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September 26, 2012 12:54
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Letter from London: Coalitions, f***ing plebs and other lessons from Anglo-American politics

Why compromise is a dirty word and other similarities between Britain and America.
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Nick Clegg at the Lib Dem conference this week: Some believe he won't lead his party into the next elections. (Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images)
LONDON — US political parties hold conventions every four years. In Britain, they hold them every year. If that sounds like hell to Americans, they would be absolutely right. Nothing reminds ordinary citizens of the bankruptcy of modern politics than a political convention or conference.
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Canada and the UK to share embassy space in cost-cutting scheme

September 24, 2012 17:40
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Canada and the United Kingdom are set to become flatmates in embassies around the world.

London be damned: Scottish artists project new cultural confidence

Lorraine MallinderSeptember 21, 2012 06:17
EDINBURGH — Scottish rock bands are becoming successful abroad bypassing the British music industry’s traditional style arbiters in London. Their success reflects a newfound cultural confidence that's sweeping across the art scene to theatre, dance and literature. It mirrors a drive for political independence, part of what its proponents say is a drive to reclaim the nation's soul.

UK royals: Topless anger, bottomless support?

September 20, 2012 06:24
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LONDON — In the wake of the furor over the topless photos of Kate Middleton, you can be forgiven for thinking Britain is a country of outraged patriotic citizens furiously waving Union Jack flags in protest at the treatment of their future queen. But while some undoubtedly bestow mystic powers of infallibility on the somewhat interbred European aristocrats that Queen Elizabeth II counts as her ancestors, there are considerably more who are willing to hold the royal family to account.

Northern Ireland: Police hurt in sectarian clashes

September 4, 2012 06:47
This is the worst violence since a 2010 riot in Ardoyne that injured 80 officers.

The naked truth about Britain’s scandal-proof prince

August 31, 2012 06:00
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LONDON — Far from destroying his reputation, saucy cell-phone snaps of him playing strip billiards in Las Vegas earlier this month made many believe the third in line to the British throne to be cooler than ever.

Fire in London is the largest in years, say officials

August 12, 2012 15:55
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The 2012 London Olympics went out with a blaze Sunday, as the English capital saw the largest fire it had experienced in years.

UK economy falls deeper into double dip recession

July 25, 2012 15:37
The UK, which is Europe’s third largest economy, is struggling to climb out of the deep recession. It's economy shrank by 0.7% this quarter.

Murdoch inquiry: staff may have used data from stolen cell phones

July 23, 2012 13:52
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Further details have emerged in the phone-hacking scandal that has engulfed tabloid king Rupert Murdoch's media empire.

Fifty Shades of Grey beats fastest one million sales record

Luke BrowneJune 28, 2012 08:53
Book sales monitor Nielsen BookScan said EL James’s novel – the first in a trilogy – passed the million mark in just 11 weeks, and has now sold 1,162,637 copies.
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