TORY rebels are set to hold talks with Labour on Monday to thrash out a deal to overturn Nick Clegg's plans to hold a referendum on changing the voting system on the same
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Turkey's main opposition party CHP has detailed its hostility to the constitutional amendments proposed by the ruling AK party, which will be voted upon in a referendum on 12 September.
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The leader of the campaign against the alternative vote system for electing MPs has warned his parliamentary allies to withdraw their threat to trigger a rebellion over a proposed referendum on electoral reform
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Welsh Secretary Cheryl Gillan says she is minded to accept changes to the referendum question following Electoral Commission recommendations.
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The Electoral Commission is to give its verdict on the proposed question for the referendum on further powers for the Welsh assembly.
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THE SNP may next year have to choose between a referendum on independence and continuing in power after the Liberal Democrats hardened their position on a vote on separation.
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Action against UPS at 154 countriesLaborWorld interviewed Turkey's Road Transport Union's (TÜMTİS) President Kenan Öztürk about resistance against UPS as well as other important issues that are recently on the political agenda of Turkey (abridged English version).KAZIM ŞAHİN kazimsahin@emekdunyasi.netIt has been more than 100 days of resistance against the giant tr...
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Both sides in the expected AV referendum campaign pledge a clean fight, with a leading pro-AV voice even insisting the contest will be "fun".
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BBCPolitics on 25th Aug 2010 (via bbc.co.uk)
Voters in Arizona, Florida and Hawaii went to the polls to choose Republican and Democratic candidates for November's congressional elections, a vote that is coming to be seen as a referendum on the Obama administration
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FT on 24th Aug 2010 (via ft.com)
It was revealed yesterday that the founder and Chief Executive of TaxPayers' Alliance, Matthew Elliott, had stepped down from day-to-day running to lead the 'No' campaign in advance of May referendum on the 'Alternative Vote' system. The press release says that Elliott "has accepted an invitation to lead the ‘No’ campaign in next year’s referendum". So we...
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LiberalConspiracy on 24th Aug 2010 (via liberalconspiracy.org)