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There is one headline which nobody ever expected to see: "Economic crisis – good news for the government." But the global banking degringolade has taken the pressure off Gordon Brown. He has two advantages. First, his body language is good in a crisis. Second, no one blames him for causing it. The voters do not understand what is happening – who does? – but inasmuch as they hold anyone responsible, it is greedy, bonus-swilling bankers. When bankers are in the dock of public opinion, the terms of political trade move in the left's favour. Think how much worse it would be for the Tories if they were in power.
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First Minister Alex Salmond has said a message needs to be sent to the Prime Minister to get the country out of what he labelled “the Downing Street downturn”.
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By Jesse Brown, CBC technology columnist. No one seems to be able to clearly explain why the world is suddenly facing a complete economic meltdown, but that hasn’t stopped politicians and pundits from pointing fingers. The Democrats blame the Republicans (“See? This is what happens when you don’t regulate Wall Street!”). The Republicans blame the Democrats (“See? This is what happens when you let just anyone buy a house!”). Neither side makes a very compelling case, and so a new culprit has slowly emerged as an all-purpose scapegoat- computers!
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How much has sports shaped society? It's a tantalizing question that is often difficult to answer.
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"This is the economic equivalent of 9/11," one cabinet minister said yesterday as he summed up a momentous week. Other members talk of the Government being on a "war footing" as they gather in the Cabinet Office's Briefing Room A (Cobra) for meetings of the new National Economic Council or "war cabinet".
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Campaign jousting
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown calls for falls in the price of oil to be passed on to consumers "as quickly as possible".
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A catastrophic £250bn has been wiped off the stock market in the worst week ever for the FTSE 100.
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What do Tina Brown and Freddy Krueger have in common? Just when you think you have seen the last of them, they come roaring back to life. After the debacle of Talk, Tina's glossy magazine that is reported to have lost its investors millions, she launched a new website this week that she describes as "a speedy, smart edit of the web".
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There is something vaguely unreal about the unfolding global crisis. We are at ground level watching mighty towers fall at a distance. We know that the debris is spreading and the dust may smother us. But we do not feel it – yet. But when taxes start shooting through the roof, public services suffer swingeing cuts, unemployment jags upwards and collapsing house prices result in a wave of repossessions, the search will be on for someone's blood. For history tells us that the most predictable response to disaster is a need for expiation and revenge.
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In Anthony Crosland's last phase, at the Environment and then in his short spell as Foreign Secretary before his early death in 1977, his relations with Iceland had been troubled. The cause was the Cod War. HMG did not send a gunboat, even though there were spasmodic naval engagements, but it sent a junior minister, Roy Hattersley, instead.
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I was raised by a grandmother who had to assign blame when anything went wrong. For Big Mama, there were never any accidents.
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Gordon Brown promises Britain will "lead the way" through the global financial crisis, ahead of an emergency EU summit in Paris.
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Mourners shouted anti-US slogans, torched American and Israeli flags and called for a work stoppage in Baghdad's largest Shiite neighborhood on Friday as an assassinated legislator was laid to rest. "Down with American, down with the occupation," Shiite youngsters shouted
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The good news is that governments are at last abandoning an ad hoc approach in favour of a systematic response, writes Wolfgang Münchau
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The prime minister has ordered a marked acceleration of government efforts to help small businesses, as ministers urgently try to mitigate the impact of the credit crunch on a sector that employs 13.5m people
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Houston kicker Kris Brown, who hit three 50-yard field goals against Miami in 2007, was 3-of-3 on field goals Sunday against the Dolphins with two extra points.
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Dolphins RB Ronnie Brown had 13 carries for 50 yards and a touchdown and caught three passes for 43 yards Sunday at Houston. Brown was held under 100 rushing yards for the first time in three games but scored for the fourth game in a row.
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Rams kicker Josh Brown helped St. Louis win its first game in Week 6 against the Redskins. Brown connected on all four field goals he tried from distances of 51, 25, 44 and 49 yards. He was 1-for-1 on extra points for a grand total of 13 points in the game. The biggest field goal was the 49-yarder as time expired to seal the victory for the Rams.
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Josh Brown kicked a 49-yard field goal on the last play of the game Sunday, giving the St. Louis Rams a 19-17 upset of the Washington Redskins to end an eight-game losing streak over two seasons and make Jim Haslett a winner in his St. Louis head coaching debut.
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Josh Brown kicked a 49-yard field goal on the last play of the game Sunday, giving the St. Louis Rams a 19-17 upset of the Washington Redskins to end an eight-game losing streak over two seasons and make Jim Haslett a winner in his St. Louis head coaching debut.
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Eagles WRs Reggie Brown and Kevin Curtis are both inactive for Week 6 against the 49ers in San Francisco.
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Gordon Brown travelled to Paris for a meeting of eurozone countries in an imposing mood. Continental leaders were anxious to hear the British Prime Minister's advice on the financial crisis with a view to applying similar solutions to those adopted by the British Government.
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The UK is mesmerised by the American presidential election. The result will affect all our futures. But is it too much already? Vast resources go into the coverage, leading to a fabricated, even forced, identification with the hyper-power; a euphoric mood is daily whipped up by fervently Atlanticist pundits. Question the United States and you are slammed for "anti-Americanism". There are no equivalent sneers for those who, for example, criticise Russia or India. It is as if this country is an extension of the US. It is defiantly, patently not. In fact, the more this drama unfolds, the more intensely aware we become of how different we are. The ocean between us is physical and cultural.
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To the casual observer, Gordon Brown could have been the guest of honour. There were smiles, handshakes and slaps on the back for Britain's Prime Minister as French President Nicolas Sarkozy welcomed him to the Élysée Palace in Paris. Watched by a guard of honour, the men paused briefly on its steps for photographs before hurrying inside for talks on hauling Europe's financial system out of the mire.
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