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No 10 denies that “anyone in Downing Street” made comments reported in several newspapers describing Tory activists as “mad, swivel-eyed loons”.
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By , on May 16th, 2013 
BP appeals to Prime Minister David Cameron to intervene over the escalating compensation costs of the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster.
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By , on May 15th, 2013 
A total of 130 MPs have backed an amendment to the Queen’s Speech “expressing regret” that plans for an EU referendum were not included in the government’s plans for the year ahead.
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By , on May 14th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Reuters in Boston British Prime Minister David Cameron paid tribute to the victims of the Boston marathon bombing on Tuesday in a visit to the site of the attack, saying Britain stood shoulder to shoulder with the United States against terrorism. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 14th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> It happened when the president had to interrupt his news conference with British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday to answer questions about the widening investigation into the Benghazi attacks in Libya and the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of Tea Party and other conservative groups. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 13th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> British Prime Minister David Cameron moved to end a revolt over European Union membership in his ruling Conservative party on Monday, saying all his ministers backed his strategy on the issue despite two expressing more sceptical views than his own. Cameron, who heads a two-party coalition, has promised to try to renegotiate Britain’s membership of the EU if he wins an election in 2015 and then call a referendum to decide whether his country remains a member of the bloc. He cannot act now because his junior coalition partners, the Liberal Democrats, oppose such a move. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By ALAN COWELL, on May 13th, 2013 A clamor for Britain to exit the European Union appeared to be spreading within the dominant Conservative Party on Monday ahead of Prime Minister David Cameron’s visit to Washington.
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By , on May 13th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The UK’s 100 biggest public companies are running more than 8,000 subsidiaries or joint ventures in onshore and offshore tax havens, according to research published on Monday (12MAY), raising fresh concerns about the full extent of corporate tax avoidance. The figures, published by the charity ActionAid, show that only two of the companies listed on the UK’s FTSE 100 have no subsidiaries in tax havens – while companies such as Barclays and Tesco own hundreds. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 13th, 2013 
The prime minister arrives in Washington for talks with US President Obama as a debate rages within his party about the UK’s EU membership.
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By , on May 10th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> London’s Heathrow Airport, Europe’s busiest, should be expanded with the addition of a third and even a fourth runway, a cross-party panel of British lawmakers said. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 9th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The leader of Tibet’s exiled government said on Wednesday he would accept the Chinese Communist Party’s rule in the territory, assuring Beijing it faced no threat to its sovereignty if it eases its grip. Lobsang Sangay, who was elected in 2011 to a new position of prime minister in exile after the Dalai Lama gave up political duties, appealed to China for new talks on the grievances that have triggered a wave of self-immolations. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 9th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Britain does not support a Tibetan state independent of China, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday amid reports of Chinese anger at his meeting with the Dalai Lama last year. Cameron told parliament that Britain respected China’s sovereignty and ministers recognised Tibet as part of China. Britain officials deny that Chinese anger at the meeting between Cameron and the Tibetan spiritual leader in May last year could scupper the prime minister’s plans to visit China by the end of this year. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 8th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The decision by Queen Elizabeth not to attend this year’s Commonwealth heads of government meeting (CHOGM) heralds a new role for her son and heir, Prince Charles, and represents the latest accommodation to her age. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 8th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> British Prime Minister David Cameron pledged a fresh clampdown on immigration in the Queen’s Speech on Wednesday, seeking to bolster his right-wing credentials and counter the rise of the UK Independence Party (UKIP). Measures to restrict migrants’ access to healthcare and tackle illegal immigration form a central part of the speech, which sets out the British government’s legislative priorities for the year. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 8th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Rumours of a Hong Kong flight attendant rejecting demands from a uniformed military police officer became an instant hit on weibo. The officer wanted to delay take-off so she could go out and buy cigarettes for her boss. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 8th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> It’s long believed that China is “the country of copycats”. However, Chinese netizens are sometimes very creative, especially when using the website of the White House to make jokes about their own political system. A petition on the White House’s site has quickly become a new favourite pastime for mainland netizens. If you go to the site now you will see that among the latest five petitions, four since Sunday, were written by Chinese netizens. “Send troops to liberate the Chinese people,” reads one petition. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 8th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> When Tibetan writer Tsering Woeser protested online this week against a commercial development in her hometown of Lhasa, thousands supported her by reposting her message and sharing their own thoughts on Tibet. Most of the supporters said they had visited Tibet as tourists. Others said they had seen it only in pictures and movies. But few probably knew how difficult it has become for Woeser and other relocated Tibetans to go home to the autonomous region in western China. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 7th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> UNITED NATIONS (AP) — UN says four peacekeepers detained by armed men while patrolling on the Golan Heights. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 7th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> LONDON (AP) — HSBC PLC, Europe’s biggest bank by market value, saw its profits more than double in the first quarter as it booked fewer bad loans than in the same period last year and reaped the benefits of recent restructuring measures. The bank, which has a big presence in many parts of the world including China, said Tuesday that its net profit rose to $6.35 billion in the first three months of the year from $2.58 billion in the same period of 2012. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 7th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland official: Girl found in home with missing women believed to be daughter of 1 of them. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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No 10 issues ‘loon slur’ denial
No 10 denies that “anyone in Downing Street” made comments reported in several newspapers describing Tory activists as “mad, swivel-eyed loons”.
Continue reading No 10 issues ‘loon slur’ denial
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