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successor.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/politics/election_2010/8675913.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8675913.stm</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 19:25:34 GMT</pubDate><category>UK election</category><media:thumbnail width="66" height="49" url="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/47818000/jpg/_47818408_gordonbrown226ap.jpg"/></item><item><title>Experts assess 2010 campaign</title><description>BBC correspondents who have been following the leaders on every twist and turn of the campaign assess how their electioneering has gone.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/politics/election_2010/8662442.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8662442.stm</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 13:26:36 GMT</pubDate><category>UK election</category><media:thumbnail width="66" height="49" url="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/47781000/jpg/_47781857_leaderspic66.jpg"/></item><item><title>Inquiry after voters turned away</title><description>An inquiry will be held after long queues led to hundreds of people across the country being prevented from voting.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/politics/election_2010/8666338.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8666338.stm</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 18:06:11 GMT</pubDate><category>UK election</category><media:thumbnail width="66" height="49" url="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/47792000/jpg/_47792886_queues_662pic.jpg"/></item><item><title>Cameron: Labour lost mandate</title><description>Tory leader David Cameron says Labour have lost their "mandate" to govern, as uncertainty remains over the UK's hung parliament.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/politics/election_2010/8666737.stm</link><guid 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Independence Party (UKIP) leader says he is "the luckiest man alive" after surviving a light aircraft crash.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/england/8669849.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8669849.stm</guid><pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 14:17:50 GMT</pubDate><category>England</category><media:thumbnail width="66" height="49" url="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/47786000/jpg/_47786678_009112182-1.jpg"/></item><item><title>BNP vote increases, but no seats</title><description>After nearly 600 results in the general election, the BNP increases its share of the vote but fails to win a seat.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/politics/election_2010/8667231.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8667231.stm</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 07:15:50 GMT</pubDate><category>UK election</category><media:thumbnail width="66" height="49" url="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/47756000/jpg/_47756205_griffin_pa.jpg"/></item><item><title>Speaker wins in Buckingham</title><description>Labour hold on to Luton South despite the challenge of tv personality Esther Rantzen campaigning over MP's expenses.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/politics/election_2010/england/8661180.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/england/8661180.stm</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 16:42:14 GMT</pubDate><category>England</category><media:thumbnail width="66" height="49" url="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/40262000/jpg/_40262727_ballotbox66.jpg"/></item><item><title>Voting frustrations: Your stories</title><description>Voters have been expressing their anger at the queues and problems that have seen hundreds unable to vote in the 2010 general election.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/politics/election_2010/8666537.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8666537.stm</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 03:02:16 GMT</pubDate><category>UK election</category></item><item><title>Why does Eton produce PMs?</title><description>With 19 British prime ministers now having attended Eton College, why is the school so good at producing leaders?</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/politics/election_2010/8622933.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8622933.stm</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 09:48:17 GMT</pubDate><category>UK election</category><media:thumbnail width="66" height="49" url="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/47652000/jpg/_47652211_eton_college66.jpg"/></item><item><title>The rise and fall of Brown</title><description>As Gordon Brown stands down as prime minister and Labour leader, the BBC's James Landale looks at his political career and time in No 10.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/politics/election_2010/8673608.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8673608.stm</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 18:49:11 GMT</pubDate><category>UK election</category><media:thumbnail width="66" height="49" url="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/47818000/jpg/_47818796_009260598-1.jpg"/></item><item><title>TV debate: Punch, no knock-out</title><description>The BBC's Mike Sergeant says the final prime ministerial TV debate had no knock-out blow but provided plenty of punch for voters to ponder ahead of polling day.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/politics/election_2010/8652354.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8652354.stm</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 22:49:25 GMT</pubDate><category>UK election</category><media:thumbnail width="66" height="49" url="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/47750000/jpg/_47750423_debate3_2.jpg"/></item><item><title>Foreign coalition lessons</title><description>PR is practised in dozens of countries from Algeria to Venezuela, and it's more established in the UK than many Britons realise. What can we learn from living examples of PR and coalition government?</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/in_depth/8651231.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/8651231.stm</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:09:08 GMT</pubDate><category>Special Reports</category><media:thumbnail width="66" height="49" url="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/47746000/jpg/_47746654_iraqgetty6649.jpg"/></item><item><title>How retiring MPs cope</title><description>Four ex-MPs who have retired from Parliament ahead of this week's general election explain what they end to do with their lives now.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/politics/election_2010/8653380.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8653380.stm</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 23:37:53 GMT</pubDate><category>UK election</category></item><item><title>This page is no longer being updated. For latest on the new government, Labour leadership and more, see our politics section</title><description></description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk_politics/default.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/default.stm</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 10:06:29 GMT</pubDate><category>separator</category></item><item><title>English Councils: Full results </title><description></description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/nol/shared/election2010/council/html/region_99999.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/election2010/council/html/region_99999.stm</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 08:59:35 GMT</pubDate><category>separator</category></item><item><title>'If I were PM...'</title><description>What is the one thing you would do? Get yourself on our video wall</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8602143.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8602143.stm</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:54:46 GMT</pubDate><category>separator</category></item><item><title>Returning officer gives up wages</title><description>The Chief Executive of Sheffield City Council gives up his returning officer fee after hundreds were unable to vote on election night.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/england/south_yorkshire/8674891.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/south_yorkshire/8674891.stm</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 12:03:44 GMT</pubDate><category>South Yorkshire</category><media:thumbnail width="66" height="49" url="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/47823000/jpg/_47823059_queuesstill_060510_www.jpg"/></item><item><title>Farage at home after plane crash</title><description>The South East MEP and former UKIP leader Nigel Farage speaks of his delight at being home after surviving a light aircraft crash.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/england/8671210.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8671210.stm</guid><pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 16:32:54 GMT</pubDate><category>England</category><media:thumbnail width="66" height="49" url="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/47786000/jpg/_47786678_009112182-1.jpg"/></item><item><title>Robinson loses East Belfast seat</title><description>Peter Robinson loses his East Belfast seat to the Alliance deputy leader Naomi Long in a bad night for unionist leaders.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/politics/election_2010/northern_ireland/8666196.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/northern_ireland/8666196.stm</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 16:58:54 GMT</pubDate><category>Northern Ireland</category><media:thumbnail width="66" height="49" url="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/47791000/jpg/_47791026_election5.jpg"/></item><item><title>The full story: NI election night</title><description>Coverage of Northern Ireland 2010 general election news, results and gossip from around the 18 constituencies, as it happened.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/politics/election_2010/northern_ireland/8666191.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/northern_ireland/8666191.stm</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 04:12:40 GMT</pubDate><category>Northern Ireland</category><media:thumbnail width="66" height="49" url="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/47792000/jpg/_47792405__47787378_housesofparliament-1.jpg"/></item><item><title>Tories fail to make Scots impact</title><description>The Tories fail to make a much-needed breakthrough in Scotland, as the Labour Party's vote holds up north of the border.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/politics/election_2010/scotland/8663161.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/scotland/8663161.stm</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 10:13:34 GMT</pubDate><category>Scotland</category><media:thumbnail width="66" height="49" url="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/47799000/jpg/_47799156_mundell.jpg"/></item><item><title>Full story: Scotland's results </title><description>Live coverage of the 2010 general election with results and analysis from across Scotland throughout the night.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/politics/election_2010/scotland/8666148.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/scotland/8666148.stm</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 20:19:11 GMT</pubDate><category>Scotland</category><media:thumbnail width="66" height="49" url="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/47792000/jpg/_47792444_edinburgh_ballot.jpg"/></item><item><title>Gillan appointed Welsh Secretary</title><description>Cheryl Gillan promises a "common sense approach" as she becomes the first woman Welsh Secretary in David Cameron's Cabinet.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/wales/8677418.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8677418.stm</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 18:37:09 GMT</pubDate><category>Wales</category><media:thumbnail width="66" height="49" url="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/47840000/jpg/_47840173_cherylgillanpa2.jpg"/></item><item><title>Swings, roundabouts, see-saws?</title><description>Election results provide ups and downs in Wales but the Conservatives are only party to make serious gains.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/politics/election_2010/wales/8667281.stm</link><guid 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work</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/politics/election_2010/8676216.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8676216.stm</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 19:49:30 GMT</pubDate><category>UK election</category><media:thumbnail width="66" height="49" url="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/47827000/jpg/_47827477_cameronandclegg226282.jpg"/></item><item><title>In pictures</title><description>Key images as a fascinating election night unfolded</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/politics/election_2010/8666118.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8666118.stm</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 23:01:00 GMT</pubDate><category>UK election</category><media:thumbnail width="66" height="49" url="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/47792000/jpg/_47792817_009237678-1.jpg"/></item><item><title>Cameron's story</title><description>The life and 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