Gordon Brown

Vodafone to get tough response from govt on tax battle

CNBC TV-18 reported that there is virtually no ground in the Vodafone case to invoke Dutch BIPA (Bilateral investment promotion and protection agreements).

Vodafone case: Is there no sanctity of a PM's promise?

A controversial amendment proposal to allow retrospective taxation of cross-border deals appears to contradict assurances given by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to his British counterpart over Vodafone's purchase of Hutchison Essar in 2010.

Britain pledges state funding to Scotland as referendum day dawns

London's rush to grant more powers to Scotland in an attempt to pull voters behind the union risks stoking anger among both voters and lawmakers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland where such guarantees are unlikely to be given.

Ex-PM Brown wrestles with Scotland's fate as referendum draws closer

As Prime Minister David Cameron pondered his options in London and sterling fell after a poll showed separatists were on course to win independence, Brown took action.

Why we must all pity the royal baby

What possibility does the yet-to-be-born royal baby have for privacy?

Rupert Murdoch: Your doting granddad or evil mad genius?

Murdoch Sr, in two days, was a gatling gun of headlines that sent the media in so many directions they lost focus on the witness himself.

Murdoch's claim on 'war' wholly wrong: Brown

Gordon Brown yesterday refuted the contention of Rupert Murdoch before the Leveson Inquiry that he had declared "war" on News Corp after The Sun tabloid extended support to the Conservative party in September 2009.

Baby B or not, stop censoring the media

It is surely the first sign of censorship when you prevent the media talking about the astrology of celebrity babies. The 10 rules released this week for the impending birth of baby Bachchan are funny, sensible and restrictive, all at the same time.

Oh, for a statesman like David Cameron

Things may be falling apart all around David Cameron but in a strange way he gives the impression of a man who is in command and knows what he is doing.