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The British Elections
Some links on the result: CBC, BBC, ITN (in the news, a summary service), and The Times.
Here’s a good post from the Law Library of Congress on the fundamentals of the British general elections process, and a wikipedia page.
For news and interesting pre- and post-result commentary, see Vanity Fair Nate Silver, and Foreign Affairs.
And as a bonus, the BBC’s description of its projection of the results onto the side of Big Ben as they came in.
One thing that Slaw readers might enjoy are the humourous takes on the Election. For the last three weeks at 11 every night, Radio 4 has had the Vote Now Show, with stand-up comics and guests riffing on the news of the day. This link will likely expire soon so click now.
And Sir Humphrey Appleby has been revived for three glorious sketches analysing the three main party manifestos. Here are the Labour, Tory and LibDem sketches.