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Monday, September 29th 2014 - 08:25 UTC
UK far right party gaining ground into conservative turf

A lawmaker from Britain’s ruling Conservative party defected to the anti-EU United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), dealing a blow to Prime Minister David Cameron on the eve of his party’s annual conference.
Saturday, May 4th 2013 - 08:54 UTC
“Pepe” Grillo protest-vote syndrome emerges in UK local elections and rattles three main parties

Italy’s ‘Pepe’ Grillo protest syndrome emerged in British local elections. The anti-European Union UK Independence Party made sweeping gains in these elections, siphoning support from British Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives in a vote that exposed a threat to his re-election chances in 2015.
Friday, March 22nd 2013 - 06:59 UTC
Falklands’ invasion: documents show Conservatives were divided on how to react

Senior Tories were initially sceptical about going to war over the Falkland Islands, newly released papers from Margaret Thatcher's personal archive show. A note from the whips' office following Argentina's 1982 invasion reported solid support for military action from some Conservative MPs, but others were privately hostile.
Monday, March 4th 2013 - 06:41 UTC
Independence party strikes serious setback for PM Cameron in by-election

British Prime Minister David Cameron was under pressure after his Conservatives were beaten into third place in a key election last March first, by his scandal-hit coalition partners and a Euro-skeptic party.
Saturday, November 17th 2012 - 05:47 UTC
BBC pays £ 185.00 to leading Tory wrongly accused of child sex abuse

The BBC agreed to pay 185,000 pounds to a former treasurer of Britain's Conservative Party wrongly accused of child sex abuse as a result of one of its reports. The settlement came as media reports said one of the BBC's former stars had been arrested as part of an ongoing police investigation into sex crimes centred on the publicly funded broadcaster.
Thursday, November 1st 2012 - 23:33 UTC
Euro-scepticism spreading in the British political system

Britain faces a crisis that could end with the world's sixth largest economy leaving the European Union, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg warned ahead of a showdown over budget spending with other states in the 27-member bloc.
Monday, October 22nd 2012 - 04:15 UTC
Veteran Tories call PM Cameron’s government ‘incompetent and elitist”

British Prime Minister David Cameron is under pressure to reassert his authority over a Conservative Party reeling after a week which saw the resignation of a senior minister and claims of incompetence and elitism at the heart of his government.
Monday, March 26th 2012 - 09:04 UTC
PM Cameron caught in Conservative party fund raising scandal

Prime Minister David Cameron pledged to investigate why a senior Conservative party fundraiser offered exclusive access to him in return for donations of 396,700 dollars a year.
Monday, October 3rd 2011 - 21:33 UTC
S&P tells UK to stick to plans to cut budget deficit if not credit ratings could be reviewed

Britain's prized triple-A sovereign debt rating could come under pressure if the government strays from its path of public deficit cuts in the face of weaker growth, credit agency Standard & Poor's said on Monday.
Monday, October 3rd 2011 - 07:33 UTC
Thousands demonstrate at the Conservatives’ conference in Manchester

An estimated 35,000 people have turned out in Manchester to demonstrate at the governing Conservative Party's annual conference, which opened on Sunday. The march was organised by the Trades Union Congress, which billed it as a rally for “the alternative - jobs, growth, and justice”.