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Demonstrators hold a banner as they march to protest against the British government’s spending cuts and austerity measures in London on June 20, 2015. (AFP PHOTO / JUSTIN TALLIS)
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Protesters demonstrate against the Conservative government in Whitehall, Westminster, London, on May 9, 2015, after David Cameron’s Conservative Party swept to power on Friday in Britain’s Parliamentary General Elections, winning an unexpected majority. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)
“Winner takes all” vote system exaggerates Britain’s divisions
London, Reuters—David Cameron can thank Britain’s winner-takes-all voting system for handing him an outright majority in parliament on just 37 percent of the vote. But by boosting the power of Scottish nationalists, it has also intensified one of his biggest...Caption:
Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha return to 10 Downing Street in London on May 8, 2015.
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Cameron sweeps to unexpected triumph in British election
London, Reuters—Prime Minister David Cameron won an emphatic election victory in Britain, overturning predictions that the vote would be the closest in decades to sweep into office for another five years, with his Labour opponents in tatters. The sterling currency and...Caption:
British Prime Minister David Cameron holds up a photocopied note left by former chief secretary to the Treasury Liam Byrne on his desk after Labour’s 2010 election defeat, which reads “Dear Chief Secretary, I’m afraid there is no money. Kind regards—and good luck! Liam.” as he delivers a speech at the Ambleside Sports Club in Nuneaton, England, on May 3, 2015. Britain goes to the polls in a General Election on May 7. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland, Pool)
Win or lose, Cameron’s political career hangs by a thread in UK
London, Reuters—Prime Minister David Cameron is Britain’s most popular major party leader and his Conservative Party the most trusted on the economy after helping revive it. But win or lose a knife-edge election this week, his career hangs by a thread. If he...Caption:
Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron leaves after meeting with Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in London, on March 30, 2015. (Reuters/Anthony Devlin/pool)