Brown faces fresh by-election as Labour MP John MacDougall dies

It's safe to say that the last thing UK prime minister Gordon Brown needs tight now is another by-election, but it looks like that's exactly what he's getting. Labour MP John MacDougall, who represented Glenrothes,...

Davis D-Day as voters go to polls

The election in Haltemprice and Howden is taing place today after Tory MP resigned his seat there over the 42-day detention policy. Davis resigned in order to run again, staking his reelection on the 42-day detention...

Henley by-election: Tories beat humiliated Labour into fifth place

Another trouncing for the Labour party in the UK, this time in the Henley by-election. The parliament seat election was to replace Boris Johnson, who resigned after he was elected mayor of London."The Conservative Party has beaten Labour into fifth place in the by-election to...

MP Davis resigns from UK parliament

Tory MP David Davis resigned from his position as shadow home secretary and will force a by-election.  He plans to make the new terrorism bill the focus of his campaign in his Haltemprice and Howden...

UK lorry drivers protest over soaring fuel prices

Some 300 protesting lorry drivers rallied at Marble Arch in London. Vehicles displayed placards and and honked horns - a call to lower the duty on fuel for hauliers by 20-25%. In Wales, hauliers rallied in support of...

Labour suffer massive by-election defeat

Yesterday's all-important by-election in Crewe was a complete disaster for UK prime minister Gordon Brown. he saw his Labour party lose with a shocking 17.6 percent swing toward the Tories. Everyone is watching and...

Tories hoping for by-election coup

Today is the big day in Crewe here in the UK. A by-election in this traditional Labour stronghold is set to be a bellweather for whether Gordon Brown will be able to reverse his declining fortunes. If the Tories win...

Poll blow to PM

With rising fuel and food cost, falling house values, lack of affordable mortgages and not fully compensating all of the low paid work force, the British public has good reason to be angry with the Government........

Gordon Brown faces new 10p tax rebellion

"GORDON BROWN was warned last night that he faced a second election disasterunless he made further concessions in the row over the abolition of the 10pincome tax band.In the wake of Labour’s worst local election performance in 40 years andBoris Johnson’s historic triumph...

Ex-Tory MP Spink defects to UKIP

The UK parliament now has its first UK Independence Party member of parliament (MP). Up until now the UKIP has only had a presence on the European Parliament in Brussels, and the UK has several UKIP MEPs (members of the European parliament). The aprty is centred chiefly...

British Columbia: New TOP COP "Teatless"

By Barry Artiste, Now Public ContributorMeet the Honourable John van Dongen, once again another "Former Dairy Farmer " and British Columbia's New Solicitor General and Minister of Public Safety and TOP COP for Police...

By-election results: Liberals win 3 of 4 byelections

There were 4 by-elections today in Canada, 2 in Ontario, 1 in Sask., and one in BC (in my riding as it happens). The Canadian Liberal has won the 2 in Ont, lost in Sask, and are in a head to head battle with the Conservative candidate in BC. The Liberal candidate, Joyce...

Candidates Endorsed by Author of "Poor Bashing" Win Seats on Carnegie Center ...

The Left got organized to get trusted comrades elected to two vacant positions on the Board of Directors of the Carnegie Center last evening, Thursday, January 10th. That’s the same Board that homeless Bill Simpson was elected to in June 2007, only to be banished two...

Gemayel looses Important Lebanese By-Election

From Beirut to the Beltway - Tensions ran high this week as former Lebanese President Amin Gemayel and General Michel Aoun engaged in another hostile exchange over Lebanese by-elections. The battle was the fiercest...

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