London’s mayor Johnson saves Tories from a humiliating defeat in council elections

Saturday, May 5th 2012 - 06:09 UTC

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Boris Johnson dodged a humiliating nationwide defeat for Prime Minister David Cameron by winning London in local elections that saw voters angry at Britain's economic woes flock to opposition Labour and a right-wing anti-European fringe party. Read full article

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DanyBerger
And where are those moron who keep saying UK has a sound, strong, bullet prove economy?
May 05th, 2012 - 09:27 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Think
(1) You just wait...............

The English Defence League and the British Freedom Party have just merged......

The UKIP will soon join forces with them.......

Everything will then be much better for Great England ....

You will see....

And the BDL and the BFP
May 05th, 2012 - 09:37 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Guzz
It's a harsh defeat for the conservatives and now is not the time to laugh about it... .... But now it is :)))))
May 05th, 2012 - 09:44 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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reality check
Boris for Primeminister. Yeah! now there's a thought.
May 05th, 2012 - 09:50 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Usurping Pirate
Guzz : In 1982 the Conservatives were almost finished politically .
Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands and united the country behind them , as a result they remained in power for another 15 years .
Cretina's sabre rattling about the Falklands is very good for Cameron , Boris , et al , because it unites the country behind them now , so keep up your war of words and your 6am invasions , you distract the people from their problems and focus them on hating you .
May 05th, 2012 - 11:27 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Brit Bob
Mid-term blues. The economy will pick up and so will the Tory party.
May 05th, 2012 - 12:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Max
@ 4

Boris Johnson's granddad was the Interior Minister of Ottoman Empire !
May 05th, 2012 - 01:06 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Marcos Alejandro
Poor Camoron :-)))
May 05th, 2012 - 03:06 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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RobWilliams
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I wouldn't get your hopes up, no political party in the UK would consider giving up the Falklands, it's one of the few universal agreements so Cameron or not, there will still be no talks.

I suspect the “right-wing anti-European fringe party” they refer to is UKIP, if somehow they got into power then that's even worse for Argentina.
May 05th, 2012 - 03:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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