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From Channel 4 News
Caroline Lucas wins the Brighton Pavilion constituency for the Greens, the first time the party has had a candidate elected to the House of Commons. Speaking after the result was announced she said: “Today the people of Brighton Pavilion have made history by electing Britain‘s first Green MP to Westminster.
The British people have spoken – We’re just not entirely sure what they said. I’m paraphrasing David Milliband on BBC Radio 4 this morning. One thing is clear: first past the post has failed its only defenders. The Conservative Party do not have a clear mandate to govern, as they have failed to win a a majority, despite being the largest party in the new Parliament. No one won – the voters in the British General Election have delivered a Hung Parliament, and what happens next is anyone’s guess. This could take a while to sort out, so pass the popcorn.
Read more on Hang them all – UK Election latest – It’s a Hung Parliament…
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History in the making is happening on this very day. (Thursday 15 April 2010) No, not the unprecedented closure of British airspace, historical as that may have been! No, for the first time ever a Live Prime Ministerial debate during a British election campaign goes on the air from Manchester at 8PM on ITV. The debate is hosted by Alistair Stewart, and also broadcast on 5 Live and Radio 4. (which you can pick up online for those interested who are not in Britain) It has taken 50 years for something so commonplace in US elections to cross the Atlantic, a fact that might seem incredible to our American cousins. The reason why it has taken this long is that the leading politicians have never agreed terms with each other and with the television companies before. Change happens slowly in this country. Even now, 76 rules have been put in place such as no clapping or laughing during the questions and each leader gets just 1 minute to answer a question and then 4 minutes to debate. Bob Schafer of CBS News told BBC 5 Live that this is similar to what happened in the early days of Presidential debates.
Read more on Election 2010 – Manifesto and The First Debate…
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So Gordon Brown went to see the Queen today to ask to dissolve Parliament, and declared the date of the General Election to be exactly one month today, May 6th 2010.
A Labour backed bill to hold a referendum on voting reform has passed the first stage on it’s way to becoming law. MPs backed the referendum bill by 365 votes to 187 – a majority of 178.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has a parliamentary democracy, which means that Government is voted into power by the people, to act in the interests of the people. The Westminster Parliament is in fact the oldest parliamentary democracy in the world.
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