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All items tagged UK politicsGlobal Must Read ArticlesDecember 15, 2010 | Why Britain's Student Protests Turned UglyStudent protests in the UK last week were marked by increasing levels of violence. ++ Students dislike being told to tighten their belts by an older generation that enjoyed free tuition and now looks forward to secure retirement. ++ Many of Britain’s leftist protestors resemble Greek anarchists, who smashed shop and bank windows in Athens in 2008. ++ The problem is that young Brits have no ... MoreJune 9, 2010 | Crowdsourcing the BritishThe British Chancellor of the Exchequer is calling on the public to help decide what costs to cut in an effort to rein in government spending. ++ George Osborne “wants unprecedented engagement from trade unions, charities, other groups and individuals.” ++ Ministers will also be required to attend public meetings discussing which programs to axe. ++ Mr. Cameron blamed the ... MoreMay 11, 2010 | Ending the Deadlock in Britain“You can count on chaos when a country still has an electoral system premised on just two parties even though two-party politics has broken down.” ++ The recent elections saw the Labor and Conservative parties garner only sixty-five percent of the vote. To resolve the deadlock, Nick Clegg, now in the position to be kingmaker, should consider a time-limited coalition with Labor to pass ... MoreFebruary 27, 2009 | Bring on the New Center-LeftThe UK Tories will be back in power within 15 months, it seems almost certain. ++ In hand with this, Thatcherism is being revisited 30 years after it began. ++ But too stark a comparison between now and then is foolish. ++ Thatcher was a product of her union-power, high-taxation time; Cameron, on the other hand, fails to reflect the center-left movement taking hold which rightly chastises the ... More |
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