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#vote2011
Elections were held on 5 May for the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly of Wales, the Northern Ireland Assembly and in 279 English local authorities.
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nick clegg
Nick Clegg, leader of The Liberal Democrats is taking part in the third live leaders debate. The first one significantly increased his parties poll ratings.
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#saveema
The EMA is a very small weekly grant for 16-19 year-olds in low income families who stay on in education. The UK government wants to scrap it even though they said they wouldn't.
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ukip
UKIP are a right-wing UK political party, trending because they beat the Conservative Party to 2nd place in the Eastleigh by-election, their best ever parliamentary election result.
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lib dems
The Liberal Democrats have surged in popularity after Nick Clegg's appearance on the Leaders' Debates, and people are discussing the party.
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woolas
Phil Woolas MP is found guilty by an election court of publishing false statements and his general election win nullified.
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#dayx3
9th Dec 2010 was the third day of protests in London, UK over the rise of tuition fees for new university students.
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#pmqs
PMQs is an abbreviation of Prime Ministers Questions, a weekly Q&A session with the British Prime Minister held in the House of Commons.
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#ge2010
People are tweeting about May 6th's UK General Election results. It is official, there is a hung parliament. The Tory Party only have a minor majority over the Labour Party, but BREAKING NEWS have struck a deal with the Liberal Democrats. Britain will have a Tory/LibDem government, ruled by Cameron (Clegg, deputy PM or Chancellor).
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tories
Tories refers to the Conservative Party, who won the most votes (but NOT the election) in last week's UK general election. They are in talks with the Liberal Democrats to finalise the new Conservative/LibDem coalition government agreement.
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