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UK General Election Results 1802 – 2019
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British general election results for Parliament from 1802, the first election after the union between Great Britain and Ireland, right up to the 2019 election, which witnessed Boris Johnson's Conservatives claim a comfortable majority (the best since 1987). Prior to 1832, when the Great Reform [...]
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British General Elections – From 1708 – 2019
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The video below features every British general election there has been under HM's government, starting in 1708 after the Acts of Union between England and Scotland. The video continues until the current most recent election in 2019.  Enjoy! Additional info and clarifications about the video: Dur [...]
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UK election 2019: How the Tories triumphed
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Exit polls, first results and the biggest winners and losers - here's how 'the most important election in a generation' unfolded overnight as it became clear the Conservative party was headed for a strong majority while Labour faced its worst results in decades. What some of us already knew about t [...]
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BlackOutTuesday was just embarrassing
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As responses to George Floyd's death go, #BlackOutTuesday was embarrassing The black tiles posted online blocked other, more vital messages, a reminder that social media is not a force for change. By blacking out their Instagram accounts with the #BlackOutTuesday black squares, they may have disru [...]
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Zero COVID-19 cases emerge from general election held two weeks ago
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‘선거 방역’ 성공…총선 치른지 2주, 선거감염 '0명' South Korea continues to make great strides in battling COVID-19. The number of confirmed cases steadily falling... and there are no new infections related to the general election held two weeks ago. Jang Tae-hyun fills us in [...]
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Did voters really 'hold their nose' at the General Election?
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Nearly one in three voters "held their nose" and voted for a party they considered the "lesser evil" in the last general election, according to a new report from the Electoral Reform Society. The pro-democracy group claims December's election saw voters marginalised on an extraordinary scale, and l [...]
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Boris Johnson to ‘stop tens of thousands voting’ in future elections
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Boris Johnson confirmed plans to press ahead with new requirements for photographic ID at polling stations, in the face of accusations that the move is designed to suppress voting by young people and disadvantaged groups.  But another, and perhaps more worrying, part of the plan will mean th [...]
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