McConnell is 'up for May's fight'
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Jack McConnell tells his party he is ready for the election and will make his case on the streets and the TV studios.
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Republican leaders are ready to call for his resignation, but are hoping the senator will act on his own, aides said.
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MEPs in the United Kingdom Independence Party (Ukip) have agreed to put any talk of an imminent leadership contest on the backburner so as to keep the anti-Europe party from self-imploding. "Crisis talks" were ...
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Leader Alex Salmond is to launch the Scottish National Party's campaign for the forthcoming election.
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The Senate race in Kentucky stayed at fever pitch on Thursday as Democratic challenger Daniel Mongiardo stressed his opposition to gay marriage while accusing Republican incumbent Jim Bunning of fueling personal attacks that seemed to suggest Mongiardo is gay.
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The likely opening shots of a lengthy British general election campaign were exchanged as the country's main opposition party outlined its broad aims ahead of a poll widely expected for May.
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Pakistan&#39;s opposition parties have nominated a jailed leader to stand against Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz in Friday&#39;s vote for a new prime minister.
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LONDON (Reuters Life!) - England and Scotland could again do battle over the small border town of Berwick-upon-Tweed after a Scottish politician launched a bid to get it moved north.
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The fight for control of the General Assembly this fall could come down to several contests in Northern Virginia. An asterisk (*) identifies an incumbent.
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The prime minister will today mount a strong defence of the union with England in a speech to Labour's Scottish conference.Comment
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Fresh from his libel victory over the Daily Telegraph, George Galloway this evening announced his intention to challenge the Labour MP Oona King at the general election.
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Plaid Cymru's leader tells his party it has to 'rise to the challenge of nation building within government'.
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Jack McConnell is to place education at the heart of Labour's manifesto for next year's Scottish election.
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David Miliband should challenge Gordon Brown for the Labour leadership, ex-minister Charles Clarke says.
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The opposition leader in Jamaica is ready to assume power, but the prime minister is not ready to concede election defeat.
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A team looking into the problems encountered at the Scottish Parliament election in May is due to report.
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Â· Leader focuses on family and smaller government Â· Poll shows chancellor is ahead on trust