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Britain's Conservatives see huge lead in polls
AP on Yahoo ^ | 9/30/08 | David Stringer - ap

Posted on 09/30/2008 9:23:29 AM PDT by NormsRevenge

BIRMINGHAM, England - Ahead in opinion polls, boosted by a run of special election victories over the governing Labour Party and newly in charge of London's City Hall, Britain's main opposition Conservatives have every reason to feel cocky.

But their leader David Cameron has reined in the celebratory mood at an annual rally in the central England city of Birmingham, insisting on a sober and cautious front as his party plots its course to Downing Street.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: britain; conservatives; hugelead; polls

1 posted on 09/30/2008 9:23:29 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge

Maybe I’ll move across the pond.


2 posted on 09/30/2008 9:41:14 AM PDT by Recovering_Democrat (Just say NObama!)
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To: NormsRevenge
Well, didn't Crash Gordon do a fine job now, taking the reins of (haha) New Labour?

Maybe the UK can right itself. Maybe.

3 posted on 09/30/2008 9:42:08 AM PDT by SAJ
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To: NormsRevenge

I’m remembering all of those libs that fled the country to the UK on the heels of the Bush elections.


4 posted on 09/30/2008 9:47:34 AM PDT by Tzimisce (How Would Mohammed Vote? Obama for President!)
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To: NormsRevenge

Perhaps the English folks are getting tired of socialized medicine and kowtowing to the Muslim religion?


5 posted on 09/30/2008 9:55:09 AM PDT by John123 (Obambi said that he has been in 57 states. I will now light myself on fire...)
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To: John123

Their main problem is political correctness being the supreme value determining every decision, every policy.


6 posted on 09/30/2008 9:59:23 AM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture™)
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To: NormsRevenge

7 posted on 09/30/2008 12:21:58 PM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: NormsRevenge

I seem to recall Reagan’s election was preceded by the election of Maggie Thatcher.


8 posted on 09/30/2008 1:17:15 PM PDT by yazoo
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To: NormsRevenge

Appropriate. Liberals make the mess and conservatives clean it up.


9 posted on 10/07/2008 6:48:56 AM PDT by Niuhuru (Don't burn a bra, burn a feminist!)
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