Political storm in Britain, as speaker resigns

GlobalPost by Michael Goldfrab | May. 20, 2009 (Breaking News)

LONDON — The scandal of British members of Parliament fiddling with their expenses started almost two weeks ago as a joke, but has become more serious by the day. This afternoon, it claimed its first high-profile victim as the speaker of the House of Commons, Michael Martin, resigned. Full Story »

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Subjects: World, Politics, Extra
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Posted by: Posted by Beth Tucker - May 19, 2009 - 8:54 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Beth Tucker (review), Derek Hawkins (review), Kaizar Campwala (review)
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Edited by: Derek Hawkins - May 19, 2009 - 10:46 PM PDT

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 by Kaizar Campwala - May. 20, 2009

Decent report with great background on the Parliament scandal.

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 by Beth Tucker - May. 19, 2009
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