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Misleading Campaign Leads to First ReRun Order In A CENTURY

2010-11-05T12:49:12Z

LONDON — A British court on Friday threw out the results of a parliamentary election after deciding that the victor had gone too far in distorti...

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2010-04-26T16:07:45Z

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2010-04-28T11:27:41Z

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Key Players In Britain's Coalition Government

2010-05-12T15:43:33Z

LONDON — Britain's new coalition government was still coming into focus Wednesday. Here are some of its key players:

Prime Minister – Con...

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UK Election: Conservatives, Lib Dems Report Progress In

2010-05-10T09:06:24Z

LONDON — British Prime Minister Gordon Brown made a dramatic bid to keep his beleaguered Labour Party in power after it was punished in election...

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Greer Feick: What a Visiting Yankee Learned on the UK Election Trail

2010-05-10T10:24:43Z

In a country that many Americans associate with endless NHS waiting lines, and sluggish bureaucracy, local election campaigns are well-oiled machines in the UK.

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Ann Pettifor: The Real Deal in London

2010-05-08T20:11:56Z

Cameron and Clegg have grabbed the post-election spotlight, and are doing deals behind closed doors to forge a coalition, and force out Brown.

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Simon Jenkins: Cry for Help From UK to USA

2010-05-08T13:16:42Z

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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UK Voting System Could See Fundamental Reform

2010-05-09T00:54:33Z

LONDON — Britain's messy, unresolved election may have created the conditions for fundamental change of a voting system that has inspired democr...

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Liberal Democrats Mull Pact With Conservatives To Form Government

2010-05-08T11:04:01Z

LONDON — Within days, Britain may have something it hasn't seen since World War II – a coalition government.

The first-place Conservative...

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Nick Jefferson: What's Your (Tory) Name?

2010-05-07T11:03:54Z

Using this admitted rehash of the old "porn name" game, even the most humble amongst us can be instantly transformed into heavily-set, ruddy-cheeked, wobbly-jowled landed squires.

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Gavin D. J. Harper: Why the Hung Parliament in UK Could Make a Greener Britain

2010-05-07T17:33:39Z

As parties scratch around to make uneasy coalitions and alliances, I believe that green jobs and technology could provide a unifying theme that will draw together uneasy political allies.

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

2010-05-07T09:44:54Z

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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John Zogby: A Note to Nate

2010-07-06T14:19:38Z

Congratulations to you, Nate Silver. To date you have many fans. But remember that you are one election away from being a mere mortal like the rest of us.

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UK Elections Inspire Witless Microtrends From Mark Penn

2010-05-06T16:23:48Z

Oh, Nick Clegg. I'm sorry, I'm so, so sorry. But you have become a Microtrend.

It's not Clegg's fault, of course. The culprit is Burson-Marsteller...

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UK Election Day: Britain

2010-05-06T09:06:09Z

LONDON — Britain's inconclusive election turned into high political drama Friday, with the Conservatives and Labour Party wooing a potential all...

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Nigel Farage Aircraft Crash: Light aircraft carrying fringe candidate crashes

2010-05-06T09:12:45Z

(AP) LONDON — A light aircraft carrying a candidate for a minor party in Britain's election crashed Thursday, but officials said the pilot and p...

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British Election 2010 Live Updates

2010-05-06T12:03:34Z

Follow the latest news out of the UK as Britain awaits the final results of the 2010 General Election. Don't know what's going on? Check out our UK El...

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UK Election 2010 Results In Hung Parliament: Latest News, Video

2010-05-06T17:25:16Z

Follow the latest news on our HuffPost UK election Twitter page.

12:00 PM ET -- Cleggmania postmortem. The Lib Dems surge never materialized, which...

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David Cameron Modernized Tories, But Can He Win?

2010-05-06T10:00:30Z

LONDON — Ambitious blue blood or an average "Call me Dave" kind of guy?

David Cameron has tried to remake his Conservative Party in his own ima...

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UK Leaders In Final Push For Votes

2010-05-05T10:56:30Z

Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg are into their final day push for votes, as polls suggest the election result is on a knife edge....

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Nick Clegg Turned To U.S. Campaign Consultants For UK Election Success

2010-05-06T00:00:36Z

British politician Nick Clegg, the leader of the Liberal Democrats party - not long ago considered a footnote in British elections - got a little hel...

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Alex Koroknay-Palicz: What the UK Election Could Mean for Electoral Reform, Youth, and America

2010-05-05T14:39:52Z

Critics say that young people lack the maturity to vote. Considering the selfish, short-sighted policies our elders vote for time and time again, are we really going to be foolish enough to call this mature?

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UK Election: Candidates Make Final Push For Votes

2010-05-05T17:05:58Z

Britain is heading to the polls Thursday to vote in what at least one writer for the Times of London is calling "the most exciting election in a gener...

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AP: UK Election Headed For Stalemate

2010-05-04T10:05:38Z

(AP) Britain's national election looks likely to deny any of the three major political parties an outright majority, creating the first so-called "hun...

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