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Cameron Named Election Winner After Five-Day Ad Break
British television viewers were forced to wait with baited breath to learn that prime minister Gordon Brown had been evicted from 10 Downing Street, after a dramatic pause segued into a five-day break for commercials. Unusually for the UK, general election results were announced in a ‘reality TV’ style, with a lingering hesitation during which [...]
My Single Vote Won’t Make Any Difference, Say 46 Million People
With a slight interest in party politics, but failing to see the point of voting when you live in a constituency considered a ‘safe seat’, an estimated 46 million eligible voters have been asking themselves whether their vote would really be missed if they just threw their election polling card away. “I’m sure nobody would [...]
‘She’s Like Peter Pan; She’ll Never Die’, Thatcher’s Doctor Claims
‘The Iron Lady is dead,’ came the cry from across the rooftops of London last night. No, don’t worry, or celebrate (depending upon your political persuasion), Margaret Thatcher is not dead – in fact quite the opposite. The source of this widespread, ill-founded rumour which quickly spread to all corners of the Commonwealth, was a morbidly-humoured Canadian [...]
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