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...disappointed that you said that Gordon Brown does not communicate well. This is a fallacy that has been perpetuated by the British press, which has never hidden its dislike of Brown since his days as Chancellor of Exchequer. The British are educated people. Does one really need a special skill to communicate with them? His main problem is the biased and hostile British press. The press should concentrate on the issues that separate the political parties instead of character assassination. People should vote because of the issues and not be swayed by media bias or the looks of the leaders...
...barrage. Since the election in November, Palin has been hit with at least 10 ethics complaints for such alleged offenses as allowing her picture to be used to promote Alaskan fisheries and wearing a logo on her snowmobile gear. One complaint was filed under a pseudonym borrowed from a British soap opera. Most were quickly dismissed. And yet, Palin says, she arrived at the conclusion that there would always be more and that the complaints would consume her remaining time as governor...
...British tabloid News of the World is no stranger to sleaze. It regularly publishes articles accusing the country's leading figures of affairs, fraud and other wrongdoing. Now, in what could be read as karmic retribution, the tabloid finds itself on the other side of scandal, with claims that News of the World's publisher, News International, Rupert Murdoch's British subsidiary, paid $1.6 million to settle court cases that exposed that its journalists had used criminal methods to secure stories...
...While Prescott's outrage isn't surprising, it may serve a purpose beyond releasing steam. Following the Daily Telegraph's monthlong series on British parliamentarians' use of taxpayer money to pay off personal expenses - from building a duck pond to cleaning a moat - the political classes may sense an opportunity to turn the tables on the British press and thereby redeem themselves, at least a bit. (See the top 10 most outrageous British expense claims...
...pictures of British soldiers in Afghanistan...