General Elections

Labour-Tory alliance on Scotland fails

Conservatives reject UK white paper on giving new powers to Holyrood, saying they will reveal own plans after election A rare alliance between Gordon Brown and David Cameron on proposals to counter Scottish nationalism...

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Donations to Tories outstrip those to Labour

• Conservatives receive £5,269,186 in third quarter of 2009 • Labour given £3,045,377 • Liberal Democrats get £816,663 Donations to the Conservative party are continuing to outstrip those to Labour ahead of the next general...

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UK last big nation in recession

LONDON: Britain remains stuck in a record recession, official data showed on Wednesday, but economists forecast a return to growth before the end of the year ahead of a general election. The economy shrank by 0.3 per cent in...

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Parties are barking up the wrong tree

BY Dotun Adebayo Comments 0 ELECTION: Nick Griffin SO BNP leader Nick Griffin’s decision to stir things up by running for MP in Barking, east London, is threatening to steal the general election limelight. No doubt, black...

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Election 2010: meet the new kingmakers

Internet gurus with millions of regular readers are now hugely important to political leaders FIRST POSTED NOVEMBER 25, 2009 As the campaign for the 2010 general election swings into action - there are reports this morning that...

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Independence and SNP support down, Telegraph poll shows

Support for Scottish independence has plummeted as Alex Salmond prepares to publish plans for a referendum next year, a new opinion poll conducted for the Daily Telegraph shows. Alex Salmond urged to scrap independence...

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Coalition partners ease power row

Labour and Plaid have been in a coalition since 2007 Labour and Plaid Cymru appear to have settled their differences after a row which at one stage seemed to threaten their Welsh assembly coalition. Their leaders issued a joint...

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A new, more worthy parliament can't come too soon

Behind the pomp, yesterday's Queen's Speech was a half-baked affair that only reminded us why we so urgently need a general election. The State Opening of Parliament symbolises constitutional continuity. It is an event intended...

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Tories believe Brown will go to the country in March

Senior conservatives believe that Gordon Brown may call a general election next March to head off the prospect of bad economic statistics scuppering his claim that he had guided Britain safely out of recession.

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Coalition at war as Assembly referendum date thrown into chaos

Nov 25 2009 by Martin Shipton, Western Mail THE Assembly Government was thrown into chaos yesterday as Labour appeared to rule out a promised referendum on full law-making powers before 2011. Labour’s Plaid Cymru coalition...

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