Cameron would make a better PM than Brown: Brit pollSeptember 27th, 2009 LONDON - A recent poll has suggested that British voters think Tory leader David Cameron would make a better Prime Minister than Gordon Brown. According to the ICM survey for the News of the World, some 43 per cent voters said that Cameron was the best choice, while just 20 per cent believe that Brown is the best man for the job out of the current three main party leaders.
'You need to have tits' to be part of Berlusconi's party, claims ex MEPJuly 17th, 2009 LONDON - An ex Italian MEP has hit out at Silvio Berlusconi, claiming that he was prevented from standing again for the Italian PM's party in the European election last month because he did not fit in with the party's "revolution" of selecting attractive young women. In 2004, Marcello Vernola, 48, was elected to the European Parliament for Forza Italia, now part of the centre-right People of Liberty (Pdl) party.
Son of cab driver is new British speakerJune 23rd, 2009 LONDON - The son of a taxi driver has been elected the new speaker of the British House of Commons, the world's oldest parliament. John Bercow, an opposition Tory MP who is said to be more popular among the ruling Labour benches than among his own party members, topped three secret ballots held in the House of Commons Monday.
A woman's smile turns on men more than make-upJune 17th, 2009 LONDON - Men think women are hotter when they smile than wear make-up, a new UK study has found. The research, carried out by Orbit Complete for National Smile Month, found that nearly 70 per cent of blokes find women more attractive when they smile.
Fear of rejection drives men, women to look attractiveMay 30th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Fear of rejection over their appearance is what drives people to look attractive, confirms a new study. The research was led by Lora Park, assistant professor of psychology, University of Buffalo, along with her graduate student Ann Marie DiRaddo and Rachel Calogero, psychology lecturer at the University of Kent.
The A to Z of UK leadership's gravy train revealedMay 9th, 2009 LONDON - British MPs have put in claims for items from the common to the bizarre. Now, The Sun has presented their own ABC list of greed.
'Smeargate' vice madam claims leading Tories barked like dogs, begged for mercyApril 19th, 2009 LONDON - Natalie Rowe, a vice madam at the centre of the Smeargate scandal, is set to reveal the names of four high-flying Tories who enjoyed "degrading" sex sessions. In an explosive tome, Rowe will reveal how the men got themselves whipped and handcuffed while high on cocaine.
Gordon Brown aide plotted to cripple Tory poll hopesApril 13th, 2009 LONDON - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's close aide, Damian McBride, plotted to cripple Tory election hopes with a vile campaign of unfounded and obscene rumours. McBride, Brown's strategy chief, quit after e-mails detailing his sinister smear plan were leaked.
The man who sleeps with other people's wives to save their marriages!April 12th, 2009 LONDON - He's hot, sexy and presumably a 'relationship guru': Meet Daniel Prendergast whose taste in women is tad bit different - they are all married. The 34-year-old hunk, a photographer by profession, only dates married women, and credits himself with fixing his lovers' marriages, rather than wrecking them.
Rachel McAdams fancies living in the woodsApril 12th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood actress Rachel McAdams is planning a career hiatus to get a little wild. The Notebook star, who keeps a low profile by living in her native Canada in a rustic home close to her parents, plans to spend two years in the woods.
G20 success gives Brown huge boost in pollsApril 5th, 2009 LONDON - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown a huge boost in the polls due to the success of the G20 summit and President Barack Obama's visit. In the first survey since the summit ended on Thursday, 70 per cent of people thought the Prime Minister had handled events well.
Porn star Jacqui Smith finds it kinky to know UK Minister's hubby fancies her!March 31st, 2009 LONDON - A porn star who shares her name with the British Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, has revealed that she finds it kinky to think that the latter's husband might be unwittingly watching her flicks. "It's kinky to think her hubby could have unwittingly been watching me," British tabloid The Sun quoted her as saying.
When a cup of tea cost Brit taxpayers 7k pounds!March 14th, 2009 LONDON - When a British councillor left a planning committee discussion for just 25 seconds to get a cup of tea, he would not have thought that he would land himself into an investigation, and 7,000 pounds of taxpayers' money would be wasted on it. Tory Sean Holden had stepped out of a meeting on proposals for a new multi-million pound private hospital because he was feeling thirsty, but unknown to him he was followed out of the chamber by a monitoring officer.
Blacks, Asians will be shielded from recession: British ministerMarch 2nd, 2009 LONDON - A senior British minister Sunday vowed to ensure that ethnic minorities and other vulnerable groups are not 'left behind' in the recession-hit job market. 'In the past, too many were left behind in bad times,' Works and Pensions Secretary (minister) James Purnell said.
British population to hit 70 mn by 2031, says studyDecember 27th, 2008 LONDON - Britain's population is set to hit the 70 million mark by 2031, independent experts said despite claims by a government minister that managed migration will stem a bulge in numbers. Research conducted by the independent House of Commons library for a British opposition MP predicts current government immigration policy, based on a Points Based System (PBS), would leave a population of around 70,750,000 by 2031.
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