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Assessment of the 2005 General Election in England and Scotland

category international | politics / elections | other press author Sunday May 15, 2005 23:18author by John Meehan

Two articles on the recent General Election in England and Scotland can be found at this link :

http://212.67.202.147/%7Eivnet05/index.php3

Terry Conway looks at the outcome in England, and assesses the result achieved by RESPECT - the best electoral performance achieved by a party standing to the left of the Labour Party since 1945, when the Communist Party gained two seats.

Alan McCombes looks at the "disappointing" result achieved by the Scottish Socialist Party.

Two articles on the recent General Election in England and Scotland can be found at this link :

http://212.67.202.147/%7Eivnet05/index.php3

Terry Conway looks at the outcome in England, and assesses the result achieved by RESPECT - the best electoral performance achieved by a party standing to the left of the Labour Party since 1945, when the Communist Party gained two seats.

Alan McCombes looks at the "disappointing" result achieved by the Scottish Socialist Party.

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author by John Meehanpublication date Mon May 16, 2005 19:24author address author phone

Milan Rai looks at how the war in Iraq influenced voters in the British 2005 General Election (excluding the six counties)
Follow this link
http://www.j-n-v.org/Voting_Anti-War_Post_Mortem.htm

to the "Justice Not Vengeance" (JNV) website.

Related Link: http://www.j-n-v.org/Voting_Anti-War_Post_Mortem.htm
author by ReSect Watchpublication date Tue May 17, 2005 15:28author address author phone

Despite its election success, Respect’s future looks far from certain, writes Tina Becker. There is unrest within the SWP leadership and George Galloway might well end up back in the Labour Party under Gordon Brown.....

Related Link: http://www.cpgb.org.uk/worker/576/respect.htm


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