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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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#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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#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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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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douglas murray
Douglas Murray is a massive idiot who just made a total arse of himself on BBC 1 on the show question time airing now!
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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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andy coulson
Andy Coulson is the Conservative Party's Director of Communications. He is trending as the Conservatives have just formed a new government in coalition with the Liberal Democrats.
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shadow chancellor
Ed Balls has been appointed Shadow Chancellor by Labour.
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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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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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