CPATT) intend on writing separate letters to the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown on the issue of the European Union grant funding to Trinidad and Tobago.
publishaletter.com (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Dear Editor: Gordon Brown's nomination of Tony Blair for the presidency of the European Union is an insult to the people of Europe who opposed the war in Iraq. The fact that there is going to be a Commission of Inquiry into this war is enough to understand that Tony Blair is under suspicion for having involved Britain in a war that was started under false pretenses.
The Sample Gates (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
The European Council voted today in a closed-door meeting to appoint the low-profile Herman Van Rompuy, the Belgian Prime Minister, to the newly-created position of Permanent President of the European Council, passing over the heavyweight candidacy of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair that was heavily campaigned for by the current British PM, Gordon Brown. Touted [...]
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Europe's eight-year quest to establish a simpler and more democratic regime came to a dramatic climaxtonight when the Belgian prime minister, Herman Van Rompuy, and Britain's Cathy Ashton, were appointed as the two top officials embodying the new system. In a surprise move that saw Gordon Brown abandon his campaign to have Tony Blair made first president of the European Council, Lady Ashton, the current...
Reputation, Reputation, Reputation (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2737974/Blair-loses-EU-president-job-to-Rompuy.html So, Tony Blair hasn't been chosen as first EU President and the job has gone to the Belgian Prime Minister, Herman Van Rompuy. Although the former PM hadn't officially thrown his hat into the ring, he had clearly given serious thought to the role. The news that he has been 'overlooked' is welcome, as his profile...
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wei08 | 11/09/2009
Key players in the Group of 20 refused to support a plan create an insurance fund to pay for bailouts if governments have to step in again to save giant businesses on the brink of collapse. Finance ministers at the G-20 summit on Saturday discussed the idea of a tax on banks and other financial institutions to help fund future government emergency aid. But U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner indicated...
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