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25Oct/15

Britain’s Blair says 2003 Iraq invasion played role in Islamic State rise

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Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair acknowledges the 2003 invasion of Iraq played a part in the rise of the Islamic State militant group, and apologises for some mistakes in planning the war.

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14Sep/15

New Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is hounded by media over his shadow cabinet choices

September 14, 2015PoliticsAndy Burnham, Angela Eagle, Britain, British MPs, Cabinet of the United Kingdom, Corbyn, David Cameron, Democratic socialists, Diane Abbott, Ed Miliband, Government, Harriet Harman, Hilary Benn, House of Commons, House of Commons of the United Kingdom, Jeremy Corbyn, John McDonnell, LABOUR, Labour Friends of Israel, Labour Party, Leader, Leaders of the Labour Party, London, Lucy Powell, Male feminists, Official Opposition, Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet, [email protected], Shadow Cabinet, Socialist feminists, United Kingdom, Westminster systemsmbale

Britain’s new opposition Labour leader defends his shadow cabinet picks against criticism there aren’t enough women in the top jobs, despite there being more women than men at the top table for the first time in history.

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06Sep/15

Miliband urges U.S. to play bigger role in refugee crisis

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Former British Foreign Secretary David Miliband says the U.S. should play a leadership role in helping deal with the refugee crisis engulfing Europe and the Middle East.

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27Jul/15

Surprise contender to lead UK’s Labour, renationalise swaths of economy

July 27, 2015PoliticsAndrew Marr, ANDREW MARR SHOW, Andy Burnham, Blairism, Britain, BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION, British MPs, British people, Corbyn, David Cameron, Democratic socialists, Ed Miliband, Government of the United Kingdom, Greece, House of Commons of the United Kingdom, Investment Partnership, Iraq, Jeremy Corbyn, John, Karl Marx, Ken Livingstone, LABOUR, Labour Friends of Israel, Labour Party, Leaders of the Labour Party, Liz Kendall, London, Male feminists, Margaret Thatcher, Marr, Newport Shropshire, Politics, Politics of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister, Socialist feminists, Tony Blair, United Kingdom, United States, Yvette Coopersmbale

A left-wing Labour politician, often regarded as being on the fringes of the British political scene, has seen his chances of leading his party rise dramatically.

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01Jul/15

British death toll from Tunisia attack rises to 27 – PM Cameron

July 1, 2015PoliticsBritish MPs, Cameron, Carlton Television, David Cameron, Government, Government of the United Kingdom, Harriet Harman, House of Commons of the United Kingdom, Leaders of the Conservative Party, Leaders of the Labour Party, London, Politics, Politics of the United Kingdom, Premiership of David Cameron, Prime Minister, Socialist feminists, Theresa May, Tunisia, United Kingdomsmbale

The number of Britons confirmed killed by an Islamist gunman in Tunisia has risen to 27, Prime Minister David Cameron tells parliament.

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11Feb/15

UK Labour leader says HSBC enabled tax avoidance on an ‘industrial scale’

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Britain’s Labour opposition leader Ed Miliband alleges that HSBC bank enabled tax avoidance on an industrial scale. British Prime Minister David Cameron says that “every proper process” was followed when he appointed Stephen Green, HSBC’s former executive chairman, to be a trade minister in 2010.

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