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Topic: Liberal Democrats (UK)

Ads by Google Related Topics United States Democratic Party Democratic Party Liberal Democrats Social Democrats New Democratic Party Social Democratic Party Democratic Republicans UK topics UK general election, 1997 UK general election, 2001 UK general election, 1992 Social Democratic Party UK      Articles - Liberal Democrats (UK) The British first past the post electoral system does not reward parties whose vote is evenly divided across the nation with many seats in Parliament, and the Liberal Democrats and their forerunners have suffered in particular. This is the arrangement that Paddy Ashdown agreed with Tony Blair before the 1997 election, until Blair discovered he could win huge landslide victories under first-past-the-post without any need for sharing power with the Lib Dems. Labour& massive majority after the 1997 general election also meant that Blair lost interest in pursuing the issue, and some senior Labour politicians (e.g. http://www.foreverc.com/articles/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)   (3491 words)      UK POLITICS 2005 All the News, Views, Activities and Comments on the UK and World Progressive movement at: UK / European / World Live Archaeology News UK AND WORLD TV AND RADIO + HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS http://www.historybooksuk.net/id94.html   (498 words)

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