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  • Cameron Pledges to Avoid Upsetting Tories Anymore

    U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron said he’ll seek to avoid stoking division in his Conservative Party after arguments over Europe and gay marriage, as his Liberal Democrat deputy called on the Tories to cease their bickering.

  • Clegg Sees No Early End to U.K. Coalition With Cameron

    U.K. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, the Liberal Democrat leader, sought to shore up his Tory coalition partner, David Cameron, saying their government would continue until the last possible moment in 2015.

  • Cameron Relies on Labour to Block Gay-Marriage Amendments

    Prime Minister David Cameron’s bill to introduce gay marriage in England and Wales moved to its final stage in the House of Commons after an attempt by opponents in his Tory party to amend the proposal failed.

  • Cameron’s U.K. Conservatives to Defy Him on Gay Marriage

    Lawmakers in David Cameron’s U.K. Conservative Party, who voted against him last week over his policy toward the European Union, were on course to oppose him again, over plans to introduce gay marriage.

  • U.K. Conservatives Make History Voting Against Cameron on EU

    Lawmakers from David Cameron’s Conservative Party voted against the government’s legislative program in a show of defiance over his policy toward the rest of Europe.

  • U.K. Exit From EU May Really Happen

    Visiting the U.K. over the past week, I realized for the first time that Britain might actually leave the European Union. Of course, it has talked about this eventuality, on and off, almost since it joined -- but for years the constant whining could be dismissed as so much background noise. Things have changed. Attitudes are hardening, and by promising an “in or out” referendum on EU membership after the next election, Prime Minister David Cameron may have put the country on a course that will force it to choose.

  • Cameron Says Other Parties Have Heads in the Sand Over EU

    Prime Minister David Cameron said other political parties have their heads in the sand over the European Union as his Conservative lawmakers pushed him to bring forward a referendum on Britain’s continued membership.

  • Cameron Bid to Counter Tory Rebellion on EU Falters

    British Prime Minister David Cameron’s bid to defuse a rebellion in his Conservative Party faltered as Tory lawmakers and his Liberal Democrat coalition partners criticized his proposal to support a bill authorizing a referendum on U.K. membership in the European Union.

  • Cameron Says EU Referendum Bill Not a Response to Rebels

    British Prime Minister David Cameron rejected the suggestion that his proposal to support a bill authorizing a referendum on European Union membership reflected panic over a rebellion in his Conservative Party.

  • U.K.’s Gove Says Nick Clegg Is Subject of Liberal Democrat Plot

    The U.K.’s Conservative Education Secretary Michael Gove said that Nick Clegg’s opposition to child-care changes is due to an internal Liberal Democrat plot to unseat him as the party’s leader.

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