The Root

British Election Backs Blacks and Breaks Brexit

While Americans were riveted by the James Comey Senate hearings Thursday, another event, almost as important to our democracy, was happening across the pond. The British had a general election that ...
Opinion

How Gorton & Denton by-election could be the most vicious EVER as ‘panicking’ Labour ‘run scared’

EVEN for the blood sport that is modern politics, the Gorton and Denton by-election is proving a vicious, poisonous affair. The south-east Manchester seat has already witnessed the strangulation ...
Naija Gist - Latest

British election upset puts big beasts to the slaughter

LONDON, May 8 (Reuters) - Victory by David Cameron's Conservatives on Friday in one of the most unexpected upsets in British political history has been accompanied by an almost unprecedented electoral ...
Naija Gist - Latest

WRAPUP 4-PM Cameron sweeps to unexpected triumph in British election

LONDON, May 8 (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron won a stunning election victory in Britain, overturning poll predictions that the vote would be the closest in decades to sweep easily into ...
Jezebel

I'm British—so why can't I vote in the most important British election in years?

I’m a 43-year-old British citizen. I was born and raised in Britain, and I carry a British passport whenever I travel. Britain’s status in the international community is extremely important to me. And ...