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Middle East Quartet envoy Tony Blair gestures during a visit to the West Bank city of Jenin on May 7, 2008. Blair has been advising his successor Gordon Brown on how to win the next general election, The Times' political editor said Friday after interviewing the former British prime minister's wife.

Blair advising Brown on how to win next election: report

AFP - 2 hours 40 minutes ago

LONDON (AFP) - Tony Blair has been advising his successor Gordon Brown on how to win the next general election, the former British prime minister's wife, Cherie, said in an interview with The Times out Saturday. More »

  • Prime Minister Gordon Brown walks out of 10 Downing Street on his way to Prime Minister Questions at the House of Commons in London, May 7. Brown has entered the list of people with greatest influence on British Jews, although he does not have the

    Brown enters Jewish power list

    AFP - Friday, May 9 11:49 am

    LONDON (AFP) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown entered the list of people with greatest influence on British Jews published Friday, although he does not have the "natural affinity" of Tony Blair. More »

  • Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Labour Party, in power for 11 years, slumped to 23 percent -- even less than the national vote equivalent in the May 1 polls that saw them limp in third.

    Support for Labour at all-time low: poll

    AFP - Thursday, May 8 09:24 pm

    LONDON (AFP) - Support for the Labour Party has fallen to a record low, according to an opinion poll out Thursday which suggested the main opposition Conservative Party were now 26 points ahead. More »

  • Northern Ireland's First Minister Ian Paisley(L) and Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown at Stormont Parliament Buildings in Belfast. Brown and Ireland's newly-elected Prime Minister Brian Cowen hailed economic progress in Northern Ireland Thursday, a year after a historic power-sharing government took office, saying investment was now pouring into the province.

    Ireland, Britain hail progress on NIreland anniversary

    AFP - Thursday, May 8 06:02 pm

    BELFAST (AFP) - Britain's and Ireland's leaders hailed economic progress in Northern Ireland Thursday, a year after a historic power-sharing government took office, saying investment was now pouring into the province. More »

  • Prime Minister Gordon Brown is seen here on May 7. The head of the Labour party in Scotland has renewed a call for an early referendum on Scottish independence, in what is seen as a new embarrassment to embattled Brown.

    Brown faces renewed call for Scottish independence poll

    AFP - Thursday, May 8 01:14 pm

    LONDON (AFP) - The head of the Labour party in Scotland renewed Thursday a call for an early referendum on Scottish independence, in what is seen as a new embarrassment to embattled British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. More »

  • Marina Litvinenko, seen here in 2007, the widow of the former KGB agent who died from radioactive poisoning in London urged new Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Wednesday to do more to bring his killers to justice.

    Litvinenko widow presses new Russian president

    AFP - Wednesday, May 7 07:31 pm

    LONDON (AFP) - The widow of the former KGB agent who died from radioactive poisoning in London urged new Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Wednesday to do more to bring his killers to justice. More »

  • London's new mayor Boris Johnson has announced a ban on alcohol on the capital's transport system, as part of a wider clampdown on crime and anti-social behaviour.

    New London mayor bans booze on public transport

    AFP - Wednesday, May 7 03:23 pm

    LONDON (AFP) - London's new mayor Boris Johnson announced Wednesday a ban on alcohol on the capital's transport system, as part of a wider clampdown on crime and anti-social behaviour. More »

  • A man smokes a joint. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has said that the government is to raise the legal classification of cannabis due to the growing prevalence of the potent skunk form of the drug, despite expert advice against doing so.

    Govt to toughen legal status of cannabis

    AFP - Wednesday, May 7 02:52 pm

    LONDON (AFP) - The government is to raise the legal classification of cannabis due to the growing prevalence of the potent skunk form of the drug, despite expert advice against doing so, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said Wednesday. More »

  • A majority of supporters of the governing Labour Party want Prime Minister Gordon Brown -- in the job for barely a year -- to step down, according to a poll for The Times newspaper out.

    Most Labour supporters want Brown to quit: poll

    AFP - Wednesday, May 7 09:00 am

    LONDON (AFP) - A majority of supporters of the governing Labour Party want Prime Minister Gordon Brown -- in the job for barely a year -- to step down, according to a poll for The Times newspaper out Wednesday. More »

  • Embattled British Prime Minister Gordon Brown faces more potential poll humiliation -- as Madame Tussauds waxwork museum said Tuesday opened a vote on whether they should bother making a model of him.

    British vote on wax prime minister

    AFP - Tuesday, May 6 07:36 pm

    LONDON (AFP) - Embattled Prime Minister Gordon Brown faces more potential poll humiliation -- as Madame Tussauds waxwork museum said Tuesday opened a vote on whether they should bother making a model of him. More »

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