Blair's Party Hangs on to Key Seat
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Britain's ruling Labor Party clung to an important parliamentary seat Friday, while the rival Conservatives were forced into a "disastrous" fourth place.
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BOURNEMOUTH, England -- The leader of the opposition Conservatives laid claim to the center of British politics yesterday, as the party was energized by new confidence that it can oust Tony Blair's Labor Party, which has been in power for nine years.
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BRIGHTON, England - Dogged by opposition to the Iraq war, Prime Minister Tony Blair tried to focus attention on domestic issues as the governing Labour Party's annual convention opened Sunday and insisted he hadn't considered resigning earlier this year.   "I'm not the wobbling sort," Blair, a staunch U.S...
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LONDON  - At the end of a week that saw a senior cabinet minister resign amid scandal, a new poll gives British Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labour party a five-percentage-point lead over the Opposition Conservatives.
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Pakistan's political crisis appeared to stabilize on Thursday with parties looking ahead to an election in which the party of assassinated opposition leader Benazir Bhutto is set to make gains.
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David Cameron says his party can win the next election, but admits there is still a long way to go to achieve power.
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Britain's governing Labour Party, bruised by angry infighting, looks toward life after its most successful leader, with Tony Blair preparing to say goodbye at his last annual party gathering as prime minister.
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Half of Labour constituency chairmen do not expect Tony Blair to serve a full third term, according to a new poll. The survey, conducted by ePolitixPlus, finds that 46 per cent of local chairmen do not expect
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British leader Tony Blair became the longest-serving Labour prime minister, holding down the top job for 2,838 days and with no intention of letting go just yet.
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The governing Labour Party selected the candidate who will likely be succeeding former prime minister Tony Blair in the Sedgefield parliamentary constituency late on Tuesday.
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Be it gambling or smoking, Tony Blair often molds domestic decisions to suit public opinion but on foreign policy the British prime minister stands firm whatever the cost in popularity.
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WHILE Tony Blair and his more loyal colleagues struggled to effect a minor revolution they claimed would guarantee Labourâs supremacy for yet more years last week, their MPs were concentrating on an issue that could see them wrested from power within
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Prime Minister Tony Blair faced his party for the last time as its leader on Tuesday, saying that it is sometimes hard to be the United States' strongest ally.
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A party that supports the former prime minister who won the parliamentary election appeared to be ahead of one backed by the generals who ousted him in a coup.
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MANCHESTER, England -- Tony Blair gave his last address to his Labour Party as prime minister on Tuesday, saying it is important to stay close to Washington in the fight against terrorism even though it can be hard to be the United States' strongest ally.
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Pakistan's political crisis appeared to stabilize on Thursday with parties looking ahead to elections in which the party of assassinated opposition leader Benazir Bhutto is set to make gains.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair&#039;s  political woes mounted on Friday when a poll showed he is now  less popular than his main rival and his Labour Party suffered  humiliating election setbacks.