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Britain's Labour Vote Pits Brother Against Brother

By Theunis BatesSep 4th 2010 – 6:13AM
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Nick Ansell, PA / AP

LONDON (Sept. 4) -- Just a few months ago, many Brits struggled to tell David Miliband, 44, apart from his 40-year-old brother Ed. It was an understandable mistake: The siblings both held senior posts in former Prime Minister Gordon Brown's cabinet, and -- with their boyish looks, awkward smiles and mops of dark hair --...

British Elections: The Rise of the Also-Rans

By Theunis BatesApr 27th 2010 – 6:00PM
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LONDON (April 27) -- Don't worry if you've never heard of Nick Clegg. Until two weeks ago, the leader of Britain's Liberal Democrats -- which for the past 20 years have consistently come in third in national elections -- was barely known in his own country, let alone abroad. Now with only nine days left until Britons go to...

Protesting Brits Give Labour Party the Boot

By Ben MuessigApr 7th 2010 – 2:23PM
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(April 7) -- Some boots are made for walking -- others are made for protesting. At least that's the case in London, where members of the nation's Conservative Party have constructed an enormous pair of work boots to demonstrate against the ruling Labour Party as the country's May 6 general election nears....

labourparty News From the Web

  • 06/14/11 ‘We have lost two great Labour men' Source: The Cumberland News - Carlisle - Cumbria - UK TWO stalwarts of Labour politics in Carlisle, ex-mayor Tommy Johnson and former city councillor Ernie Harrison, have died on the same day.
  • 09/04/10 NEC ELECTIONS Source: SOCIALIST UNITY In recent years a Centre Left Grassroots Alliance has put forward a joint slate for the Labour Party NEC. unfortunately this year it proved impossible to gain agreement for a CLGA slate.

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