Gordon Brown's decision to double the lowest rate of income tax is unfair and hurts the lowest earners. Lib Dem MP David Howarth MP said "The tax change means people who would have paid income tax at the lowest, introductory

It is a national disgrace Gurkhas, Nepalese soldiers, who served in the British Army before 1997 are not being treated with the respect and honour they deserve. Denied full pension rights, denied the right to British Citizenship and facing deportation.

Commenting on today's immigration tribunal hearing on whether retired Gurkhas should be allowed to settle in the UK, Liberal Democrat Leader, Nick Clegg said "It is a national disgrace that Gurkhas who have loyally served Britain are being denied the

Stupid #1: In the wake of the NATO summit, and Greece's veto of Macedonian membership, there's now a boycott campaign in Macedonia against Greek goods and Greek-owned businesses. Since Greece is one of Macedonia's largest investors and trading partners, and

The European Parliament today raised its concerns on rising global food prices in a debate with the Commissioner Louis Michel, EU Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid.

Depending on who you listen to she got a six to seven point advantage over Obama ...or notZogby:UTICA, New York—The final weekend before tomorrow's important primary election in Pennsylvania was good for New York's Hillary Clinton, as she made a

I once called on a U.S. Embassy abroad for assistance. About a decade ago I was stranded in the Damascus airport, denied entry into Syria. Someone at the American Embassy there helped me find a flight out.So I think a

Bolivian President Evo Morales is calling on the world to stop the competition between the world's poor and biofuel production and has his own novel solution to climate change and world hunger;"If we want to save our planet earth, we

But he is crafting a similar version of his own...From The Daily Press:Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, has suggested he would oppose a bipartisan measure by Virginia Sen. Jim Webb to expand college tuition benefits for military

This is a strange one. See if you make the same call the jury did. Here's the scene, as described in The Oregonian: The petite 24-year-old Beaverton woman got out of the shower wrapped in a towel, stopped to watch

Only yesterday the IMF published a regional report on Europe's economies which paid special attention to the complicated position of the Eastern European economies, and which warned quite specifically that Eastern European governments should make special efforts to slow domestic

I've fired hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of ammunition. All of it I sent down range between 1994 and 2002. All of it was paid by U.S. taxdollars. I've never fired a weapon outside of the supervision of the...