venerdì 15 maggio 2015

2015 British elections

http://www.bbc.com/news/election-2015-32633099
BRITISH ELECTIONS: CONSERVATIVES WIN MAJORITY
David Cameron has returned to Downing Street with the Tories having defied polls and won the general election.

The Conservatives made gains in England and Wales and are forecast by the BBC to secure 331 seats in the Commons, giving them a slender majority.

Labour leader Ed Miliband said he would stand down on Friday, saying his party must "rebuild" with a new leader.

Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg has also said he will quit, with his party set to be reduced from 57 to eight MPs.

UKIP leader Nigel Farage is also quitting after he failed to win Thanet South, losing by nearly 2,800 votes to the Conservatives.

In other election developments:

    The BBC forecast, with 643 of 650 seats declared, is Conservative 331, Labour 232, the Lib Dems 8, the SNP 56, Plaid Cymru 3, UKIP 1, the Greens 1 and others 19.
    The Conservatives are expected to get a 37% share of the national vote, Labour 31%, UKIP 13%, the Lib Dems 8%, the SNP 5%, the Green Party 4% and Plaid Cymru 1%.
    Ed Miliband steps down after a "difficult and disappointing" night for Labour which saw Ed Balls lose and Jim Murphy and Douglas Alexander defeated by the SNP
    Nick Clegg said he would quit as leader after a "crushing" set of losses, which saw Vince Cable, Danny Alexander, David Laws, Simon Hughes and Charles Kennedy among a slew of Lib Dem casualties
    George Galloway, who was reported to the police for retweeting an exit poll before voting ended, has lost to Labour in Bradford West
    Nigel Farage has quit as UKIP leader after failing to be elected - although he may stand in the ensuing leadership contest. Douglas Carswell retained his Clacton seat
    Conservative minister Esther McVey was the highest-profile Tory loser, defeated by Labour in Wirral West
    The Green Party gets one seat after Caroline Lucas retains the Brighton Pavilion constituency she won in 2010
    Turnout is expected to be 66%, marginally up on 2010 and the highest since 1997
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    Read more analysis from the BBC's experts

The Conservatives have now won the 326 seats needed to form a majority administration, meaning they are able to govern without the need for a coalition or formal agreement with other parties.

Mr Cameron all but declared victory in a speech after being returned as MP for Witney, in which he set out his intention to press ahead with an in/out referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union and to complete the Conservatives' economic plan.
"My aim remains simple - to govern on the basis of governing for everyone in our United Kingdom," he said.

"I want to bring our country together, our United Kingdom together, not least by implementing as fast as we can the devolution that we rightly promised and came together with other parties to agree both for Wales and for Scotland.

"In short, I want my party, and I hope a government I would like to lead, to reclaim a mantle that we should never have lost - the mantle of One Nation, One United Kingdom. That is how I will govern if I am fortunate enough to form a government in the coming days."

Mr Cameron later returned to Downing Street with his wife Samantha and is now having an audience with the Queen at Buckingham Palace.

Chancellor George Osborne said the Conservatives had been "given a mandate to get on with the work we started five years ago" and would follow the "clear instructions" of the British public.

However, Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith acknowledged that governing with a small majority was difficult.

"Whatever else we now do we keep it simple, we keep it focused and we absolutely stick to our manifesto commitments," he told the BBC.

He said the party would deliver an EU referendum as it was a "red line".

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Uk pavilion at Milan Expo 2015

The UK at Milan Expo 2015

The UK will contribute to Milan Expo 2015 with a unique UK Pavilion design, which will offer opportunities to promote UK products and innovations to a worldwide audience.
Milan Expo 2015 will host 147 participants, including the United Nations (UN), European Union (EU) and the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). It will run for 184 days on a giant exhibition site covering 1 million square meters. Milan Expo 2015 is expected to welcome over 20 million visitors, with millions more being reached online globally.
A ‘Grown in Britain’ international events campaign and Global Business Programme will use the global platform of Milan Expo 2015 to demonstrate UK capabilities across the world and show leadership in international development.

The UK Pavilion – ‘where business, science and culture combine’

The UK is creating a stand-out, bee hive inspired Pavilion designed by British artist Wolfgang Buttress showcasing the best of British business, science and culture globally.
The UK Pavilion takes the journey of the honey bee to highlight the role of pollination in the food chain. It will showcase new UK technology helping to solve the global challenge of sustaining bee populations.
The visitor will take an immersive journey through an orchard and wildflower meadow onto a 17m high stylised bee hive in the form of a filigree aluminium sphere. The visitor will be surrounded by the sounds of movements within a real bee hive, using ground breaking UK technology monitoring the health of bee hives.
The UK Pavilion will combine the highest level of inspirational design with strong environmental credentials to create a unique visitor experience.

Grown in Britain – ‘promoting UK leadership and innovation internationally’

The ‘Grown in Britain’ campaign offers exciting opportunities for the UK to engage with global leaders and thinkers around issues of nutrition, food security and international development.
The ‘Grown in Britain’ Global Business Programme will allow UK businesses and organisations to demonstrate their products and innovations globally in important sectors including:
  • agri-tech
  • health care
  • food and drink
  • technology
  • life sciences
  • creative industries