UK Elections

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The Huffington Post UK | Paul Vale | Posted 06.11.2012 | UK Politics

The world watches on as America goes to the polls. In what is predicted to be the closest election in recent memory, a deeply divided country must cho...

Pictures Of The Day Live: 2nd November 2012

Posted 02.11.2012 | UK

Huffington Post Picture Desk Live: Scroll down for the best news, entertainment, culture and sports pictures of the day, brought to you by The Huffing...

Youth Put Their Questions to Bristol Mayor Candidates

Harbir Kaur | Posted 26.12.2012 | UK Politics
Harbir Kaur

The questions posed by Bristol's youth reflected a range of concerns and took a detour from the usual employment and housing-centric topics popular during former hustings.

Questions for Police Commissioners

Deep Sagar | Posted 24.12.2012 | UK Politics
Deep Sagar

We will be electing new Police Commissioners next month. They have a unique opportunity to reduce crime. But that can only happen if simple questions on what crime is being committed, where it is being committed and by who are answered based on evidence. Otherwise real issues could be lost in political correctness.

What are the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections About?

Vera Baird QC | Posted 23.12.2012 | UK Politics
Vera Baird QC

These elections can bring new policing horizons and Labour should fight them keenly.

Inciting the Fear of Crime for Political Reasons

Bob Morgan | Posted 22.12.2012 | UK Politics
Bob Morgan

The fear of crime blights society more than actual crime. Putting images of violent crimes into people's homes to try to get them interested in the police commissioners elections will only increase that fear.

Why Chavez Won - And How The West Got it Wrong

Grahame Morris MP | Posted 13.12.2012 | UK Politics
Grahame Morris MP

When I arrived in Caracas, it soon became apparent that the election the British media was reporting wasn't the same election campaign being experienced by hundreds of thousands of ordinary Venezuelans.

Facebook Wants to Know if You Think Obama's a Muslim

Stephen Canning | Posted 06.11.2012 | UK Tech
Stephen Canning

My girlfriend was spending the evening on Facebook (evidently far more interesting than talking to me) and she was prompted by Facebook to fill in a survey. This was an official survey which appeared in the top half of page above the newsfeed and not just a link from an advertiser.

The US Elections Are A Seven Billion Dollar Scandal

Gareth Edmundson | Posted 07.09.2012 | UK Politics
Gareth Edmundson

To every American citizen that reads this article on Huffington Post and beyond, I just want to plant this thought. $7 billion is currently being spent on nothing more than hot air.

It is Time for David Cameron to Get the Coalition Back On Course

David Cowan | Posted 04.09.2012 | UK Politics
David Cowan

After the celebrations of Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee and now looking forward to the London Olympics the coalition is heading into more turbulent political waters due to the on-going Eurozone crisis.

Prisoners Cannot Be Banned From Voting, European Judges Rule

Posted 22.05.2012 | UK Politics

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Britain cannot ban prisoners from voting, piling pressure on the prime minister who last year said t...

Syriza: Who Are They And What Do We Know?

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 15.05.2012 | UK

As another Greek election looms after the failure to form a new coalition, suspicions are growing that radical left party Syriza could come out on top...

Have You Lost Faith in Politics?

BritChick Paris | Posted 14.07.2012 | UK Politics
BritChick Paris

This year is a very political year for many countries. France has just voted in their new leader, Greece will do shortly and the USA elections beckon.

The Other Cinema Presents La Haine at Broadwater Farm - Review

Hanna Flint | Posted 05.07.2012 | UK Entertainment
Hanna Flint

Look left, a heavyweight boxer dances in the corner to the rhythm of his every punch. Look up; a young artist sketches the grandiose image of angel wings onto a scaffold canvas. Listen, to the voice of the disillusioned youth through the spoken words of a blinged up poet.

Francois Hollande: The Candidate for Change? Not for French Muslims

Myriam Francois-Cerrah | Posted 03.07.2012 | UK Politics
Myriam Francois-Cerrah

Hollande has marketed himself as the ‎candidate of 'change', the central concept in his slogan and the recurrent leitmotif of his speeches, ‎banking on Sarkozy's unpopularity and on the feeling that France needs a new, alternative vision.‎

France is Turning 'Bleu Marine': the Existential Crisis of the French Right

Myriam Francois-Cerrah | Posted 23.06.2012 | UK Politics
Myriam Francois-Cerrah

While Hollande may be elected France's first Socialist president in 17 ‎years, it was under another socialist, Francois Mitterand that the National Front first made ‎headways in response to austerity measures in the 1980s.

Shop Dummy Caught Trying To Stand For Election In Aberdeen

Posted 20.04.2012 | UK Politics

Police have begun an investigation after a candidate in Scotland's local elections turned out to be a shop dummy. The term "dummy candidate" is usu...

Africa 2020: Which Scenario for a Sustainable Future?

Marianne Abib-Pech | Posted 16.05.2012 | UK
Marianne Abib-Pech

As investors, we have to be wise and smart. We have to be active listeners and observers and adjust our perception to develop a different approach.

Ex-Lib Dem Council Leader Admits Perjury After Son's Signature Faked In Election Campaign

PA | Posted 16.05.2012 | UK Politics

A former Liberal Democrat council leader admitted on Friday committing perjury following a police investigation into electoral fraud allegations. E...

'I Have Beaten Jesus Christ'

Posted 21.02.2012 | UK

Robert Mugabe, leader of Zimbabwe, dismissed persistent rumours that he is dying of cancer by comparing himself to Jesus Christ during an interview on...

Iowa: 7 Things You Need To Know

www.politicshome.com | Posted 03.01.2012 | UK Politics

Today I wrote an article for CityAM about the Iowa caucus and Mitt Romney’s candidature. Here are some more expanded points about how tonight’s ev...

Thousands Take To Moscow Streets To Protest

PA | Posted 24.12.2011 | UK

Tens of thousands of demonstrators have rallied in the Russian capital in another huge protest against election fraud, signalling a growing outrage wi...

A Disaster For Democracy: A Fifth Of People Not Registered To Vote

Huffington Post UK | Dina Rickman | Posted 14.12.2011 | UK Politics

Nearly a fifth of voters are missing from the electoral register, according to research from the Electoral Commission. The independent elections wa...

Russia Rather Less United

Dr Rick Simon | Posted 07.02.2012 | UK Politics
Dr Rick Simon

Many Russians now believe oil money is used primarily to line the pockets of state officials. United Russia, which has earned itself the sobriquet of the 'party of swindlers and thieves', has suffered as a consequence.

Democratic Republic of Congo: Failed but Hopeful

Onika Adeneye | Posted 05.02.2012 | Home
Onika Adeneye

For the second time in 40 years the Democratic Republic of Congo has gone to the polls. Over the years, The DRC has been blighted by militia violence, corruption and political failures earning the label of a "failed state".