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But part and parcel of free speech. There is a General Election this year Is there time between the popular rhetoric of these measures clearly aimed at pro-Palestinian marches that have taken place in London every Saturday, with a smidgen of Just Stop Oil, and the clear injustices that will occur that, as usual, wil see[...]

That was the General Election that was Boris Johnson has been returned as Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Conservative government has their biggest majority since Margaret Thatcher For those on the left looking for a crumb of comfort it is that, with such a majority, Johnson won't need to pander to[...]

The General Election is over The exit poll is in And, as the votes around Britain are being counted, everyone is now convinced that the Conservative Party led by Boris Johnson have their biggest majority since Margaret Thatcher Which will mean we'll get Brexit in January, and a large enough majority for Boris to, basically,[...]

Today, Britain is holding a General Election, in which everyone over the age of 18 who is a British citizen, and not in jail, can vote for a local MP There are 650 constituencies across the United Kingdom, and whichever party can form a majority of MPs gets to form the government If no one[...]

Britain is in the heat of a General Election, three weeks away now We just had the first live television debate between Prime Minister Boris Johnson of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition, Jeremy Corbyn, of the Labour Party Three years ago, before the General Election of 2017, comic book writer, novelist, screenwriter,[...]

Great Britain has just had our first national TV debate between the two main party leaders, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Leader of the Opposition Jeremy Corbyn, ahead of the General Election in three weeks' time. During the debate, the Conservative Party totally rebranded their Twitter account to read FactCheckUK with purple livery And proceeded to[...]

And with the British General Election in less than a month's time, Momentum released a new political advert using Batman and The Joker asking if Batman is the Bad Guy, including clips from Batman films, Joker, the Batman TV series and original footage filmed with two actors playing the Batman and The Joker… Here's the video,[...]

So, the UK had a General Election Everyone either won or lost. I'm still trying to figure out what the hell happened with the UK vote. — Tess Fowler (currently working on a CO GN) (@TessFowler) June 9, 2017 I tried to explain the result, in an article called Welcome To Weird Britain, last night Not sure how[...]

That's how it works. For Americans, we don't have a President, but it's as if the Electoral College was the legislature, and the executive drawn from within its ranks. Theresa May was struggling, her majority of Conservative MPs in the House Of Commons was repeatedly challenged, even while the public support for Labour, the opposition party was low,[...]

So, the Conservatives have won the UK election, scraping a full majority of elected MPs in the House of Commons. Labour's vote collapsed in Scotland, the

In Britain, the General Election is underway Everyone gets to vote on for a local Member of Parliament, and then whichever party can form a majority of MPs gets to form the government Except with the latest polls giving Labour and Conservative parties 34.1% each and the vote not concentrated enough thanks to the efforts[...]