Conservative leader David Cameron, 43, has become Britain’s youngest Prime Minister in almost 200 years following Gordon Brown’s resignation after 13 years of Labour rule.
Mr Cameron will now form a coalition Government with the Liberal Democrats, which represents the first such Government in the UK...
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on 05-12-2010
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Gordon Brown has this evening announced he is stepping down as Labour leader. Speaking outside 10 Downing Street, Mr Brown, who has been Prime Minister since June 2007 after the resignation of Tony Blair, said he intended to stand down as Labour leader “in the national interest”. The news...
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on 05-10-2010
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With Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s ruling Labour party heading towards defeat in Thursday’s British general election, the European left may soon be in even worse condition than it was just one year ago. The trouble started in last June’s European Parliament elections, when centre-right...
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on 05-04-2010
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The polls, the deficit and the big society - these are the numbers that have made the last four weeks Has this been the world's first data election ? Here at Datablog, we like to think so. Over the last month, the general election 2010 campaign has evolved into one of the most unpredictable elections...
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on 05-04-2010
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