About 45 million British came to the election urns last Thursday to take part in the elections to the lower house of parliament; In parallel in some parts of the country, elections were held to local governments. On the eve of the vote, the UK froze in anticipation of large -scale changes. In the House of Communities of the former composition, the Laborists had 345 places, conservatives-193 and liberals-democrats-63.

In the understanding of what people are, and in general in the ways to designate large stable groups of people there is a monstrous confusion. It happens that the same society has some understanding of what the “people” are, often very far from scientific interpretation, but unusually influential socially and politically.

The celebration of the anniversary of the Victory ended. However, the question of the attitude to this holiday, and to victory, and to the battle that, it would seem, ended 65 years ago, is not closed. The confrontation will continue. It only seems to us that it was all over. It only seems to us that there is no one who would like to challenge this victory and today's memory of it. It only seems to us that everyone is one in the adoption of its significance for our country and our society.

From the editorial office. Last week, a conservative party won in the UK elections in the UK, which was predictable and expected. The Prime Minister, the head of the Labor Party, Gordon Brown, was not a slight test: he had to inherit Tony Blara, who left the successor a difficult inheritance-a financial crisis, a scandal with Iraqi dossier, etc.