News Source: The Scotsman
| about 1 hour ago
Brown's team had been working for weeks on a back-up plan in the likely event that Tony Blair was vetoed for the top job. Baroness Ashton emerged as the British victor after 27 heads of government met over a meal to thrash out who would take two key
News Source: The Scotsman
| about 1 hour ago
Brown has been accused of a stitch-up with French President Nicolas Sarkozy over the surprise appointment of Baroness Ashton as the European Union's foreign policy chief. France will now be able to appoint one of its candidates in a key economic
News Source: The Independent
| about 2 hours ago
Gordon Brown was accused yesterday of failing to protect the British national interest by handing the French a powerful European post which could allow them to shackle the City of London. The Tories claimed the Prime Minister made a secret deal with