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...bushy-tailed" in light of how things have been going lately. His party's six-point lead in the polls has dropped to three points, he's been savaged on TV by women furious about the Iraq war and the National Health Service, and his traditionally smooth New Labour p.r. machine has been sounding creaky in the run-up to a general election expected on May 5. Inside the hall, 60 people selected by their Labour M.P.s are waiting to cross- examine...
...Irish Republic and in Northern Ireland in early May, when local council elections - and possibly the U.K. general election - will be held. Paula McCartney, 40, one of Robert's five sisters, is considering running for Belfast City Council. She says she favors the moderate nationalist Social Democratic and Labour Party, Sinn Fein's rival for Northern Ireland's Catholic vote. Her appearance on the ballot could upset Sinn Fein's shaky hold on a seat it won in her neighborhood, Short Strand, in the last election...
...more dangerous mines to reopen illegally. Independent worker organizations are banned and China's official trade union is closely tied to the government, leaving miners with few outlets to press for reforms. "You cannot have mine safety without a strong union," says Robin Munro, research director of the China Labour Bulletin, based in Hong Kong. Meanwhile, mine owners who do double-duty as government-workplace safety inspectors cause a "serious conflict of interest" in enforcing existing regulations, according to Stephen Frost, a research fellow at the City University of Hong Kong. "Until the central government is able to separate...
...from local authorities beginning next week to sell alcohol as early or late as they want. Will the new law introduce a kinder, gentler form of drinking to England and Wales? Or will the rest of the country turn into Nottingham? The debate pits Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labour government and Britain's $57 billion-a-year drinks industry against doctors, police and the public, who say longer hours will make binge drinking worse. Critics point to the funds needed to police drunken revelers, the increased crime and the strain on the health system. "If you allow people...
...Cardiff and Swansea were so swamped by the intoxicated that in the weeks before Christmas they erected temporary military-style field hospitals in city centers to treat casualties on the scene. But since restrictive licensing laws haven't stopped the problem, will loosening them make things worse? The Labour government says a "minority" of drinkers are causing the mayhem, and staggered closing hours will reduce the number of people - and brawls - on the streets. The British Beer and Pub Association, the trade group representing nearly 40,000 British bars, also blames a "minority" and says varied hours will help...