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British Elections: Why Labour and Tories Are Declining, and 9 Other Trends
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyIf 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 political history. But were these elections really historic? And if so, why? There's no question that there was a lot of drama packed into the brief, four-week election period that ended on May 6. It saw the first-ever televised political debates between the three main party leaders. Nick Clegg became a household name. And in the end, because no one party secured a majority, two political parties ...
U.K.'s Coalition Government: A Happy Marriage? (And Can It Last?)
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyThe 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 -- finally yielded a new coalition government under the leadership of David Cameron on Tuesday night, has already unleashed a torrent of analysis and commentary. Some of it has been hopeful, some of it cautious, and some of it downright negative. ...
New Prime Minister David Cameron Ends Labour Party Era in Britain
By Walter Shapiro - Politics DailyTwo 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 minister. But instead of an easy glide path to power, Cameron had to wait an agonizing five days after the inconclusive May 6 election before he could make the symbolic pilgrimage to Buckingham Palace on Tuesday night to formally accept Queen Elizabeth's invitation to form a new coalition government. Nearly 30 million British voters went to the polls in an election that left the Conservatives ...
Gordon Brown to Step Down; British Government Up For Grabs
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyJust 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 opened up talks with the Labour Party. ...
Tories, Liberal Democrats Hold 'Positive' Talks on New Government
By Politics Daily Staff - Politics DailySenior 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 leaders of both parties, the Conservative's David Cameron and Liberal Democrat's Nick Clegg, did not attend the sessions. The negotiating teams are to meet again within 24 hours after consulting their leaders, according to reports by the BBC and Times of London. Clegg did meet with Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown who has offered to open talks with the Liberal Democrats if they fail to reach ...
British Exit Polls Project Hung Parliament and Conservative Gains
By Walter Shapiro - Politics DailyAs 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 win 307 seats, incumbent Labor to drop to 255 seats, the Liberal Democrats to snag 59 seats and minor regional parties to pick up 29 seats. If these results are accurate (and this is a major if), it would leave the Conservatives just short of a majority in the 630-seat Parliament. Since this has been an unprecedented election campaign featuring the first national party leader television debates ...
British Elections: Why Glenda Jackson Should Replace Gordon Brown
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyMemo 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 while an election is still under way. But that's exactly what happened to me on Friday afternoon. I was attending a "hustings" (open forum) for the Member of Parliament (MP) seat in my London constituency. It was the last time before the general election that the candidates from the three main political parties -- Labour, Conservatives and Liberal Democrats -- would be together in one room. And as ...
British Elections: The Rise of the Also-Rans
By Theunis Bates - AOL NewsLONDON (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 national elections -- was barely known in his own country, let alone abroad. Now with only nine days left until Britons go to the polls, Clegg looks set to emerge as a major force in British politics. Since the 1930s, British elections have largely been a two-party affair. The only candidates who really counted came from center-left Labour, the incumbent, or the center-right Conservatives, also ...
Why the British Elections Fascinate This American
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyBy 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 profound. And for this American citizen living in London, at least, it's one of the most engaging electoral contests I've ever seen. Don't get me wrong. Like many Americans, I was captivated by the 2008 American presidential race. I understood that a lot was at stake on policy terms. I described how -- in an article I did from London that year -- Americans of all political stripes and classes ...
British Conservatives Woo the Gay Vote
By Traci Watson - AOL NewsLONDON (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 be unthinkable in the United States has become a reality on the other side of the pond. A specially shot portrait of David Cameron, who will become prime minister if the Conservative Party wins control of Parliament in an election on May 6, is splashed across the front of the March issue of Attitude magazine. The headline is a mock classified ad: "Dave -- 43 -- Westminster -- Looking for Gay Love." ...
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