Political article for this week

Please summarize the following article from The Guardian as one of your blog entries for this week:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/apr/26/election-2010-hung-parliament/print

Politics this week

Dear students,

To get a better idea of the three major political parties in England you may want to read the following analysis by the BBC:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/election_2010/8515961.stm#subject=foreign&col1=conservative&col2=labour&col3=libdem

And has it come to your attention yet that Nick Clegg, leader of the LibDems, is half Dutch. Listen to an interview given by him on the MPs scandal at the NOS website:

http://nos.nl/artikel/147830-nick-clegg-brits-politicus-met-nederlands-bloed.html

No class tomorrow

Dear all,

There will be no class tomorrow morning due to my being ill. I hope and expect to be in on Tuesday and will inform you of this via e-mail.

I will try and keep the computer room an hour longer on Tuesday to catch up on anything that we haven't had time for. Of most importance are your travel plans. I would very much like to have a look at your finalized questionnaires and view your to-do list and any appointments that you have made. Please make sure these two are as final as possible.

Also, please start on your first diary entries. During the first week I showed you the requirements in a document on Sharepoint. You'll have to write a first entry in which you specify a number of learning goals.

I hope to see you Tuesday and I apologize for any inconvenience.

Kind regards,
Syreetha

Politics this Week: Summarize

Please summarize the following two short articles on political parties' popularity to sketch an idea of the current political climate. Summarize them as one blog entry.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/election-2010/7607666/General-Election-2010-Liberal-Democrat-surge-continues.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/no-deal-with-cameron-after-the-election-say-lib-dem-voters-1948796.html

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Schedule + Speakers' Corners

Dear all,

Your personalized schedule including speakers' corners debates can now be found on the UKOK Sharepoint site.

Summarize for today

Dear students,

To get you started on your blogs, please summarize the following article in class:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article7094911.ece

Syreetha

UK General Election 2010

Dear students,

The UK General Election will take place on May 6. You can follow the run-up in many online newspapers. Amongst them, The Telegraph's:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/election-2010/

Syreetha

Welcome 1E

Dear students,

Welcome to my UKOK! blog. You'll be able to find a link to all your fellow students' blogs in the right-hand column. This should make it easier for you all to follow and comment on each other's posts.

This site will also be the source of schedules, updates and other announcements that may need to be made.

Best of luck,

Syreetha