Tuesday, May 12, 2015

CAMERON CABINET MEETS FOR FIRST TIME

British Prime Minister David Cameron's new Conservative cabinet is meeting (later) for the first time.

Mr Cameron has put together his first entirely-Conservative cabinet after five years of coalition in which he had to include Liberal Democrats.

His new ministers are being told to prove they are from the party of Britain's workers.

It comes with the opposition Labour Party beginning a search for a new leader after Ed Miliband quit following a dismal election result last week.

But anti-immigration, anti-EU UKIP has called its leadership race off after Nigel Farage was encouraged to withdraw his resignation.

The Conservatives now have a Parliamentary majority, and political reporter Theo Usherwood says Mr Cameron's new cabinet benefits two groups of people most.

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Meanwhile, Ed Miliband's brother David has ruled himself out of Labour's leadership race, while criticising the election campaign which ended in defeat.

Conor Pope, a journalist who writes for the website Labour List, says it comes as little surprise.

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UKIP MEP Roger Helmer denies Mr Farage's return makes the party a laughing stock.

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