CORBY, England: The ruling Conservatives of Prime Minister David Cameron lost the key marginal seat of Corby to the opposition Labour party in a parliamentary by-election, according to official results yesterday.
Corby, in central England, has voted for the winning party in every general election since 1983, making the one-off vote, triggered by the resignation of Conservative lawmaker and novelist Louise Mensch, an important political marker.
The Labour candidate polled 17,267 votes to the Conservatives’ 9,476, overturning Mensch’s slim 2010 majority of 1,951. The UKIP party, which wants to pull Britain out of the European Union, also polled strongly with 5,108 votes.
S Africa farmworkers looting shops: Police
CAPE TOWN: South African farmworkers on strike for better wages are looting shops and have blockaded streets with burning tyres, police said yesterday, after a day of anger that led to 42 arrests.
“This morning we responded to acts of unrest in Swellendam where protesters looted shops and caused public disturbance,” said Western Cape Lieutenant Colonel Andre Traut.u
“The situation is still tense in several towns, the protesters are using burning tyres to block main roads. They are regrouping,” he said.
AFP
