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When super-lawyers Ted Olson and David Boies went to court last week to ask a federal judge to toss out California's Proposition 8, one might have expected longtime gay-marriage advocates to welcome the move with open arms. After all, not only is Olson, 69, one of the...
"This election is very difficult for mainstream parties," says Antonio Missiroli, director of studies at the Brussels-based European Policy Centre (EPC). "It is complicated to make a case for Europe at this moment. And during the economic crisis, voters feel that someone has to be blamed, whether it is...
See 60 years of election-night drama.
Revelations that members from across the House of Commons have milked the lax expenses system have angered voters and mobilized party activists. Amid calls for radical reform of Britain's fustian political system, the next Parliament is already guaranteed to have a fresh face, with droves of MPs vowing not...
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith and Communities Secretary Hazel Blears, both once tipped as future Labour leaders, are now heading to the backbenches, the favored perch from which to foment rebellion. Two more ministers have also tendered their resignations. "The government is collapsing before our eyes," said David Cameron, the Conservative...