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UK General Election Discussion

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC News EuropeLatest broadcast: on BBC News Asia Pacific

Britain has the same prime minister but a new government. David Cameron's Conservative party won last week's general election outright - his former coalition allies were reduced to a rump. He now has a mandate to renegotiate the country's membership of the European Union, with the threat that the British people could vote in a referendum to leave altogether. With the forces of independence on the march in Scotland, and evidence that they've been roused in England, too, is the UK being pushed apart? Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Shaun Ley
Interviewed Guest:
Malcolm Rifkind
Interviewed Guest:
Menzies Campbell
Interviewed Guest:
Pat McFadden

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