New British PM holds first cabinet meeting

2010-05-14 02:21:44 GMT Xinhua English LONDON, May 13 (Xinhua) -- New British Prime Minister David Cameron held his first cabinet meeting Thursday morning.

New British government outlines policies

2010-05-13 09:26:28 GMT Xinhua English LONDON, May 13 (Xinhua) -- British Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg held an unprecedented press conference Wednesday to outline the policies their government will follow over the next five years.

Wen congratulates new British PM

2010-05-12 15:11:17 GMT Xinhua English BEIJING, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao congratulated Conservative Party leader David Cameron on becoming Britain's 52nd prime minister in a telephone conversation late Wednesday.

Coalition gov't takes country in historic new direction: new British PM

2010-05-12 14:35:17 GMT Xinhua English LONDON, May 12 (Xinhua) -- The Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government would take the country in an historic new direction, new British Prime Minister David Cameron said Wednesday afternoon.

Nick Clegg to become new Deputy PM of Britain

2010-05-12 02:57:08 GMT Xinhua English File photo taken on May 6, 2010 shows Liberal Democrats leader Nick Clegg (L) and his wife Miriam Gonzalez Durantez walking out of a polling station in Sheffield, Britain. The new Downing Street cabinet of David Cameron confirmed Nick Clegg would be the Deputy Prime Minister, which has been approved by Queen Elizabeth II.

Brown names Harriet Harman as Labour's acting leader

2010-05-12 02:48:49 GMT Xinhua English Harriet Harman (R), Labour's former deputy leader and former leader of the House of Commons, leaves 10 Downing Street in London, Britain, May 11, 2010. Newly-resigned British Prime Minister and Labour Party leader Gordon Brown named Harman as the acting leader of the Labour Party minutes after his resignation.

Votes under counting in London

2010-05-07 03:07:22 GMT Xinhua English A major exit poll commissioned by the BBC, ITV News and Sky News on Thursday night projected that Britain's Conservative Party won but just missed an overall majority in the general election.

UK election won't affect China relations: Experts

2010-05-06 23:53:52 GMT China Daily Beijing - As Britons began voting Thursday in their parliamentary election, Chinese experts said that regardless of which party rules next, China-Britain relations will barely be affected.

If no one wins Britain's election, what then?

2010-05-06 10:42:18 GMT SINA.com Britain's national election Thursday is expected to deny all three major parties an outright majority, meaning the first so-called hung Parliament since 1974 is likely.

What would a hung parliament mean?

2010-05-06 06:31:05 GMT SINA.com BRITS head to the polls the question of a hung parliament hangs over the election for the first time in 36 years.

Election: Who will lead Britain if no one wins?

2010-05-06 05:29:47 GMT SINA.com Just a day before Britons go to the polls, politicians and parliamentary experts are getting ready to answer a tricky question they haven't faced in decades: Under the country's unwritten constitutional rules, who gets the keys to No. 10 Downing Street in the event of an inconclusive result?

If no one wins Britain's election, what then?

2010-05-06 05:28:24 GMT SINA.com Britain's national election Thursday is expected to deny all three major parties an outright majority, meaning the first so-called hung Parliament since 1974 is likely.

Bouquets sent to British new PM

2010-05-13 02:46:33 GMT Xinhua English An errand man carrying bouquets addressed to the Cameron's knocks the door of No. 10 Downing Street, London, capital of Britain. The Prime Minister's residence received its new host, the Conservative Party leader David Cameron.

Person in pictures: British PM David Cameron

2010-05-13 02:27:25 GMT Xinhua English Britain's Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday night appointed David Cameron as new British Prime Minister and empowered him to form a new government following the resignation of Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Cameron thus becomes the youngest British prime minister in nearly 200 years.

The UK election's TV twist

2010-05-06 07:20:55 GMT SINA.com On The Listening Post this week, how 90 minutes of TV airtime turned the British vote into a three-horse race. Plus, how the murder of one controversial politician opened up a race debate in the South African media.

UK election promises tight race

2010-05-06 07:13:07 GMT SINA.com Gordon Brown, the UK prime minister, has announced that the country's general election, expected to be one of the closest in recent history, will be held on May 6.

Frost over the World - UK election

2010-05-06 07:11:54 GMT SINA.com As the UK prepares for one of the most closely fought elections in decades, the first past the post voting system is under threat because the traditional third party, the Liberal Democrats, are performing strongly in the polls. In the event of a hung parliament, the Liberal Democrats could insist that the price of their support would be a change to proportional representation.

Last stand: UK election debate

2010-05-06 07:06:55 GMT SINA.com ABC Europe correspondent Philip Williams talks about the final UK election debate.