Brown: I will solve scandal May 19, 2009 PRIME minister Gordon Brown last night pledged to end the “gentleman’s club” of parliamentary regulation, as he said all Labour MPs who broke the rules on expenses would not stand at the next general election. Brown said the House of Commons must be subject to independent regulation for the first time in history, after Speaker Michael [...]
Shell and Next hit by angry shareholders May 19, 2009 SHELL and Next’s Annual General Meetings (AGMs) set the stage for a summer of discontent yesterday, as shareholders voiced concern over their companies’ remuneration policies. Almost 60 per cent of investors at oil giant Shell voted against the company’s executive pay scheme, while a disgruntled 17 per cent at Next came out against the firm. [...]
MP expenses scandal has cut general election odds May 17, 2009 THERE is nothing like a good political scandal to get the blood flowing. Watching Question Time last week was a bit like watching Doctor Who when you were a child – best done from behind the sofa and through the fingers. Never has there been so much fury against politicians. The atmosphere is even worse [...]
Wenger ‘interested’ in Perez Real link May 17, 2009 ARSENAL boss Arsene Wenger admits it would be “interesting” to work with Floretino Perez should the former Real Madrid president return to the Bernabeu – but insists he will see out his Gunners contract. Perez is expected to win the presidential elections this summer and has made no secret of his admiration for the Frenchman [...]
Labour must adapt, admits weary Brown September 10, 2008 Gordon Brown yesterday admitted that the Labour party would have to rethink the way it governs if it is to win at the next general election. In an unusually candid interview, the Prime Minister conceded that the government needed to do more to convince voters that it deserves an historic fourth term. He made the [...]
Brown needs to improve or quit, says former Home Secretary Clarke September 5, 2008 Prime Minister Gordon Brown should stand down as party leader if he cannot improve his government’s performance in the coming months, former Home Secretary Charles Clarke said yesterday. Clarke said Labour was heading for “disaster” at the next election if it did not change course. In a rare outbreak of dissent within the party, Clarke [...]
Rivals move to impeach Musharraf August 8, 2008 Pakistan’s ruling coalition will move to impeach President Pervez Musharraf on charges of plunging the country into a political and economic crisis, party leaders said yesterday. They also warned Musharraf, a former general who first came to power in a 1999 military coup, against any attempt to dismiss the government. The move is likely to [...]
It’s time to take a punt on politics August 4, 2008 The quick changes in the political landscape offer opportunities for spreadbetters, says Chris Shillington A week is a long time in politics, as Harold Wilson said, but the few minutes it takes to read a 1,000 word article can also be a significant period. Especially if the article in question is one written by foreign [...]
Council wage strike tests Brown’s steel July 17, 2008 Hundreds of thousands of local government workers went on strike yesterday in a dispute over pay that paralysed services from education to rubbish collection. The pay dispute is a test of the government’s nerve at a time when it is languishing far behind the Conservatives in the polls and trying to fight soaring inflation by [...]
Secret shares, Visas, Directorships, Mistresses – why Blunkett had to go November 3, 2005 David Blunkett was due to appear before the Work and Pensions Committee yesterday morning Tony Blair claims that he did not call that meeting in order to sack his work and pensions minister. The formal statement from the Blair camp says: “David Blunkett chose to resign because he had reached the conclusion that the position [...]