Fifteen photos of the British Prime Minister’s three-day hangout session with Barack Obama, which included a basketball game, …
david cameron
Obama’s Love Fest with David Cameron
Washington rolled out the red carpet for David Cameron this week. President Obama feted the British Prime Minister with a 19-gun salute, a White House banquet, a joint press conference in the Rose Garden and a trip to Ohio on …
Ciao Gordon Brown
Reuters is reporting that British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will resign this year, falling on his sword in hopes of salvaging power for his Labour Party. Liberal Democrats, led by Nick Clegg, had been in coalition talks with the Conservative Party – which won the most seats in last week’s election but failed to secure a large …
God Save the Queen
The Senate just went out until Monday and Washington is settling into an early start of what looks to be a quiet weekend (barring any more suspicious packages in Times Square). But on the other side of the Pond it looks like another crazy weekend as Britons sort out the results of Thursday’s elections and what to do with a hung …
In Search of Britain’s Swing Vote
While trapped in the United Kingdom by volcanic ash, I decided to visit one of the dozen crucial swing constituencies to find out what British voters are thinking ahead of next week’s general election. Over the past decade, I’ve canvassed thousands of voters in just about every swing state: I once spent two days in Pennsylvania exurban …
Who Won the 2nd UK debate?
I need say nothing else. From Time’s London Bureau Chief Catherine Mayer:
Who won the second of the televised debates between the three men battling to be Britain’s next Prime Minister? The current Labour PM Gordon Brown? His Conservative challenger David Cameron? The Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg, elevated by last week’s d
…
What’s in a Debate?
An excellent primer lies below from TIME’s London bureau chief, Catherine Mayer, of what to expect from Thursday night’s second ever debate of British prime ministerial candidates. The first debate catapulted Nick Clegg into newfound stardom — he’s even overtaken or tied Prime Minister Gordon Brown in some polls — so it’ll be …
(Tea) Party in the UK
As my twitter followers know, I’ve been marooned in London due to volcanic ash. It’s been a real hardship, I can tell you. Glorious spring is bursting in St. James Park where blue herons and swans will virtually eat bread out of your hand. There’s a great Chris Ofili exhibit – the guy whose cow elephant dung Virgin Mary so …
A Historic Event: Britain’s First Televised Campaign Debate
From Catherine Mayer, TIME’s London Bureau Chief:
On one topic at least there was a perfect consensus when the leaders of Britain’s three largest political parties faced each other in a 90-minute televised debate this evening, ahead of elections on May 6. This was the first ever such contest, and everyone – the protagonists Prime …