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In the wake of what has been a year of big changes in UK politics, Len McCluskey, leader of Unite, has informed Ed Miliband that Labour funding could be relinquished should they enter coalition with the Liberal Democrats.
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One day after Pres. Barack Obama said U.S. airstrikes and humanitarian aid in Iraq had ended, sources told Fox News Friday that Islamic militants killed 90 members of Iraq’s Yazidi minority in a northern Iraqi village.
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Republicans, confident of retaining control of the House of Representatives, are hardly content to settle for status quo. The party has two strong female candidates with proven records of leadership vying to upset Democrats.
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A 21-year-old from Matlock, Derbyshire, is set to make history by being the youngest ever Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate.
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Just as a Senate report condemning the waterboarding of a couple of the most dangerous GITMO terrorists is due to be released, Democrats are calling for the head of the CIA director.
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Another Obama appointee, CIA Director John Brennan, is in serious trouble inside the Beltway. Brennan has apologized for CIA involvement with White House aides who improperly accessed Senate documents.
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It's difficult to imagine a more priceless photo than one of Senate Leader Harry Reid’s face upon learning that the billionaire industrialist Koch brothers donated $25 million to United Negro College Fund.
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Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister has been urged to resign as leader of the Liberal Democrats by members of his own party, with a dozen of his own MPs openly criticising him.
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Speaking on the condition of anonymity, aides to Senate Democrats said Tuesday they may chop international monetary fund provisions that they added to a bill that provides aid to Ukraine and authorizes sweeping sanctions against Russia.
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Liberal Democrat members at their conference in the UK are calling for what they term a “step down the nuclear ladder” with a reduction in the number of Trident submarines.
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As Britain’s coalition government reaches its halfway point, both the Prime Minister and his deputy claim it is “steadfast and united”.
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Any bump Mr. Obama and the Democrats hoped to gain from their Charlotte convention may be doused by a very weak jobs report on Friday.
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It seems those in the U.S. who back Obama for president are among the least generous when it comes to supporting charities.
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Overnight West Midlands Police have arrested 7 people in a large pre-planned counter-terrorism operation. Six men and one woman were detained.
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Following the overall majority win of the Scottish National Party (SNP) in Scotland the UK government at Westminster says it will not move to block a Scottish referendum on independence.
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Steve Radford, a long-standing elected member of Liverpool Council, in the North of England, has been elected president of the UK Liberal Party.
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David Cameron, 43, who has become Britain’s youngest prime minister since 1812, began his first full day of office today after days of wrangling to decide who will rule the United Kingdom.
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As shuttle diplomacy continues among political parties to determine who will rule Britain, one of the country’s leading economic and political commentators is urging Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg to shun the Tories and throw in his lot with Labour.
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Britain has its first hung parliament since 1974, as the Conservative Party won the most seats but not enough to form a majority government. Conservative leader David Cameron has made a “big, open and comprehensive offer” to the Lib Dems.
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Britain’s voters are going to the polls today in what could be the closest-run general election in decades. Voting began at 7 o’clock BST this morning, and will end at 10 o’clock this evening.
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The BBC has announced that it will, for the first time ever, project the results of this week’s general election in the UK onto St Stephen’s Tower at the Houses of Parliament.
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An Internet campaign using social media such as Twitter and Facebook is being launched in the UK today with the specific intention of preventing any one party from governing the country.
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David Axelrod famously said, "Never let a crisis go to waste." Problem is, liberal Democrats seem to like crises so much they're making their own. Not so much that there are crises, but because there is so much to gain by it. And it is hurting America.
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Senator David Vitter met with the Natchitoches community on April 6 at the Natchitoches Art Center. He presented an agenda radically different than that of the Obama administration, swimming against the current Democratic liberal tide.
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The Liberal Democrat party have launched a freedom bill to reclaim civil liberties eroded by decades of snippy legislation, campaigning electronically and via viral marketing techniques.
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Lib Dem Leader Nick Clegg, with his wife Miriam Gonzalez Durantez, addresses a rally at Western Lawns, Eastbourne courtesy Liberal Democrats/Alex Folkes
File photo: Pictured are Democrat Sen. Robert Menendez, left, with Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar inspecting the Statue of Liberty for visitor access and safety concerns. Accompanying them is Reps. Anthony D. Weiner (NY) and Albio Sires (NY). Tami A. Heilemann / DOI
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Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a ceremony where NASA transferred title and ownership of space shuttle Enterprise to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2011. NASA
Ben Fearn, pictured outside a high school in April 2014. Derbyshire Dales Liberal Democrats
Nick Clegg (right) with UK Prime Minister David Cameron Creative Commons
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