This is the Labour Party manifesto for the 2015 UK General Election.
The election was held on May 7. The Conservative Party, led by Prime Minister David Cameron, defeated the Labour Party, led by Ed Miliband.
Conservative Party Manifesto – 2015 UK Election
Apr 14, 2015
This is the Conservative Party Manifesto issued for the 2015 United Kingdom General Election.
The election took place on May 7, 2015.
Scotland Votes NO In Referendum On Independence
Sep 19, 2014
Scotland has voted against independence from Great Britain in a referendum that saw the YES campaign garner just 44.7% of the vote.
The NO vote swept the country with 55.3%. Of the 32 Council areas in Scotland, only 4 voted YES: Dundee (57.3%), and the neighbouring areas of Glasgow (53.5%), North Lanarkshire (51.1%) and West Dunbartonshire (54%).
Whilst Glasgow supported the referendum, Edinburgh cast a decisive 61.1% against independence. In Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire, the NO vote reached 58.6% and 60.4%. The highest NO vote was in the northernmost Orkney Islands archipelago where 67.2% of 17,806 voters rejected the proposal. [Read more…]
Better Together: In Powerful Speech, Gordon Brown Argues For A No Vote On Scottish Independence
Sep 17, 2014
Former UK Labor Prime Minister Gordon Brown has delivered a powerful speech arguing for a No vote in tomorrow’s vote on Scottish independence.
In what will certainly be regarded as the best speech of his life, delivered with a passion and conviction rarely seen when he was prime minister, Brown’s argument combined emotional appeal with practical politics. [Read more…]