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Brown, Labor Savaged in UK Elections

Labor posts worst election results in 40 years

By Jason Farago, Newser Staff

Posted May 2, 2008 5:43 AM CDT

(Newser) – Labor has suffered its worst showing in 40 years in local elections across England and Wales. Just one year after Gordon Brown became prime minister, his party pulled only 24% of the projected national vote, 20 points behind the Tories and behind even the third-party... Read full story »

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