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By now, the question whether the UK will have another general election in 2011, seems moot. Signs point to an emergency election later this year. The open question is, would political fragmentation continue? Will the UK move from one coalition to another? From Conservative + LibDem to Labour + LibDem ? The results of the AV referendum, originally scheduled for May 5, now likely to be postponed du...
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The Oldham East & Saddleworth by-election in England is on today. Voting is finished, they're in the counting phase now, with results expected soon . By all reckoning, Labour have won. Despite the Tories having abdicated in favor of the Lib Dems, the latter look to have come a dismal second. These by-elections are interesting not in the least because they will point the way to the outcome of the...
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There have been signs, scattered here and there, that David Cameron, the Conservative British Prime Minister, senses that general elections are closer than 2015. 1) The day the wedding between William Wales and Kate Middleton was announced, David Cameron reversed the decision to pay his photographer using taxpayer's money 2) In late November, first that benefits cap was rolled back to January 201...
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The IMF has today advised the UK that it would need to reassess austerity if growth slows down too much . Meanwhile, after briefly backing down from flaunting austerity machismo, David Cameron is back to playing "Citizen Dave." The IMF has built up to this admission, earlier this week, it publicized how most of the West languishes near depression, thanks to austerity. Then, it publicized slowing...
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The coalition looks likely not to last the full 5 years. Labour looks set to perform well in the next elections. The latest YouGov poll puts it at 40%, as opposed to the Tory 39% and the Lib Dem 12%. Ed Miliband, who won the Labour leadership election, has talked about moving beyond boom and bust. David Miliband, his elder brother, who also ran but lost, has talked about ruling out factions. Ther...
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Several articles taken together contribute to this post. The Guardian today reported today that in his speech tomorrow, Liberal Democrats leader Nick Clegg will reassure his party that the pact between the Lib Dems and the Conservatives is set to expire at the end of this term of Government . This reassurance is largely invited by unease about the Con-Lib Dem austerity drive . Newsweek coins the...
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