Aneurin Bevan is reputed to have said that for a Welshman to vote Tory would be ‘an act of naked treachery to his country’ – an attitude that may have served in Welsh Labour’s favour.
Theresa May’s gamble on calling an early election has not paid off.
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UK voters delivered a devastating blow to the prime minister, who combined a populist message with her party’s traditional economic policies. She may now face a power struggle.
Feel the Earth move.
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Terrorism, Brexit, Scottish independence: there is a lot going on in the UK election, and the landslide once predicted for the Conservatives is no longer a safe bet.
How each U.K. party leader would drive Brexit is the key issue on voters’ minds.
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While security concerns have punctuated the campaign’s closing days, Brexit remains the most important issue on voters’ minds. How the EU exit is managed will matter a great deal to US interests.
National security is a more complex issue in the UK these days, after a decade and a half of unpopular wars and years punctuated by regular, deadly terrorist attacks.
Quite a surprising result for this man.
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