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British Elections: Why Labour and Tories Are Declining, and 9 Other Trends

If you followed the press coverage of this month's general elections in the United Kingdom, you're likely to come away with the sense that we just witnessed a watershed moment in this country's ...

U.K.'s Coalition Government: A Happy Marriage? (And Can It Last?)

The United Kingdom has a coalition government for the first time in 70 years. But will this marriage of convenience last? The historic British elections, which -- after five days of intense wrangling ...

New Prime Minister David Cameron Ends Labour Party Era in Britain

Two years after the Conservatives surged to a 20 percentage point lead over Gordon Brown's sputtering Labour government in the British polls, 43-year-old Tory leader David Cameron finally became prime ...

Gordon Brown to Step Down; British Government Up For Grabs

Just when you thought you knew where the British elections were headed, things took another wild swerve. Prime Minister Gordon Brown is stepping down as party leader and the Liberal Democrats have ...

Tories, Liberal Democrats Hold 'Positive' Talks on New Government

Senior Conservative and Liberal Democrats met Sunday for six hours in what a Tory spokesman described as "very positive and productive" talks to see if they could form a new government together. The ...

British Exit Polls Project Hung Parliament and Conservative Gains

As Big Ben struck 10 o'clock in London and the polls closed across Britain, the BBC released its exit polls on the general election that forecast a hung Parliament with the Conservatives projected to ...

British Elections: Why Glenda Jackson Should Replace Gordon Brown

Memo to the Labour Party HQ: Replace Gordon Brown with Glenda Jackson as your candidate in Thursday's election. It's not all that often that you have the chance to contemplate a "what if" scenario ...

British Elections: The Rise of the Also-Rans

LONDON (April 27) -- Don't worry if you've never heard of Nick Clegg. Until two weeks ago, the leader of Britain's Liberal Democrats -- which for the past 20 years have consistently come in third in ...

Why the British Elections Fascinate This American

By any measure, the British general elections on May 6 are shaping up to be a real nail-biter. The race is very competitive. The outcome is highly uncertain. The implications for Britain's future are ...

British Conservatives Woo the Gay Vote

LONDON (April 17) -- It's an image that would leave many American Republicans spluttering with outrage: their top national candidate posing on the cover of a gay magazine. But a pairing that would ...


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