经济学人31:政治家,作家迈克尔·富特

Obituary；Michael Foot； 讣告；迈克尔富特； Michael Foot, politician and man of letters, died on March 3rd, aged 96. 政治家、作家迈克尔富特于本月3日仙逝，享年96岁。 He died a much-loved Englishman, renowed for his unt

新西兰英语 803 No ‘man ban’ for Labour

The Labour Party will not ban men from becoming candidates for election in some seats. The Labour Council wants to discuss the idea during the Labour Party conference in November of having 50% women MPs. However, David Shearer, the leader of the Labo

新西兰英语 692 Labour Party Leadership

First check back to November 18th about the Labour Party conference. During the conference last weekend, David Cunnliffe refused to say if he supported David Shearer as Leader of the Opposition. This looked as if Mr Cunnliffe wanted to challenge Mr S

新西兰英语 693 Labour Party Conference

The Labour Party held their annual conference over the weekend. More than 500 members attended. A member is someone who pays a membership fee to belong to the Labour Party. This includes the 34 Labour Members of Parliament. The Leader of the Oppositi

CNN 2010-05-13

Question is, who is going to live at 10 Downing Street? The UK is trying to figure that out after last week's parliamentary elections. None of the parties got a majority of seats. So now, a scramble is on. In the UK, people vote for members of parlia

新西兰英语 74 National Party Wins

It was not a surprise last night to learn that the National Party won the election. The telephone polls had been telling us for a long time that National would get around 45% of the vote and Labour about 34% and that was exactly right. National has 5

新西兰英语 75 Maori Party Holds Hui

After talks with John Key, the co-leaders of the Maori Party, Tariana Turia and Pita Sharples, have agreed to hold many hui (meetings) throughout New Zealand. It is likely that John Key has offered the Maori Party a chance for one or two of their mem

2007年VOA标准英语-Britain's Labour Party Suffers Heavy Losses in

By Tom Rivers London 05 May 2007 In Britain, results from local elections Thursday show that Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labour Party has suffered big losses, especially in Scotland. Tom Rivers reports from London that with Mr. Blair likely to leave

经济学人:威尔士政治 独立日(2)

Independents have been given a recent boost by Labour's unpopularity. 近期，不受关注的工党，使无党派吸引了很多人的目光。 Such is the loyalty to Labour in large swathes of Wales that even if people want to give it a bloody nos

经济学人:威尔士政治 独立日(1)

Britain 英国 Welsh Politics: Independents' day 威尔士政治：独立日 Why party man and women are losing out to free agents? 为什么党派人士会输给无党派人士？ A beaming Tanya Skinner still can't quite believe it. 面露喜色的

新西兰英语 538 Labour Party Leadership

After the Labour Party lost the election, the leader, Phil Goff, resigned. Later this week the Party will choose another leader. They will choose between two men David Shearer and David Cunliffe. Both men have been speaking at Labour Party meetings.

新西兰英语 518 Election Results

As was expected, National won the most seats in the election and will form the government for the next three years. National won 48% of the party vote and 60 seats. The Prime Minister, John Key, plans to form a coalition with ACT party MP John Banks

经济学人:投票习惯 搬家与选票

Voting habits 投票习惯 Movers and voters 搬家与选票 Why moving house makes people more right-wing 为何搬家会让人更右翼 DO PEOPLE move to Conservative bastions in shires and small-town England because they tend to vote Tory? Or do t

2007年VOA标准英语-Blair to Step Down as Labour Party Leader; Hand

By Sonja Pace London 10 May 2007 Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair announced Thursday he is stepping down as leader of the Labour Party and will hand over power to a new prime minister June 27. VOA's Sonja Pace reports from London. Tony Blair chose

经济学人456:英国政治 幕后智者

Books and Arts; Book Review 文艺；书评 British politics;Backroom boy 英国政治; 幕后智者 In the Corridors of Power: An Autobiography. By David Lipsey. 《自传：在权力走廊》：作者David Lipsey。 Political memoirs generally do t

经济学人247:苏格兰国民党的新领袖 苏格兰女王

The SNP's new leader 苏格兰国民党的新领袖 Queen of Scots 苏格兰女王 Alex Salmond's unflashy successor could yet outshine him 亚历克斯萨蒙德的接班人朴实无华，却更胜一筹 ALEX SALMOND, Scotland's most famous secession

新西兰英语 465 Capital Gains Tax

The Labour Party said today that if elected in November, they would bring in a Capital Gains Tax CGT on profits from selling property. For many years now, house prices have been increasing fast. If a landlord buys a house for $200,000 then sells it f

经济学人:工党的下坡路 背离大路

The Labour Party's funk 工党的下坡路 Running out of road 背离大路 Labour is an increasingly unpopular party with lots of popular policies 工党政策广受称赞，自己却日益遭嫌 IF POLITICAL platforms were the sum of their parts, t

英语听力精选进阶版 5265

Who is Jared O'Mara? WED 25 OCT 2017 The Labour Party has suspended MP Jared O'Mara, but who is he?

经济学人:英国政坛 饱受压迫的工党

Politics 英国政坛 Downtrodden Labour 饱受压迫的工党 Why Conservatives are talking up a Labour-SNP coalition 保守党吹捧工党和苏格兰国民党联盟的原因 My wee prime minister 我的迷你首相 SPRING is in the air in Westmins