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Stood in the local elections of June 2004 and have data going back to 1950 for the UK parliament and 1832 for Welsh constituencies
Liberal Democrats
| User | Date | K | C | T | P | Comments |
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| Leah | 09/03/09 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | Interesting. Sounds a bit complex, but thanks ..... |
| Dave | 01/09/08 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Now I understand, thanks very much. |
The UK has two layers of taxation. Federal Taxation (for instance income tax and sales tax) and local taxation (which is basically the amount of money that a council needs to exist minus the amount of
Contra proferentem is a rule of contractual interpretation which provides that an ambiguous term will be construed against the party that imposed its inclusion in the contract – or, more accurately, against
The procedure is that anyone who wants to ask a question at PMQ's gives it to the Speaker before PMQ's (I think the day before). The Speaker then calls out the MP's name and he says "Question Number 1"
Well, they are not playing musical chairs (perhaps I shouldn't have said that with the BBC comedy series Dead Ringers about to start up soon). What they are actually doing is "catching Mr. Speaker's eye"
In the United Kingdom, the Prime Minister is the leader of the largest party in the House of Commons. If a party changes leader between elections, there is no requirement for that new leader to face the

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