In a huge shock, the Tories have won an outright majority of the UK House of Commons seats. With all 650 seats officially declared, the Tories have won 331 seats, a gain of 22 on the 2010 results. Labour has 232, down 26, the Scottish National Party (SNP) has 56 seats, up 50, and the Liberal Democrats have been shattered, winning only eight...
He's out, but who is in?EPA/Facundo ArrizabalagaFollowing crushing defeat crushing defeat, Ed Miliband is standing down as leader of the Labour Party. But before Labour can even think about who should replace him, there is a more fundamental question to be considered: what sort of party does Labour want to be? The party needs to have a debate...
Tough time. Will OliverThe hours after the British election saw three party leaders fall in quick succession. Within minutes of each other, Nick Clegg, Nigel Farage and Ed Miliband all announced that they would be stepping down. What happens next for those leaders and MPs who are cast out of their high status, identity-affirming leadership roles?
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Anyone see it coming?Rick Findler/PAIf the opinion polls had proved accurate, we would have been woken up on the morning of May 8 to a House of Commons in which the Labour Party had a chance to form government. By the end of the day, the country would have had a new prime minister called Ed Miliband.
This didn’t happen. Instead the...
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