Only a month after lavishly praising U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron, President Barack Obama ditched him at a press conference in Colombia. (more)
Washington Post editors amended the online version of a joint op-ed from President Barack Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron by inserting hyperlinks to the Post’s own news reports. (more)
Maybe it was President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron’s presence, or maybe it was nerves subsiding, or maybe it was just luck. (more)
Filmmaker Michael Moore glorified the United Kingdom’s National Health Service in his 2007 documentary ”Sicko,” making a cult film argument that socialized medicine works. But Prime Minister David Cameron, the Tory MP who heads a coalition government in England, is apparently not a Moore fan: He is working to partially privatize the NHS, beginning a massive outsourcing of medical services to private health care providers throughout the U.K. (more)
LONDON (AP) — What do you get for a monarch who has almost everything? Not, apparently, a new yacht, at least not one paid for with taxpayer funds. (more)
Stocks closed sharply lower Monday after doubt emerged that last week’s historic agreement to bind the budgets of European countries more closely together will solve the region’s financial crisis. (more)
NEW YORK (AP) — NEW YORK (AP) – Europe’s fiscal pact may save the euro from collapse and stave off worldwide financial panic. But the concerns of many investors are more personal: Will it lift my flagging 401(k)? (more)
LONDON (AP) — The leader of the junior party in Britain’s coalition government has criticized Prime Minister David Cameron’s move to block European Union treaty changes, saying it was “bad for Britain” and he was bitterly disappointed by the outcome. (more)
In the wake of the UK-wide riots and the growing evidence that mobile applications like the BlackBerry Messaging system had helped rioters organise and amplify their activity, the UK government is considering a review of social media. Specifically, Home Secretary Theresa May plans to sit down with Twitter, Facebook and RIM, to discuss the issues. That’ll be an interesting chat. (more)
U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron has declared “everything necessary will be done to restore order” in Britain’s riot-racked cities. With respect to the right honorable gentleman, what distinguishes free from unfree societies is not order, but ordered liberty. As the great Tory philosopher Edmund Burke taught, reconciling liberty and order is the fine art of democratic statecraft. Tweaking that balance as technology evolves requires the most careful and judicious deliberation. Only where cooler heads prevail can ordered liberty thrive. (more)
By now, most people are aware of the disgraceful and embarrassing “protests” that have engulfed London over the past few days. Looting, burglary and arson are spreading, not only across town but also to other cities, with reports of violence coming in from Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham. (more)
A British special forces team tasked with escorting a diplomat to Libyan rebels was captured last week, The Telegraph reports. The group was released unharmed and has since left Libya. (more)
David Cameron welcomed a new guest to 10 Downing Street today, a cat named Larry. The cat, who was a stray before being taken in by the British prime minister, is the newest member of an eclectic group of famous political pets. (more)
At a security conference in Munich, British Prime Minister David Cameron argued the UK needs a stronger national identity to prevent people from turning to all kinds of extremism. (more)
MADRID (AP) — The leaders of France, Germany, Britain, Italy and Spain ratcheted up the pressure Thursday on Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, saying that Egypt’s political transition “must start now.” (more)
As the United States prepares to introduce the massive new health-care program known as Obamacare, Britain’s Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday that he plans to significantly reform his country’s state-run health-care system due to the program’s massive cost and lackluster performance. (more)
1.) Will newly elected governors put on a better show than House Republicans? — We are all fiscal conservatives now; at least at the state level. According to the New York Times, the majority of newly elected governors have said they will redeem their states’ economies in a similar manner: “Slash spending. Avoid tax increases. Tear up regulations that might drive away business and jobs. Shrink government, even if that means tackling the thorny issues of public employees and their pensions.” Scott D. Pattison at the National Association of State Budget Officers told the Times that the rhetoric is so consistent, “[Y]ou can’t tell if it’s a Republican or Democrat, a conservative or a liberal.” There are exceptions to this new rule: In order to get at the vast wealth of his few remaining rich residents, incoming Illinois Gov. Patrick J. Quinn signed into law a 66% income tax increase. (more)
Rupert Murdoch faces plenty of attacks from the left in the United States for his ownership of Fox News. However, those attacks pale in comparison to what he faces in the United Kingdom. (more)
LONDON (AP) — Police with riot shields and batons pushed angry student protesters away from London’s Parliament Square on Thursday as lawmakers debated a controversial plan to triple university tuition fees in England. (more)
ZURICH (AP) — Picture soccer fans partying where tanks and missiles paraded on Red Square in the Cold War’s darkest days. Imagine high-tech air-conditioned stadiums chilled so players and spectators don’t keel over in the sweltering desert heat of the Middle East. (more)























