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The U.K. Independence Party won seats from Prime Minister David Cameron’s Tories and their Liberal Democrat coalition partners in English local elections, emphasizing a drift away from mainstream political movements.
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Prime Minister David Cameron toned down his party’s rhetoric against the U.K. Independence Party, as polling showed the attacks gave UKIP a popularity boost in the run-up to local elections tomorrow.
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U.K. Independence Party leader Nigel Farage said there had been “one or two teething problems” over preparations for local elections after the Daily Mirror newspaper pictured a UKIP candidate making a Nazi salute.
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The U.K. Liberal Democrat party held the seat of Eastleigh in a special election, adding to the woes of Prime Minister David Cameron, whose Conservative Party was pushed into third place behind the U.K. Independence Party.
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Alex Salmond likes to recite the tale his grandfather told about his hometown of Linlithgow ousting English occupiers from the local castle in the 14th century.
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U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne held firm to his austerity plan as the economy continues to stagnate, saying government spending cuts will carry on for three years after the 2015 election.
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U.K. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will tell his Liberal Democrat party today that there’s no alternative to spending and welfare cuts, rejecting accusations he “sold out” by joining a coalition with the Conservatives.
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It was at a 2011 charity dinner in Glasgow when Alistair Darling realized it was time to return to the political front line and fight to keep Scotland in the U.K.
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U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne faces the prospect of breaching his self-imposed budget rules as an economy struggling to escape recession drives debt higher and erodes his political capital.
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Support for independence in Scotland is at its lowest since the country got a semi-autonomous government in 1999, according to the annual Scottish Social Attitudes survey.
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