Alaska governor and McCain VP candidate Sarah Palin is expected shortly to announce that she will not seek a second term and will stand down, to be replaced by her deputy Sean Parnell.
Palin is considered a frontrunner for the GOP nomination in 2012.
Some may see her decision not to Read more
This week the Conservative party leader David Cameron made an effort to heal the deep wounds between his party and the LGBT community but expressing his regret about Section 28 - the law banning the “promotion” of homosexuality in schools - previously supported by Mr Cameron and at Read more
The government has announced that it will nationalise the east coast main line rail franchise.
The Financial Times reports that the Department for Transport could still take over two other “debt-laden” National Express rail franchises.
Speaking to the newspaper, Lord Adonis made clear that the Read more
The Queen was heard by only 79 of 129 MSPs (Members of the Scottish Parliament) when she gave a tenth anniversary address at Holyrood, the home of the devolved Scottish assembly.
Prominent among the absentees, many of who claim they had booked their holidays before the monarch’s Read more
Michael Martin, the former speaker of the House of Commons, is to join the Lords as a life peer.
“There is a long-established convention that previous Speakers receive peerages. There was an uncontested motion that went through the House and the Queen has decided to Read more
In his first major act as home secretary, which will no doubt win him support in many quarters - especially civil liberty campaigners - Alan Johnson has announced that plans to make ID cards compulsory for pilots and airside workers at Manchester and London City airports would be cancelled.
As a result Read more
The hottest June for three years has seen the Met Office issue warnings of an amber alert, with older people being advised to take precautions against the heat alongside commuters and motorists.
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Gordon Brown’s Labour government has stepped in to nationalise the rail service from London to Edinburgh, saying the current private operators, National Express, has been “unable” to fulfil its contract.
The company had gone to the Secretary of State for Transport, Lord Adonis (pictured), to ask for Read more
President Obama has achieved an “super majority” in the US Senate, with 58 seats out of 100, as well as support from 2 independents, which means he will be able to push through his ambitious legislative programme without interference or delay (known as filibustering) by Republican senators.
Yesterday, after Read more
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