The Jam to reform without Weller
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Mod-rockers The Jam are to reform and tour but without frontman and principle songwriter Paul Weller.
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The news of Senator Tim Johnsonâs hospitalization highlighted the fragility of the Democratsâ new majority.
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Â· Maude and Willetts pay price for unpopularityÂ· Party denies shakeup is prompted by polls panic
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Â· Conditional support excludes right to vetoÂ· PM also calls for reform of World Bank and IMF
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As Tony Blair leaves office, the bitterness over Iraq tends to eclipse the memories of how the British prime minister transformed the ruins of an old socialist party into the government of Cool Britannia
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Comment is free: John Kelly: The prospect of living in Britain is financially daunting. My plan is to put the family in diapers.
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Colin Powell&#39;s recent resignation as Secretary of State was bad enough. It was one thing to lose one of the greatest public servants this country has seen in years, but to make things worse
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How an independent like Michael Bloomberg can win power without winning the White House.
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Comment is free: Gary Younge:  The Democrats need to represent the swelling ranks of have-nots as vigorously as Bush has stuck up for the haves.
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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's decision to leave the Republicans six years after he stopped being a Democrat makes him a man without a party.
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Now that Thanksgiving has passed and we're stuffed with good cheer, it's time to start thinking about New Year's resolutions. Nowhere do we need resolve more than Washington. Given my contrarian nature, I'd like to suggest things we should resolve not to do. After all, the first step in getting out...
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Comment is free: Jackie Ashley: Labour's bold shake-up of the exam system could be a country-changing shift.
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U.S. lawmakers returning from a  weeklong break on Monday will take up a long list of unfinished  -- and possibly insurmountable -- tasks that could help decide  whether voters will re-elect them in November.
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UK mesh pioneer taken out of administration
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Comment is free: Conor Gearty: If the left rejects every challenge to individual freedom, it will miss its chance to regain the influence lost under Blair.
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An American institution is in danger of fading away.
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Time is running out for Congress to pass real reform before the elections. But a commonsense plan from an unlikely Congressman may be gaining momentum