Cameron new British P.M.

Dick Taffe — Tue, 11 May 2010 23:20:44 +0000

Conservative Party leader David Cameron is the new British Prime Minister – at 43, the youngest in nearly 200 years. Cameron took over after Labour Party leader Gordon Brown resigned, his party having been unable to form a coalition government with the smaller Liberal Democrat party after none of the three won a Parliamentary majority in last week’s voting. Political science Professor Graham Wilson, author of “Only in America? American Politics in Comparative Perspective,” says the obvious pairing politically would have been with Labour and Liberal Democrats, but that was being viewed as a coalition of the losers because the Conservatives actually won more seats.

“So it will be the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats. It’s hard to see this partnership lasting long. This is an implausible coalition.”

Contact Graham Wilson, 617-353-2540, gkwilson@bu.edu

British election campaign at mid-point

Dick Taffe — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 21:11:06 +0000

At the mid-point of Britian’s month-long national election campaign, the upstart Liberal Democratic party’s prime-minister candidate Nick Clegg (center) is holding his own in first-ever TV debates with heads of the larger Labour (Gordon Brown, right) and Conservative (David Cameron, left) parties. Political science Professor Graham Wilson, author of “Only in America? American Politics in Comparative Perspective” and a Brit himself, says expect a rough-and-tumble rush to the May 6th election.

“It will be interesting to see what the other parties try as they get more desperate as the election approaches and the LD support remains strong. Look to Britain’s highly partisan newspapers to go negative with a vengeance in efforts to discredit Clegg and his party.”

Contact Graham Wilson, 617-353-2540, gkwilson@bu.edu

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Cameron new British P.M.

British election campaign at mid-point