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New Labour leader says he won’t be “Red Ed” (AP)

September 26th, 2010

Ed Miliband, newly-elected leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party, waves to members of his party following the announcement at the start of the party's annual conference, in Manchester, England, Saturday Sept. 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - Britain’s newly appointed opposition leader Ed Miliband insisted Sunday he won’t force his Labour Party toward the political left-wing after he harnessed the support of leftist labor unions…

Ed Miliband elected new leader of UK Labour Party (AP)

September 25th, 2010

** CORRECTS SPELLING OF MILIBAND ** FILE - British Labour leadership candidates David Miliband, left, his brother Ed Miliband at a trades union congress in Southport, England, Monday, June 7, 2010. Britain's brother-versus-brother fight for the soul — and leadership — of the opposition Labour Party comes to an end Saturday Sept 25 2010, promising to determine whether the organization keeps the centrist philosophy of Tony Blair or returns to its working class roots. (AP Photo/Tim Hales, file)AP - Britain’s opposition Labour Party elected young lawmaker Ed Miliband as its surprise new leader Saturday, after he narrowly defeated his elder and better-known brother in a close run…

Ed Miliband is new UK Labour Party leader (AP)

September 25th, 2010

** CORRECTS SPELLING OF MILIBAND ** FILE - British Labour leadership candidates David Miliband, left, his brother Ed Miliband at a trades union congress in Southport, England, Monday, June 7, 2010. Britain's brother-versus-brother fight for the soul — and leadership — of the opposition Labour Party comes to an end Saturday Sept 25 2010, promising to determine whether the organization keeps the centrist philosophy of Tony Blair or returns to its working class roots. (AP Photo/Tim Hales, file)AP - Britain’s opposition Labour Party elected young lawmaker Ed Miliband as its new leader Saturday after he narrowly defeated his older and better-known brother in a contest to replace…

UK’s opposition Labour Party announces new leader (AP)

September 25th, 2010

** CORRECTS SPELLING OF MILIBAND ** FILE - British Labour leadership candidates David Miliband, left, his brother Ed Miliband at a trades union congress in Southport, England, Monday, June 7, 2010. Britain's brother-versus-brother fight for the soul — and leadership — of the opposition Labour Party comes to an end Saturday Sept 25 2010, promising to determine whether the organization keeps the centrist philosophy of Tony Blair or returns to its working class roots. (AP Photo/Tim Hales, file)AP - Britain’s opposition Labour Party announces its new leader Saturday after a brother-versus-brother battle to replace ex-prime minister Gordon Brown who quit in the wake of a humbling election…

Liberals draw one seat ahead of Labour in Dutch vote (AFP)

June 9th, 2010

A woman casts her ballot for the parlimentary Dutch elections in Staphorston on July 9, 2010. The Liberals were one seat ahead of Labour with 88 percent of the vote counted early Thursday after cliff-hanger general elections in the Netherlands, with the far-right Party for Freedom in third place.(AFP/Anoek de Groot)AFP - The Liberals were one seat ahead of Labour with 88 percent of the vote counted early Thursday after cliff-hanger general elections in the Netherlands, with the far-right Party…

Britain’s Labour Leadership Race: A (Mili)band of Brothers (Time.com)

May 15th, 2010

Time.com - Former Foreign Secretary David Miliband faces a familiar rival in his quest to succeed Gordon Brown — his younger brother, Ed

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Talks unravel in Britain between Labour (AP)

May 11th, 2010

Britain's Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg leaves his home in London on Tuesday, May 11, 2010. Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg says he is anxious to resolve Britain's political impasse and hopes his party can make an announcement on its decision as quickly as possible. (AP Photo/Simon Dawson)AP - Senior Labour officials said talks with the third-place Liberal Democrats on forming Britain’s next government had unraveled Tuesday - raising the prospect that Conservative leader David Cameron could…

Talks unravel in Britain between Labour, Lib Dems (AP)

May 11th, 2010

Britain's Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg leaves his home in London on Tuesday, May 11, 2010. Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg says he is anxious to resolve Britain's political impasse and hopes his party can make an announcement on its decision as quickly as possible. (AP Photo/Simon Dawson)AP - Senior Labour officials say talks with the third-place Liberal Democrats on forming Britain’s next government are unraveling.


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UK’s Labour woos Liberal Democrats to form govt (AP)

May 11th, 2010

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown reads a statement to the media statement outside 10 Downing Street in London, Monday May 10, 2010, in which he said he intended to stand down as Labour Party leader.(AP Photo/Simon Dawson)AP - Britain’s pivotal third party kept its larger suitors — and the electorate — hanging Tuesday, opening formal negotiations with Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s Labour Party to form a…

Labour, Conservatives court third-place UK party (AP)

May 7th, 2010

Britain's Conservatives party leader David Cameron, back dropped by a picture of World War II era British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, reads a statement to members of the media in central London, Friday, May 7, 2010. Cameron whose Conservatives outpolled ruling Labour party but fell short of winning a majority in Parliament, claimed that voters had rejected Labour in Britain's national election Thursday. Britain's two main parties were locked in a power struggle Friday after an inconclusive election with Labour's Gordon Brown suggesting he would try to form a coalition and Conservative leader David Cameron insisting the prime minister no longer had a mandate to govern. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, Pool)AP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his Conservative challenger David Cameron each made their case Friday for a coalition with the party that finished third in Britain’s elections, hoping…

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