Government set to defy its own experts and upgrade cannabis again

The Labour government in the UK is set to do a U-turn on its Cannabis policy today, reclassifying the drug as a 'class B' offense after it had downgraded it to 'class C' in 2004 in order to free police to deal with more serious drug cases."The home secretary, Jacqui Smith,...

Gordon Brown faces new 10p tax rebellion

"GORDON BROWN was warned last night that he faced a second election disasterunless he made further concessions in the row over the abolition of the 10pincome tax band.In the wake of Labour’s worst local election performance in 40 years andBoris Johnson’s historic triumph...

Boris Johnson wins London mayoral race

Eccentric Boris Johnson will be the next mayor of London, ending Ken Livingstone's eight-year term in City Hall."The Conservative candidate won with 1,168,738 first and second preference votes, compared with Mr...

Election Nightmare For Gordon Brown

Is it hardly a surprise? The question now for Brown is how long he will hang on to the farce he calls his leadership. Time for change. MJAE"Election Nightmare For Gordon Brown By Sky News SkyNews - 55 minutes agoGordon Brown has led the Labour Party to its worst election...

Tony Blair makes list of world's 100 most influential people

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has been named one of Time Magazine's 100 most influencial people.Current Prime Minister Gordon Brown did not make the list however."The former Prime Minister is one of the...

Premier Campbell: Magical Fairy for Universities

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWell Premier Gordon "Pixie Dust" Campbell is at it again.  As I reported last week on one recently Certified College turned magically into a University in British...

B.C.'s Emily Carr Art College to Become University

Granting ECIAD official university status is a good thing: now trust-funded starving artists can get Bachelor's and Master's degrees just like the rest of us. But this might not be a good thing from the...

Report: Blair thinks Brown cannot win against Cameron

The fortunes of British prime minister Gordon Brown continue to slide as news comes that Tony Blair reportedly doesn't think Brown can beat David Cameron. With the London mayor elections coming up on Thursday,...

Britain's Deportations Face Execution

"Equality Forum this month called on Sens. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Barack Obama (D-Ill.) to encourage British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to halt the deportation of gay Iranian refugees...

England marks St George's Day

English people everywhere will be flying the St. George's Cross proudly today, as this marks the accepted day that Saint George died in 303 AD. The day is also recognized in Portugal, Georgia, Serbia, Bulgaria,...

MP Gwyneth Dunwoody dies

Gwyneth Dunwoody, a truly legendary member of parliament in the UK, has passed away at the age of 77."Labour's longest serving woman MP, Gwyneth Dunwoody, who had a reputation for fierce independence, has died....

Phoenix Mayor Gordon calls for FBI investigation of Sheriff Arpaio

In his letter, Gordon says, "I understand these are serious allegations," Gordon said in his letter to the nation's attorney general. "As mayor of the city of Phoenix, I must speak out when the rights of our residents are violated and the safety of our neighborhoods...

Mugabe: "Brown Is A Tiny Dot"

After Prime Minister Gordon Brown declared that the International Community [as well as Brown] lost patience with Mugabe, Mugabe replied with the following: "Brown is the world? Sure, the world is losing...

Mothers of Iraq dead lose fight for war inquiry

Two mothers part of military families against the war have lost their last appeal against the government in the UK."The mothers of two British soldiers killed in Iraq lost a last-ditch legal battle on Wednesday to...

Canadian Soldier Killed in Afghanistan

"Ottawa/Washington - A Canadian soldier fighting with NATO troops in Afghanistan was killed by a bomb Friday, officials and media reports said. Canada's Defence Minister Peter Gordon MacKay confirmed the death in...

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