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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. Election's Big Question: Who's the Next Prime Minister -- and Can He Rule?
By Walter Shapiro and Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyAs dawn broke over London Friday morning after a laboriously slow night of vote counting in Britain's most muddled election in three decades, it was far easier to count the losers than to identify the next prime minister. Exit polls had predicted a hung Parliament, with the Conservatives falling shy of a majority. And the actual returns (with 648 of the 650 constituencies reporting, as of Friday afternoon, London time) appeared to confirm this forecast, with the electoral swing from Labour to the Tories a slightly less-than-expected 5 percent. The BBC projected that the Conservatives would ...
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 ...
Nick Clegg -- Next British PM? -- Infuses U.K. Election With Personality
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyA funny thing happened on the way to the 2010 general elections in the United Kingdom: Personality began to matter. And the reason can be summed up in two words -- Nick Clegg -- leader of the opposition Liberal Democrats Party. Never heard of Nick Clegg? You're in good company. Neither had half of Great Britain before last week. That's when Clegg electrified a heretofore moribund campaign season with his dazzling performance in the first-ever televised debates between the three candidates for prime minister. Overnight, Clegg went from the guy that the other parties walked out on when he spoke ...
Why a Hung Parliament in the U.K. Might Not Be So Bad
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyIt looks increasingly likely that the British general elections will go right down to the wire. While the opposition Conservative party led the incumbent Labour party by as many as 17 percentage points last year, in recent weeks the race has become much more competitive. Many are now predicting that the election -- which must be held by early June -- may end in a hung parliament. ...
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