British Election

DK Matai | Posted 05.25.2011

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DK Matai | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: UK, Global Economy, Nick Clegg Bio, Liberals, France, David Cameron, Spain, Business, Facebook, London, Gordon Brown, UK Parliament, Bank of England, National Debt, British Election, Greece, Germany, National Debt Soars, Business News, Financial Crisis, Pm, Prime Minister, Liberal Democrats, Financial Regulation, Twitter, UK Politics, Nick Clegg, European Union, Green Living, Democrats, UK Election Debate, Green News, Europe, UK Election, Banks, World News

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Cry for Help From UK to USA

Simon Jenkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Britain, British Election, UK Election, World News

Britain is the victim of a constitutional asteroid attack. The election delivered exactly the secretive backroom bargaining that a first-past-the-post constituency system -- as in the US house of representatives -- was supposed to avoid.

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Will the Liberal Democrats' Recent Ecstasy Quickly Turn to Agony?

Simon Jenkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nick Clegg and his Liberal Democrats now have their moment of power, but it will be just a moment. They have failed to win enough votes to carry an overwhelming moral case for electoral reform.

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Hung Out to Dry -- Britain's Limp Result

Alan Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

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What's missing on both sides of the pond are powerful ideas that dare to pose a different on about immigration, freedom, war and the economy and that do not fit in to easy soundbites.

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Gordon Brown Out

Jeff Danziger | Posted 05.25.2011

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Forget Obama, Britain Has Its Own Ralph Nader

Indra Adnan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gordon Brown, Nick Clegg, British Election, Split the Vote, Ralph Nader, Wages, Radical Centre, David Cameron, Middle Class, Unemployment Benefits, Liberal, Conservative, Europe, Third Way, Labour, Working Class, Politics News

After 13 years of a Labour government that spanned 9/11, the Iraq War and global financial meltdown, profound disillusion with centre-left politics has given way to the resurgence of polarisation in Britain.

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Lessons in Education from Sweden

Christina Patterson | Posted 05.25.2011

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If Britain were a bit more like Sweden, said a Tory minister last week, "I, for one, would not object". Well, nor would I. Sweden has one of the smallest gaps between rich and poor in the world.

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UK Election: Conservatives Poised to Give Britain a Good Flocking...

Martin Lewis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Only the vagaries of Britain's first-past-the-post "winner-takes-all" electoral system stands between the Labour Party and obliteration.

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Bigotgate: The Fallout From Gordon Brown's Gaffe

Huffington Post | Adam Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011

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No matter what Gordon Brown hopes, his now notorious gaffe - nicknamed 'bigotgate' by the British press - is likely to play a pivotal role in the upco...

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'Clegg Girls': Cameron Girls Return With New Allegience (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Two girls who were last seen singing about their love for British Conservative Party leader David Cameron have evidently been hit with the Cleggmania ...

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Labour Party Taps Stephen Hopkins, 24 Director, For Election Advert

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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LONDON — Britain's governing Labour Party says it has tapped a director of the American TV series "24" to shoot its latest election ad. Film an...

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Gillian Duffy, Woman Called Bigot By Gordon Brown, Receives Apology (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Gillian Duffy, the British woman who was called a "bigot" by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown , is now the center of a storm of publicity. Below...

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Gordon Brown Calls Voter 'Bigoted' In UK Election Gaffe

Posted 05.25.2011

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(AP) LONDON — Britain's bedraggled Prime Minister Gordon Brown waltzed into a political train wreck Wednesday after forgetting to turn off his m...

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UK Election: Nate Silver, 'Baseball Nerd', Sees Huge Labour Losses

The Guardian | Oliver Burkeman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Statistical genius Nate Silver has applied his insights to the concept of a uniform swing and suggests large Labour losses...

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Philip Lardner, British Tory Candidate, Suspended For Calling Homosexuality 'Not Normal'

Posted 05.25.2011

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Philip Lardner, a Conservative party candidate in the upcoming British election, has been suspended after he argued that homosexuality is "not normal....

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Nick Clegg Says He Won't Work With Gordon Brown

Huffington Post | Adam Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nick Clegg, leader of the British Liberal Democrats, has announced that he would be willing to join forces with current party of power Labour in the u...

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UK Election Debate: Cameron Comes Out Strong, Despite Brown's Attacks

cnn.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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London, England (CNN) -- Gordon Brown went on the offensive against the two men hoping to replace him as prime minister at a debate Thursday, but it s...

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#NickCleggsFault: Upstart British Politician Becomes Twitter Meme

Huffington Post | Adam Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011

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Cleggmania is facing its biggest backlash today, with right-wing British newspapers attacking Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg's integrity. In respo...

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'Cameron Girls' Sing To Tory Candidate (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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David Cameron, leader of the Conservative Party and British prime minister candidate, has inspired a pop tribute - the 'Cameron Girls.' While America...

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David Cameron Hit With Egg (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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(AP) LONDON -- First came the chicken, then the egg. Britain's Conservative Party leader, David Cameron, was hit with an egg Wednesday during a campa...

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The Great Bloody Hole in the British Election Campaign: Afghanistan

Johann Hari | Posted 05.25.2011

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The British ambassador to Afghanistan, Mark Sedwill, says we will be there "for a generation" more. If we want to prove him wrong, then we have to demand it publicly.

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Gordon Brown Interview: the Election, Blair and Family Life

Ginny Dougary | Posted 05.25.2011

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The general impression I had of Gordon Brown, while working on this piece, was that, despite, his mistakes, he is a man of substance in a shallow age. So the question is -- will we get the prime minister we deserve?

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You Can't Understand the British Election Without One Factor -- Class

Johann Hari | Posted 05.25.2011

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The truth is plain, and it is provable. David Cameron's policies will take money from the hard-working majority of Brits, and hand it to his friends and relatives on landed estates and in tax havens.

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Gordon Brown And David Cameron Clash At Last Prime Minister's Question Time Before Election (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his rival David Cameron have clashed in the last Prime Minister's Question time before the UK's election in Ma...

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