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Gordon Brown faces another election agony
Brown ‘could call March election’

By Emmeline Saunders Gordon Brown may call the general election earlier than thought. A snap election could be set for March 25th 2010, seven weeks earlier than the provisional date of May 3rd. Speculation in Westminster grew after civil servants noticed government planning after the end of January is remarkably light, fuelling rumours that No… Read more »

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Brown determined to stay in Afghanistan
PM ‘unshakeable’ after Afghanistan deaths

By Alex Stevenson Gordon Brown has insisted his commitment to Britain’s troops in Afghanistan is “unshakeable” after five soldiers were killed in a single incident. A rogue Afghan policeman is believed to have shot the soldiers at a checkpoint before fleeing the scene. The soliders, three from the Grenadier Guards and two from the Royal… Read more »