53 min ago | The Guardian
Why do these Tories think they can rule on marriage? | Zoe Williams
The antis in this week's vote think our sex lives are their business - yet Boris Johnson seems to escape without censure I am of the view that nobody's sex life is of concern to anybody else.
2 hrs ago | Christian Science Monitor
UK 'Tea Party' surges, pressuring Tories and Cameron
They're an upstart political movement intent on "taking back" the country from an out-of-touch political elite accused of ignoring opposition to immigration and threats to what they consider the nation's Christian heritage.
2 hrs ago | World Magazine
Lawmakers in the United Kingdom's House of Commons approved a bill Tuesday that would allow same-sex couples in England and Wales to marry for the first time.
5 hrs ago | Pridesource.com
UK's House of Commons approves same-sex marriage
The vote was 366 for, 161 against. The bill now goes to the House of Lords, where it will face further opposition.
8 hrs ago | This is Hampshire
Call to ban 'fracking' in Hampshire
The main opposition party want the ruling Tories to forbid fracking on council land and oppose it in all parts of the county.
11 hrs ago | The Guardian
George Osborne may not be dead in the water after all. What will Labour do then? | Gaby Hinsliff
The IMF may have delivered good news on the economy. Even a fake recovery would be bad news for the two Eds Better-off swing voters will take some convincing that it's a bad thing for their houses to be worth stupid amounts.
11 hrs ago | The Guardian
From 'swivel-eyed loons' to lesbian queens: what fresh hell for the Tories?
Proving yet again that people's prejudices invariably reveal far more about their own dark imagination than anything about the object they purport to fear, Norman Tebbit has raised the spectre of Britain being ruled by a lesbian queen should gay marriage be legalised.
14 hrs ago | Reuters
UK opposition party leader says Google tax behavior 'wrong'
Google Inc's tax affairs will come under renewed scrutiny in Britain on Wednesday when the leader of the opposition Labor party accuses the Internet company of wrongly going to "extraordinary lengths" to avoid paying tax.
16 hrs ago | The Guardian
Letters: Gay marriages and straight civil partnerships
Why is the government time-wasting over extending civil partnerships to opposite-sex couples ? Why this obsession with marriage at the expense of - to some of us - the much more enlightened civil partnership? With successive governments promoting legally formalised relationships - and shamefully continuing to discriminate against cohabiting couples ... (more)
Now a Tory MP calls his own party 'swivel-eyed' for obsessing about...
Former minister Gary Streeter said he recognised the glint in the 'swivel-eyes' of fellow Tories demanding Britain leave Europe A Tory MP has branded members of his own party 'swivel-eyed' in a fresh escalation of the row over David Cameron's leadership.
Clegg dismisses coalition break-up
Nick Clegg and David Cameron are both absolutely committed to governing in coalition through to 2015, says the Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg will insist that he and David Cameron are both "absolutely committed" to governing in coalition through to 2015 as he attempts to calm speculation over the future of the power-sharing deal.
Cycling is turning me into an alcoholic
Britain's cities, says Jeremy Clarkson in The Sun, are in a state of civil war. On one side are cyclists, who think that "thanks to the environment and the polar bear", the roads are theirs.
David Cameron crisis as Ukip piles on the pressure
WRINKLY rocker Rod Stewart has hit the top of the UK album charts for the first time in over 30 years.
Tories in Meltdown: Lord Tebbit Questions 'Bleating' Geoffrey Howe's Loyalty
Tory turmoil over Europe deepened as embarrassing row between two of its most senior members erupted as the party began haemorrhaging support to Ukip.
Lord Tebbit: Gay Marriage Would 'Lead to Lesbian Queen Giving Birth via Artificial Insemination'
Outspoken former Conservative chairman Lord Tebbit has warned that gay marriage would lead the way for a lesbian queen giving birth to a future monarch by artificial insemination.
'Perfect political storm': Opposition deal saves floundering UK gay marriage bill
Britain's ruling Conservative party has been forced by its uncooperative members into making a deal with the opposition to ensure the quick passage of a gay marriage bill in the face of plummeting support and anger over 'swivelgate.' Almost 40 percent of David Cameron's 303 Member of Parliament rebelled against the bill, voting on a -now defunct- ... (more)
Deal rescues gay marriage bill
The move to extend civil partnerships to heterosexual couples was easily defeated in a free vote by a large majority of 370 The legalisation of gay marriage is poised to be approved by MPs after surviving a Tory backbench bid to derail it.
Britain, the EU, and Reverse Integration
In 2007, James Mann published a book called The China Fantasy , about American leaders downplaying Chinese human rights violations in the interest of integrating China into the global economy.
Politics needs mavericks, not just the same old chumocracy and groupthink | Jenni Russell
Suddenly there are new faces on our television screens, and new, agitated, indignant voices on the airwaves.
Morning news headlines for May 20, 2013
The coalition's controversial gay marriage legislation returns to the Commons today with Tory MPs and activists deeply split over the issue THE coalition's controversial gay marriage legislation returns to the Commons today with Tory MPs and activists deeply split over the issue.