British PM accused of ‘female window dressing’

September 22nd, 2009 LONDON - Scotland Yard has advertised for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender police to guard the Queen. According to the Daily Express, the Metropolitan Police wants officers from "special groups" to -volunteer for armed duty at Windsor Castle and Balmoral.

August 4th, 2009 LONDON - British tax payers have expressed their ire over two female police sergeants dressing up as Muslim women at their expense. According to The Sun , the two female sergeants donned burkas and a PCSO wore a headscarf to see how people reacted as they strolled the streets.

August 3rd, 2009 UK police criticized for Muslim veiling exerciseLONDON — British police have been criticized for an exercise in which two female officers spent the day in full-body veils to learn about Islam. British media say the South Yorkshire Police dressed three female officers in conservative Muslim attire and sent them walking around the northern city of Sheffield as part of community-relations activity.

June 12th, 2009 LONDON - The inventor of the World Wide Web has been asked by British prime minister Gordon Brown to help open up access to government data. According to a report by BBC News, Sir Tim Berners-Lee has said that the job he has been given by Gordon Brown is an important one that goes beyond party politics.

June 6th, 2009 LONDON - A British woman minister who once posed for a magazine photo shoot in a provocative pose wearing a short red dress has quit, complaining the prime minister treated women as female window dressing". "You have a two-tier government, your inner circle and then the remainder of cabinet," Europe Minister Caroline Flint said in a letter to British premier Gordon Brown, hours after he ignored her for promotion Friday.

June 6th, 2009 LONDON - Caroline Flint, who resigned as Britain's Europe Minister, has accused Prime Minister Gordon Brown of using his women ministers as mere 'female window dressings.' "Several of the women attending Cabinet, myself included, have been treated by you as little more than female window dressing," Flint wrote in her resignation letter. "I am not willing to attend Cabinet in a peripheral capacity any longer," The Daily Express quoted Flint, as saying.

May 18th, 2009 NEW YORK - A 2-1/2-year-old boy miraculously survived a terrifying plunge from a third-floor window with minor injuries. According to the neighbours and fire officials, the toddler identified as Tristan, fell from the window at E.

May 14th, 2009 LONDON - Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo has revealed that he is such a fan of Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin and his song 'Livin' La Vida Loca' that he plans on having his team-mates listen to it. "Ricky's tunes are very catchy.

May 6th, 2009 LONDON - British billionaire businessman Richard Branson has incurred the wrath of trade union leaders by dressing up as a station cleaner in a TV commercial promoting his Virgin Trains network. Branson, who also owns the Virgin Atlantic airline, appeared in the ad wearing an orange fluorescent jacket, his forearms covered in fake tattoos and some of his front teeth blacked out, as he drives a refuse cart through the main train station in Glasgow, Scotland.

May 3rd, 2009 LONDON - The British Defence Ministry is embroiled in a discrimination row after backing a range of "HM Armed Forces" model soldiers that ignores women and whose promotional campaign snubs black and Asian troops. The figures, created with the help of senior officials from the army, navy and RAF, carry the MoD logo and are designed to represent the modern face of Britain's military.owever, the 25cm all-male models - including commandos, infantry, pilots, divers and parachutists - were criticised last night for insulting the 17,900 women in the armed forces.

April 10th, 2009 LONDON - The turbulent atmosphere of England dressing room is the reason behind Monty Panesar's lean patch. Panesar's perceived decline - he struggled in the two-Test series in India and was then dropped after the first Test against West Indies - coincided with the feud between the former captain Kevin Pietersen and coach Peter Moores, who was later sacked.

April 10th, 2009 LONDON - Disharmony in the England dressing room is being touted as a factor for the loss in form of the team's Sikh left arm spinner Monty Panesar. Northampton County coach and former England fast bowler David Capel has come up with this damning statement.

March 26th, 2009 LONDON - Rapper Kanye West has lashed out at people claiming that he dresses like a 'gay', insisting that it is just his creative mind that is responsible for his bizarre outfits. The 'Good Life' hitmaker, who will soon be launching his own jeans label, claims that he is immensely creative, and that is the reason why his dressing statement is likened to gay men.

March 24th, 2009 LONDON - Brit comedian Robert Webb was recently spotted dressing up in fishnets and a blonde wig, and giving a look which distinctly resembled queen of pop Madonna's. Webb, 36, whose picture was published in this week's Heat magazine, seems to have taken a liking for skimpy leotards after dancing in one for Let's Dance For Comic Relief earlier this month.

January 14th, 2009 LONDON - Welsh singing sensation Duffy has been confirmed as the new face of Diet Coke's European advertising campaign. Telegraph.co.uk reports that Duffy, who has received international status for her number one hit 'Mercy', said she loved doing the ads and hopes to connect with the lovers of this drink.