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BusinessWeek April 26, 2004 |
Election Odds In Britain Will British Prime Minister Tony Blair call early elections? He doesn't have to hold a vote until May, 2006, but it is widely assumed he'll call the election for the spring or, at the latest, fall of 2005. |
BusinessWeek September 27, 2004 Stanley Reed |
A Dogfight Within The House of Labour Some might think the contenders are Tory vs. Labour, but the more closely watched contest is between Blair and his tough Chancellor of the Exchequer for control of the party -- and ultimately of 10 Downing St. |
BusinessWeek May 24, 2004 Kerry Capell |
Is This The Endgame For Tony Blair? Is the endgame approaching for Blair? It's too early to say. But the Prime Minister, who backed President George W. Bush fully on the Iraq war, is feeling incessant heat over his decision -- and watching his position slide in the polls. |
BusinessWeek October 13, 2003 Stanley Reed |
Commentary: Labour's Deep Bench Even if Blair stumbles, Chancellor of Exchequer Brown can step in. |
BusinessWeek May 21, 2007 Stanley Reed |
What Blair Could Teach Sarkozy France's new President might learn a lot from Tony Blair about building a vibrant economy. |
BusinessWeek December 8, 2003 |
Europe And Britain: Prickly Partners The gulf between old Europe and the sceptered isle was on display during a meeting in London of French President Jacques Chirac and Prime Minister Tony Blair on Nov. 24. |
BusinessWeek April 18, 2005 Stanley Reed |
Britain: If The Economy Ain't Broke... Blair's strong economic record may be his saving grace in the election. |
BusinessWeek December 15, 2003 |
More Troubles For Britain's Blair Tony Blair's credibility as Prime Minister is on the line in his battle to require British university graduates to pay about $5,100 per year in fees after entering the workforce. The measure has sparked a rebellion in his Labour Party. |
BusinessWeek January 27, 2011 Alex Massie |
Gordon Brown: The Great Clunking Stylist What lesson does the former British Prime Minister take from the crash? In his new book, Beyond the Crash: Overcoming the First Crisis of Globalization, he blames America. |
Parameters Winter 2003/2004 James K. Wither |
British Bulldog or Bush's Poodle? Anglo-American Relations and the Iraq War There are many factors beside Blair's leadership that helped to shape the British government's role in Iraq. This article addresses these issues and places them in historical context. |
BusinessWeek April 11, 2005 Stanley Reed |
Britain: The Tories Are Coming On Strong British Conservative leader Michael Howard is set to challenge Tony Blair on social and political issues. |
BusinessWeek February 9, 2004 |
A Close Call For Britain's Tony Blair British Prime Minister Tony Blair survived his two-day political ordeal on Jan. 27-28. He won his parliamentary battle to hike university tuition fees, and he escaped blame in senior judge Brian Hutton's probe into the suicide of weapons expert David Kelly. |
BusinessWeek June 6, 2005 |
A Political Flap Over I.D. Cards In Britain Having just won an historic third term, British Prime Minister Tony Blair is wasting no time following up on campaign pledges. |
BusinessWeek February 2, 2004 Stanley Reed |
Will Tony Blair Dodge These Bullets? The countdown has begun to Tony Blair's High Noon. On Jan. 27, the House of Commons will vote on the Prime Minister's controversial proposal to nearly triple university fees, to about $5,400 a year. On Jan. 28, Brian Hutton, a respected senior judge, will release the report of his investigation into the death of weapons expert David Kelly. |
AskMen.com Tom Butler |
Image Lessons From The Party Leaders In politics, it seems image counts for a lot. |
BusinessWeek May 13, 2010 Ryan &O'Donnell |
The Bank of England's Kingmaker A central banker's dire deficit warnings became an election issue |
BusinessWeek February 14, 2005 Cooper & Madigan |
Britain: Enough Growth To Buoy Blair? Prime Minister Tony Blair has said he will put the economy at the center of his bid for a third term. A few days ago, the plan seemed questionable. Now the strategy is looking sounder. |
BusinessWeek March 4, 2010 Reed & Vina |
In Britain, a Rout Turns into a Race As the Tories talk tough about trimming the public sector, voters get nervous -- and Labour suddenly has a chance. |
BusinessWeek March 14, 2005 |
Have The Tories Found A Trump Card? With the British general election expected in May, the Conservative Party is turning immigration into a key campaign issue. And it seems to be paying off. |
InternetNews December 17, 2007 |
UK Admits Losing Data Of 3 Million People British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government suffered new embarrassment over missing data on Monday when it revealed one of its contractors had lost the details of 3 million learner drivers. |
BusinessWeek November 10, 2003 |
A New Chance For Britain's Tories? Conservative party leader Iain Duncan Smith's defeat in a confidence vote by Tory MPs on Oct. 29 may mark at least a temporary end to internecine warfare inside the party. In the wake of Duncan Smith's departure, Tory MPs may rally around former Home Secretary Michael Howard. |
BusinessWeek June 14, 2004 John Rossant |
The U.S. And Europe: Friends Again, For Now Are transatlantic relations on the mend? The mood music surrounding George W. Bush's early June trip to France promises to sound downright friendly. |
BusinessWeek April 5, 2004 Stan Crock |
A Dustup Over Chopper One Will Bush buy American or go with a European joint venture for the new fleet? |
Inc. July 1, 2003 Bobbie Gossage |
Back to the Future The tax cut makes this Bush look very Reaganesque. |
BusinessWeek January 17, 2005 Stanley Reed |
The Party of the Future In Britain? Election fever is rising in Britain. Just about everyone assumes that Prime Minister Tony Blair will call for a national vote this spring, probably on May 5 to coincide with already scheduled local elections. |
BusinessWeek November 11, 2010 Drake Bennett |
A Management Primer from the Decider-in-Chief In his memoir, George W. Bush breaks his Presidency up into a series of decision-making case studies. Unfortunately, running a country isn't just a series of decisions |
Chemistry World May 10, 2007 |
Comment: Blair's legacy Peter Cotgreave, director of the Campaign for Science and Engineering in the UK, reflects on 10 years under Blair's leadership. |
Reason Aug/Sep 2007 Brendan O'Neill |
Rant: Tony the Nanny Tony Blair's shameful record on civil liberties. |
Reason December 2007 Michael C. Moynihan |
Observing Orwell With the release of democratic socialist writer George Orwell's intelligence files by Britain's National Archive, the writer's paranoia seems like prescience. |
Salon.com September 22, 2001 Steve Kettmann |
Solidarity forever? At an emergency meeting, European leaders back a "targeted" campaign against terrorism and applaud Bush's new internationalism... |
Reason February 2006 Matt Welch |
The War on Sedition English-speaking American allies crack down on speech in the name of fighting Islamic terrorism. |
Reason November 2005 Daniel Koffler |
Breaking Curfew Citing the European Convention on Human Rights, a 15-year-old brought an anti-curfew suit against the London suburb of Richmond and the Metropolitan Police, and convinced Lord Justice Brooke that he has the right to "walk the streets without interference from police." |
Reason January 2004 Brendan O'Neill |
Uncritical Masses Was the public too stupid to oppose the war in Iraq? That is what Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber suggest in Weapons of Mass Deception: The Uses of Propaganda in Bush's War on Iraq. |
BusinessWeek June 7, 2004 |
Israel And Egypt Boost Energy Trade Economic ties between Israel and Egypt could improve in the wake of a major gas deal between the countries. |
Reason October 2006 Jeff Jarvis |
America Gives a Shit Was Bush's open-mic gaffe a flaming sack of good news for free speech? |
BusinessWeek November 3, 2003 Stanley Reed |
Commentary: Back To The Bad Old Days Of Strikes? British unions are angry, but things are nowhere near as chaotic as in the '70s |
The Motley Fool August 29, 2008 Tim Hanson |
Are You Ignoring the World's Next Great Growth Story? Few other cities in China are home to so many architectural marvels, such a developed economy, and access to such a variety of imported goods as Beijing -- and that means great growth opportunities. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2007 Annie Turner |
The perception of corruption The UK's Serious Fraud Office investigations into defense companies' activities has serious global implications. |
Salon.com February 23, 2001 Jake Tapper |
Bush's opening night And the review is not good. At his first press conference, the president serves up nicknames, "coco" plants and an impressive series of nonanswers... |
Reason May 2005 Charles Paul Freund |
Inciting Censorship British Prime Minister Tony Blair's government has added a measure to the proposed Serious Organized Crime and Police Bill that would create a new offense: "incitement of religious hatred." |
BusinessWeek November 22, 2004 Robert Kuttner |
The Budget Mess Bush Can No Longer Ignore The U.S. economy can't grow its way out of such big deficits. |
Registered Rep. June 10, 2011 Diana Britton |
Brown: Greece Is a European Problem, Not a Greek Problem During Pershing's INSITE 2011 conference in Hollywood, Fla., this week, Gordon Brown, the former prime minister of Great Britain, told attendees that Greece's economic trouble is a European problem. |
TIME Asia October 4, 2010 |
Inbox Readers comment on stories dealing with Israel and Tony Blair. |
BusinessWeek November 10, 2003 Stanley Reed in London |
School Daze At British Universities They're facing huge funding gaps as subsidies shrink and enrollments swell. |
BusinessWeek January 19, 2004 |
London's Mayor Is Back In Labour's Fold Tony Blair took a big bite of humble pie on Jan. 6 when he gave the green light for maverick London Mayor Ken Livingstone to be readmitted to the Labour Party. |
BusinessWeek April 5, 2004 Capell & Cohn |
Britain's Amazing Jobs Machine How does it keep creating so much employment? And can the boom last? |
Salon.com October 3, 2002 Bill Clinton |
What should the world do about Saddam? The author electrifies a British Labor Party conference with a more sweeping vision for global peace and progress than the current president has been able to muster. |
AskMen.com Nate Steere |
Traits Of A Leader The International Visitor Leadership Program, established in the 1940s, is an invitation-only program to identify future world leaders. These promising individuals are invited to travel the U.S., meeting with influential politicians or VIPs in their field of accomplishment. |
BusinessWeek November 17, 2003 Stanley Reed |
The New Deal Gets Britain Off The Dole Since taking power in 1997, UK Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labour government has launched a flurry of programs under the New Deal banner aimed at putting the unemployed to work. Britain's welfare-busters are on a winning streak. |
Chemistry World June 2007 Mark Peplow |
Editorial: Dear Gordon... A science-related message to the UK's new Prime Minister Gordon Brown. |