[GEM Development] OT: Mobile phones, developing nations, an amazing solution! (Article by Shane)

[Owen Rudge]

> I've been meaning to ask one of you UKians.  What IS a Tory?  Here in the 
> land of crappy beer and stump-stupid presidents, we've got democrats and 
> republicans with misc. smaller groups scattered around for good measure. 
> Is Labour equivalent to a republican (conservative) and a Tory equivalent 
> to a democrat (liberal)?

The Tories are the Conservatives, whereas the Labour Party are more 
left-wing. We also have the Liberal Democrats, but they haven't actually 
been in power for many eons. Those are the three primary parties, although 
we also have many minor parties who occasionally pick up a few seats.

See 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_the_United_Kingdom.

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Owen Rudge
http://www.owenrudge.net/