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 | | Former UK Liberal Party leader Lord David Steel was on hand stating that in the UK, one of the last European countries to still use the antiquated first-past-the-post system, they have had the same lopsided election results where parties who receive a minority of the popular vote consistently win elections. |
 | | Current polls show that Canadians want government expenditure on health care, education, employment, and the environment, not on tax cuts, subsidies for corporations, nor paying down the debt. |
 | | A maverick politician and former paratrooper, Chávez accused (not without merit) Washington of sponsoring his attempted overthrow as well as supporting a devastating oil lockout in 2002-3. |
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