Scandal threatens Brit politician&#39;s career
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A scandal has been dominating British headlines this week. As David Blunkett, the UK&#39;s home secretary, tries to prove he&#39;s the father of his mistress&#39;s children, his political career hangs in the balance.
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Britain's top law enforcement official is mired in a messy scandal with all the ingredients of a big political headache &#151; a married lover, a reported paternity dispute and now accusations he helped secure a speedy visa for his former lover's Filipina nanny.
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The allegations against David Blunkett imply he exploited his ministerial position, officials and cars in his private life. Mr Blunkett is accused of using his influence to
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One of Britain&#39;s top government ministers, under fire over allegations he fast-tracked a visa for his former lover&#39;s nanny, may have made a fatal mistake -- breaking into song.
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An affair of the heart is, often enough in British politics, the end of the line for the politician involved. Not yet, it seems, for David Blunkett, Britain&#39;s home secretary
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ELEANOR HALL: It&#39;s a sensational story - allegations that the son of a former British Prime Minister has been implicated in an attempt to overthrow a West African government.
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But behind the scenes, an Anglo-French row was under way, after a British MEP spilled the beans on the murky past of one of President Chirac's political allies.
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Ukraine's influential parliament speaker  called on Monday for a scandal over the poisoning of opposition  leader Viktor Yushchenko to be kept out of the country's  presidential election campaign.
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Tory MP Boris Johnson's political career is not over despite his sacking, say his friends and father.
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LONDON (CP) - He's one of the most high-profile ministers in British Prime Minister Tony Blair's cabinet, but now David Blunkett is at the centre of a debate on the privacy rights of politicians over allegations of an affair with a married woman.
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The wronged husband in a sex scandal that threatens to bring down Home Secretary David Blunkett has vowed in an interview published to fight for custody of his wife&#39;s child.
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David Blunkett is embroiled in a battle to clear his name today after press allegations that he had used his position as Home Secretary to do favours for his ex-lover.
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The avalanche of bad publicity that buried David Blunkett&#39;s career was triggered more than four months ago, with the Sunday newspaper revelation that the home secretary was having an affair.
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Â· Conservative leader keen to avoid reigniting furore Â· Spokesman on Europe gets severe reprimand
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A prominent politician and journalist embroiled in a recent controversy over the death of a British hostage in Iraq has been fired from senior posts in the Conservative Party because of a sex scandal, the party said Saturday.
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Paradoxically in a culture fixated on celebrity, the leading role in Britain&#39;s most successful sports team has gone to a man with an intense dislike of publicity.
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Four-term New York Rep. Thomas M. Reynolds Ã¢ÂÂ who heads the committee orchestrating the RepublicansÃ¢ÂÂ national House campaign this year Ã¢ÂÂ already faced a vigorous and increasingly competitive longshot challenge, even before the stunning scandal involving Florida Republican Rep. Mark Foley blew up last Friday.