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Brown pays tribute to troops killed in Afghanistan
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
The PM was speaking as controversy raged over his 'disrespectful' condolence letter to the mother of a soldier killed in Afghanistan.
Dead soldier's mother confronts PM over lack of equipment
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Gordon Brown was confronted over the lack of equipment for British troops by the mother of a dead soldier when he called to offer his condolences.
Labour forces secret inquests Bill through the Commons
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Secret inquests which will bar bereaved families and the public from attending hearings into controversial deaths were forced through Parliament last night.
'Mortified' PM apologises over condolence note
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Brown telephones soldier's mother after spelling son's name wrong in letter
Anger at 'cloak of secrecy' for Freemason judges new
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Jack Straw's decision to no longer force applicants for the judiciary to declare if they are Freemasons was today branded a "disgrace" by a Labour MP.
Andrew Grice: Sombre Brown
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
A very sombre Gordon Brown on display at his Downing Street press conference this morning, the first of these once-monthly events since July. Inevitably, it was dominated by Afghanistan. He wore a black tie and it felt a bit odd when he spoke slowly and deliberately about the NHS too. He brought the presser to an end so that it did not clash with the bodies of six other servicemen killed in the conflict arriving home.
Oliver Wright: Oops... how The Telegraph got it wrong
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Interesting to see that The Telegraph has taken down what was the main story in their newspaper this morning from the home page of their website .
John Rentoul: David Miliband's threat to Brown
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Oops. The Times, unexpectedly, this morning asks Number 168 in my series of Questions to Which the Answer is No: Is David Miliband seeking the role of EU foreign minister?
PM: I've apologised over letter error
Monday, 9 November 2009
Gordon Brown called Jacqui Janes after learning of her distress over his hand-written letter of condolence.
Johnson: we need a debate on migration
Monday, 9 November 2009
The Home Secretary, Alan Johnson, is to launch a drive to convince the public that immigration is a "good thing" for Britain as Labour goes on the offensive against the BNP and the Conservatives ahead of the general election.
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4 Schoolboy confronts Griffin at memorial
5 Hacker attacks police website
6 15 years for drunk who strangled lover with dog lead new
7 Plain English campaigners target police jargon
8 Properties seized from alleged IRA killer Sean Hughes new
9 Labour forces secret inquests Bill through the Commons
10 £45m lotto winner toasts with roast
11 City pay culture has spread to charities, union says
12 Brown pays tribute to troops killed in Afghanistan
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1 Ministers cancel 'Big Brother' database
2 Wife says noisy sex conviction breaches rights
3 City pay culture has spread to charities, union says
4 Justin Fenton in London: Britain's use of DNA is light years ahead
5 Plain English campaigners target police jargon
6 Labour forces secret inquests Bill through the Commons
7 'Middle-classes fuel shoplifting crimewave'
8 Brown pays tribute to troops killed in Afghanistan
9 After 250 years, Terry's chocolate factory melts away
10 How living together first can harm your marriage
11 Employers end union dues collection deal
12 Girls and father cleared of murder
13 Three teenagers arrested for firework death
14 Sexism in the City still rules OK
15 Properties seized from alleged IRA killer Sean Hughes new
Commented
1'Big Brother' database cancelled by ministers
2Brown government even more unpopular than Major's
3Labour forces secret inquests Bill through the Commons
4Last Night's Television - Collision, ITV1; The Execution of Gary Glitter, Channel 4
5Schoolboy confronts Griffin at memorial
6Leading article: A vicious and unfair personal attack
7Dominic Lawson: The only options are to double up in Afghanistan or leave
8Demands grow for 'weapon dogs' to be brought to heel
Columnist Comments
• Mary Dejevsky: Cool realism is a political virtue, too
No ideological vision could have replaced sound judgement in 1989
• Terence Blacker: Reality TV police shows are criminal
For half an hour, the real world is presented in black-and-white terms
• Dominic Lawson: The only options are to double up in Afghanistan or leave
At a risk of sounding callous, the number of casualties is actually small for a war
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