China welcomes UK Tibet decision

"China welcomes UK Tibet decision Zhu Weiqun speaks on Tibet A senior Chinese official has welcomed the UK's decision to recognise Beijing's direct rule over...

UK asks for aid for the Congo

UPDATE: 8:35PM PSTThe UN is going to send a supply of food and aid into the Congo." The convoy is to leave the city of Goma and move into territory controlled by renegade Gen Laurent Nkunda's forces. " The UK has...

Miliband: I toned down conference speech to avoid 'Heseltine moment'

More drama from the Labour Party conference in the UK, as Gordon Brown tries to save his job and David Milliband tries to convince the media that he is not gunning for it. Embarassingly, Milliband was overheard...

David Miliband subjected to 'F-word' tirade from Russian foreign minister

Reports today in the UK claim that when British foreign secretary David Milliband phoned the Russian foreign minister to voice Britain's objections to Russia's actions in Georgia, the foreign secretary went on a profanity-laced tirade. If true, this kind of language would be...

David Miliband UK Foreign Secretary Pledges Georgia "Strong Support from the ...

President Saakasvili opened the press conference with an impassioned speech that "Russian occupation cannot be sustained." At the live press conference ongoing tonight after meetings of foreign secretaries,...

Milibandwagon Hype Explained

Leading political analyst and commetator, Eamon McCann gives his usual perspicacious insight into the recent spats between the Blairites, Brownites and Milibandits.   " Until last week, few members of the...

Miliband & Milburn Forced to Back-Pedal on Cabinet Plot

In the face of furious loyal Brownite MP's, both Foreign Secretary and Health Minister Alan Milburn have been forced to deny they are involved in a machiavellian plot to depose of their leader.  Milburn has...

Miliband Invites Milburn to be his Chancellor in Astonishing Oust Plot

Foreign Secretary David Miliband's perceived strategy of deposing Gordon Brown as Prime Minister appears to be speeding "full scale ahead", as he invites Ultra-Blairite Health Secretary Alan Milburn to be his...

Three Ministers to Write Articles for Sunday Papers as Miliband Fuse Lit - "V...

Senior Cabinet Ministers have passed a "Public Vote of Confidence" in Gordon Brown to lead the Labour Party into the next election.  In an attempt to defuse the fuse lit by David Miliband's...

Sir Alan Sugar Tells Miliband: "YOU'RE FIRED!" in Newspaper Rant

Sir Alan Sugar in an astonishing rant in the SUN newspaper declares that Prime Minister Gordon Brown should "kick out" his silent enemies, a clear reference to pretender to the PM title, David Miliband.   " ...

David Miliband "Duped on a Colossal Scale" over U.S. Terror Prison

America has admitted for the first time that a U.S. base in the Indian Ocean on the island Diego Garcia did host a secret prison, it has been revealed today.   At the time of the diplomatic question raised by...

Prime Minister Gordon Brown Orders David Miliband to Cancel Trip

The Prime Minister's Office has today refused to confirm that Foreign Secretary has had his scheduled trip to India in early September cancelled, amidst intense speculation that Prime Minister Gordon Brown...

"Sack Miliband" - Labour MP's Demand After Outburst

Two Labour backbenchers have called on Prime Minister Grodon Brown to "sack" Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, who set out his stall yesterday in an article for the GUARDIAN in which he talks of his vision for...

Gordon Brown Coup: David Miliband Ready to Grab Leadership

David Miliband, Foreign Secretary, will tomorrow dare Prime Minister Gordon Brown to sack him, as he makes a naked bid for Labour leadership.    " The Foreign Secretary fires the first salvo in a...

Foreign minister loses bags in T5

No one is immune to Heathrow T5 problems."An unnamed EU foreign minister has been caught up in the baggage backlog at Heathrow's new Terminal 5, UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband says.Writing in his blog, Mr...

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