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Scoop Coverage: 2010 - The UK Sort Of Decides
Michael Collins: Clegg Throws The People Under The Bus
''I genuinely believe it is the national interest, in the interest of everybody in Great Britain, first to use this opportunity to usher in a new politics after the discredited politics of the past.'' Speaking to rally for proportional representation: ... More >>
High/Downing St Fashion: NZ Designer At No.10
New Zealand fashion designer, Emilia Wickstead, has made it to No. 10 Downing St, well her garments have! Emilia has designed a wardrobe for Samantha Cameron, the wife of David Cameron, the new British Prime Minster. More>>
ALSO:
- Scoop Audio - Paul & Selwyn: What Tory Rule Means For Britain
Video: David Cameron Arrives At Number 10
Speaking outside Downing Street, he pledged to work hard for the common good and the national interest.
ALSO:
- Scoop Business - NZ dollar slides vs pound on new UK government
- NZ Govt - PM congratulates David Cameron after UK election
- Put MMP To The Vote Campaign - Lobby Praises British Common Sense Over Reform
- No Right Turn Out-Link - Shirtcliffe can't tell his electoral systems apart
- Pundit.co.nz Out-Link - Gordon Brown: My part in his downfall
- Elephants and the law out-Link - Government formation UK-style: a constitutional hiccup?
- TV3 Video - Britain's David Cameron becomes PM; Brown out - David Cameron: the background story - UK PM Gordon Brown resigns (full speech) - David Cameron new UK PM (full speech) - Gordon Brown: The long road to resignation - Clegg 'impatient' to resolve political impasse - UK election: Are voters getting what they asked for?
Gordon Campbell: On Gordon Brown’s Exit (And The SAS Defending Women’s Oppression In Afghanistan)
The arithmetic of cobbling together a parliamentary majority for a Lib/Lab government is still very forbidding. Yet at least the Brown departure has forced the Tories to up the ante, and offer Clegg a referendum on an alternative voting system.
The real disappointment for Clegg is that neither Labour nor the Conservatives is offering him what he wants ... More>>
ALSO:
- TV3 Video - Brown to resign as UK Prime Minister - Clegg hopes to decide coalition in next 12 hours
- Pundit Out-Link - Nice hara-kiri Brownie!
PR PR: British Election A Salutary Reminder For NZ
The unfair results of the British election are a salutary reminder for New Zealanders as we approach next year’s referendum on MMP, the Campaign for MMP said. More>>
Gordon Campbell: Ongoing Peter Saunders Saga, UK Election
On election night, as the reality of the hung Parliament began to sink in, the Liberal-Democratic leader Nick Clegg warned everyone – his rivals, the media, the public, and one suspects, the markets – to be patient. Because this may take a while to sort out. More>>
ALSO:
- Campaign For MMP - British Election A Salutary Reminder For NZ
- Labour - Clegg will listen to Hide at his own peril
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Making Room for Mr Cock-up: The UK General Election
Binoy Kampmark writes:
Cranky returning officers, with names such as Longbottom.
Solemn punters awaiting the results of their candidate’s
performance with funereal dignity. Then, calls of ‘Yes we
Khan’ (in favour of Labour member Sadiq Khan) stopped when
they became too effusive. ‘Let me finish please,’
snapped the returning officer in the seat of Tooting. Even
the bond markets opened in the middle of the night, yearning
for a stable resolution to the tight vote count. Another
British election is evidently been conducted, and the
result: a hung parliament, the first since 1974. More
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ALSO:
- Election result in Clegg's hands
- Election stalemate continues in UK
- Voters turned away as election goes to the wire
- Britons turn out in force for history-making vote
- Light aircraft carrying election candidate crashes
- Exit polls: Conservatives fall short of majority
Earlier:
- Election Diary # 1
- Election Diary #2
- Election Diary #3 - The Debate
- Election Diary #4: Talking Heads and Expenses Remorse
- UK Decides #5: Debate Fever Grips The Media
- UK Decides #6: Decision Time Approaches
- Michael Collins - British Election Leaders' Final Debate - The Grand Betrayal
- Binoy Kampmark - The Clegg Factor: The Coming British Elections
- Michael Collins - British The Leaders' Debate - Foreign Affairs
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