Teaching Comparative Government and Politics

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Bad news before an election

Like some of the Tories in '97, some of Labour's elite sought to cash in on their positions of power and influence. This adds to the likelihood that the election in 2010 will see the same kind of change the election of 1997 brought.

Four Suspended From Labour Party in U.K. Scandal

Caught by concealed cameras as they offered to trade influence for cash, three former government ministers were suspended from Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s Labour Party, setting off a new political furor Tuesday as Britain nudges toward elections…

Caught by concealed cameras as they offered to trade influence for cash, three former government ministers were suspended from Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s Labour Party, setting off a new political furor Tuesday as Britain nudges toward elections….

After a brief surge in the polls last month, Labour is again trailing the opposition Tories badly in most opinion surveys, and televised scenes showing an apparent readiness to sell their influence by three former Labour ministers, all of them among the highest-ranking cabinet figures under the former Labour leader, Tony Blair, seemed likely to compound Labour’s woes…

Tories Keep Lead, Lib-Dems Gain in Britain

The opposition Conservative Party maintains a steady level of support in Britain, according to a poll by Angus Reid Public Opinion. 39 per cent of respondents would support the Tories in this year’s election to the House of Commons.

The governing Labour party is second with 26 per cent, followed by the Liberal Democrats with 21 per cent. 15 per cent of respondents would vote for other parties. Support for the Lib-Dems increased by three points in a week...