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UK election: exit poll predicts almost clean sweep for Scottish nationalists

Sweeping success is predicted for Scottish nationalists, as part of Britain’s elections. The Scottish National Party is set to take 58 out of 59

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#GE2015: exit poll predicts Tories will take shock lead, but not majority

As counting begins in the UK general election, an exit poll forecasts a shock lead for the Conservatives, although a hung parliament could still be on the cards.

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[As it happened] Tories' election win triggers rivals' resignations

David Cameron’s Conservatives won an unexpectedly big victory in the UK’s general election, after nationalists took hold in Scotland. It was

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Boris Johnson evades media scrum at polling station

Boris Johnson may have hoped to amble quietly to the polling station to cast his ballot in his Islington consitituency in north London, but it turned

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A nail-biting finish in the UK election race, with a hung parliament expected

The incumbent British Prime Minister David Cameron put on a brave face as he turned out to vote in the UK’s most unpredictable election in decades

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Scotland vote could prove key to Downing Street's next occupant

With just 8% of the British population the Scottish vote is proving key in an election that is too close to call.

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Record turnout on the cards for UK election

People are reporting larger queues than they have ever seen before at some of the 50,000 polling stations now open across the UK. That is on top of

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UK election system bodes complex outcome

UK elections used to be simple. On the whole people would vote for one of the two main parties, and newspapers would grandly state which one they

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Candidates go to vote in closest British election in a generation

The weeks of campaigning have ended and it’s now time to decide. Millions of UK voters go to ballot boxes today to decide who will lead the country

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UK election 2015: what you need to know

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Decision Day in the UK's general election

Voters in the UK are going to the polls today in one of the most unpredictable general elections in decades. Despite weeks of campaigning, a hung

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UKIP's Nigel Farage stakes political future on close race in South Thanet

UKIP's Nigel Farage says he'll quit leadership if he fails to win bid for parliamentary seat

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Mixed news on UK economy on election eve

There has been mixed news on the crucial election issue of the British economy on the eve of the vote. Britain’s huge service sector unexpectedly

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Mother of All Parliaments promises unpredictable springtime

Elections have been predictable in the UK for decades. It is how they worked, the Conservatives in power then Labour then the same again. The United

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UK party leaders campaign to the end to break election deadlock

The last day of campaigning ahead of Thursday's British general election has seen party leaders Cameron, Miliband, Clegg, Sturgeon, Farage and Bennett campaigning across the country in a last-minute s

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Tory and Labour manifestos: spot the difference

The main themes in UK election campaigning have not played more in favour of either the ruling Conservatives or opposition Labour. In the battle to

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Loony laughs from candidates standing in 2015 General Election

Vote for Insanity. Well some might argue that’s what happens at every British election! Now it’s official. One party is campaigning on the “insanity”

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UK election: frenetic last dash to convert undecided voters

Polls ahead of the British general election put the Conservatives and Labour neck-and-neck. Thursday’s vote will likely trigger a period of

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Immigration rates as a hot election topic in London's Bethnal Green

Immigration is one of the hot topics of Britain’s forthcoming general election. Euronews reporter James Franey went to Bethnal Green, one of the most

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Could Britain's economy survive an EU exit?

Britain’s love-hate relationship with the EU has confounded successive governments for decades. Two years ago, PM David Cameron said he wanted to