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At the State Opening of Parliament today – The Queen read out the programme for the Coalition government.
In case you missed it or want to see and hear it again, here it is in full, courtesy of Channel 4 News.
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Full Coalition Document
May 20
The Liberal Democrat – Conservative Coalition government have held a press conference and published the full Coalition document today.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg spoke first, followed by Home Secretary Theresa May and then Business Secretary Vince Cable; Chancellor of the Exchequor Gideon – George Osbourne was then followed by the Prime Minister – David Cameron.
The Fair Votes Now – TakeBackParliament movement protested on Saturday in London and have released video footage of the event.
David Cameron has met the Queen at Buckingham Palace and is the new Prime Minister. (includes video)
“This Parliament does not represent us. We demand fair votes now.
There must never again be an election under this broken system.”
So the polls open in just a few hours now, and the British People will decide, but please once and for all this time let us change the unfair voting system. Vote Liberal Democrat.
The Guardian has finally decided to throw its weight behind the Liberal Democrats with their full endorsement. About time!
But while it is very welcome in my opinion – is it too late and too close to polling day to really make a difference?
Gordon Brown calls Labour supporter a ‘bigoted woman’ This was the day, when if there was ever any doubt at all, that Gordon Brown blew the election. He was in the North West today – in Rochdale near Manchester “meeting the people” when Labour voter Gillian Duffy challenged him on the economy, pensions, immigration and education.
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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.
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