Politics of the United Kingdom

British MPs accused of lavish trips abroad

24 Nov 2012

British lawmakers were under fire yesterday for racking up £1.5 million (HK$18.55 million) worth of visits to foreign countries, including Hong Kong, in the last two years paid for by governments...

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Britons apathetic about electing police chiefs

14 Nov 2012

Britain goes to the polls tomorrow to choose its first elected police and crime commissioners - but the country's biggest shake-up policing for decades is threatening to end up a damp squib.

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Heckler accosts Blair at HKU talk

15 Jun 2012

Tony Blair was in Hong Kong yesterday to answer questions on the impact of faith and globalisation, but instead he was nearly the victim of a citizen's arrest for war crimes.

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A touch of the whimsical in a journey through the Secret Garden

11 Jun 2012

Alan Lo Yeung-kit has revamped three historical sites into hip restaurants - Classified, The Press Room and The Pawn. But the co-founder and director of the Press Room Group has been exploring...

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Who said it?

21 Mar 2012

He has some memories of before the incident and he has some memories of after the incident. In between, very little

A lawyer for Staff Sergeant Robert Bales (above), who is accused...

10:42AM

The Iron Lady

8 Mar 2012

Starring: Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent, Olivia Colman
Director: Phyllida Lloyd
Category: IIA

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Opinion

Hari Kumar

Workers pay the price for our bargains

5:20AM

Howard Winn

Barry Cheung makes waves in Moscow

3:47AM

Strong-willed leader with a woman's touch

In an Oscar-winning performance, Meryl Streep plays the controversial yet strong-willed former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady.

9:24AM

Quotes of the week

Where we can't be given safeguards, it is better to be on the outside

British prime minister David Cameron, standing alone against the 26 other European Union leaders willing to sign...

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Finding north

It is the first night of the journey. The forest looms dark and unbroken beside the tracks. You can stare out of the window for hours and see very little but trees.

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Talking points

Our editors will be looking ahead today to these developing stories ...

Scotland keen to strengthen rugby ties with HK

3:03AM

Oslo killer's rant against former governor Patten

Norwegian killer Anders Behring Breivik condemned former Hong Kong governor Chris Patten because he argued for better relations with the Arab world when he was a member of the European Commission...

4:02PM

Lai See

HK's 'Turtle' pokes his neck out in UK phone-hacking fiasco

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