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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)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 10, 2015 | World
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...
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Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond gestures to journalists during a news conference in the Great Hall of Edinburgh castle, Scotland on January 25, 2012.
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by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 17, 2014 | World
London, Reuters—Separatist leader Alex Salmond insisted on Monday that Scotland would keep the pound if it left the UK and accused British politicians of bluffing by ruling out a currency union in a campaign of fear that would provoke a backlash from Scots. Salmond is...
