One of the organisers of the protest had addressed the crowd, numbering about 1,000, saying they call on Nick Clegg or a member of his team to come out and accept a petition, signed by thousands, calling for voting reform. And then police wanted them to move on from the square. Photo byWill Straw With [...]
One of the most closely fought elections in decades has yielded no clear winner, and with no party strong enough to form a majority government doubt looms over who will be the next prime minister. With 100 percent of votes counted in the U.K. general election, the Conservative Party has emerged as the biggest party, [...]
My view is that private conversations should remain private however lets be honest, Gordon Brown was expressing what millions of us thought of her when we saw him chatting with that lady on TV. The truth is that this woman very likely is a bigot. It’s just that the parameters of what that means have [...]
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) – A huge quake measuring 7.0 rocked the impoverished Caribbean nation of Haiti Tuesday toppling buildings and causing widespread damage and panic, officials and AFP witnesses said. A tsunami alert was immediately issued for the Caribbean region after the earthquake struck at 4:53 pm local time. An AFP correspondent said the ground [...]