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| Brown talks of 'landmark' US poll | Brown talks of 'landmark' US poll |
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| The US presidential race has been a "landmark" event, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said. | The US presidential race has been a "landmark" event, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said. |
| Mr Brown described Tuesday's election as "important" and said the campaign had led millions of people to take a "renewed interest" in public affairs. | Mr Brown described Tuesday's election as "important" and said the campaign had led millions of people to take a "renewed interest" in public affairs. |
| Tradition means government ministers do not publicly back a candidate. | Tradition means government ministers do not publicly back a candidate. |
| Ahead of the vote, Conservative leader David Cameron said of Barack Obama: "This novice is waiting with interest to see how that novice performs." | |
| 'Vibrant democracy' | 'Vibrant democracy' |
| The comment was a tongue-in-cheek reference to Gordon Brown's Labour conference jibe about Mr Cameron that it was "no time for a novice". | The comment was a tongue-in-cheek reference to Gordon Brown's Labour conference jibe about Mr Cameron that it was "no time for a novice". |
| Mr Cameron's Conservative colleague, London Mayor Boris Johnson, who is not bound by any convention to remain impartial, has backed Democrat Mr Obama to win the contest, but Mr Cameron's predecessor as Tory leader, Michael Howard, has backed Republican candidate John McCain. | Mr Cameron's Conservative colleague, London Mayor Boris Johnson, who is not bound by any convention to remain impartial, has backed Democrat Mr Obama to win the contest, but Mr Cameron's predecessor as Tory leader, Michael Howard, has backed Republican candidate John McCain. |
| It has seen landmark events Gordon Brown on 2008 US election Nick Robinson on US election | It has seen landmark events Gordon Brown on 2008 US election Nick Robinson on US election |
| Gordon Brown - who earlier this year came under fire for appearing to favour Mr Obama in a magazine article - said he looked forward to working closely with whoever wins. | Gordon Brown - who earlier this year came under fire for appearing to favour Mr Obama in a magazine article - said he looked forward to working closely with whoever wins. |
| He said the election campaign had been historic, in many ways. | He said the election campaign had been historic, in many ways. |
| "It has seen landmark events - women coming to the fore in American elections as candidates and as a vice-presidential candidate; the first black leader to stand for office of US president with a chance of success, a great statesman in John McCain as well, recognised to be one of the great strategic thinkers of our time." | "It has seen landmark events - women coming to the fore in American elections as candidates and as a vice-presidential candidate; the first black leader to stand for office of US president with a chance of success, a great statesman in John McCain as well, recognised to be one of the great strategic thinkers of our time." |
| 'Big impact' | 'Big impact' |
| Speaking on Monday evening, Mr Cameron said the election had "fired up the whole world" and fascinated people about the "vibrancy of US democracy". | Speaking on Monday evening, Mr Cameron said the election had "fired up the whole world" and fascinated people about the "vibrancy of US democracy". |
| At an event on Tuesday evening organised by Operation Black Vote, which campaigns to get more black people involved in politics, higher education minister David Lammy said a win by Mr Obama would have a "big impact" on UK politics. | At an event on Tuesday evening organised by Operation Black Vote, which campaigns to get more black people involved in politics, higher education minister David Lammy said a win by Mr Obama would have a "big impact" on UK politics. |
| Mr Lammy, who knows Mr Obama after meeting him at a Harvard alumni event in 2005, said parties in the UK would study the way the Democrat campaign had picked up support - particularly from young people. | Mr Lammy, who knows Mr Obama after meeting him at a Harvard alumni event in 2005, said parties in the UK would study the way the Democrat campaign had picked up support - particularly from young people. |
| There's great excitement and if we have only a glimmer tonight that he will win, this place will be absolutely ecstatic Simon WoolleyOperation Black Vote | There's great excitement and if we have only a glimmer tonight that he will win, this place will be absolutely ecstatic Simon WoolleyOperation Black Vote |
| He also said it would mark the re-emergence of the Democrats and a centre-left political agenda in the US and, as a multilateralist, would be welcomed across the world. | He also said it would mark the re-emergence of the Democrats and a centre-left political agenda in the US and, as a multilateralist, would be welcomed across the world. |
| "He would begin his presidency with the goodwill of billions of people across the world, I can't think or a moment in history other than perhaps after the Second World War when an American president will begin with that sort of goodwill." | "He would begin his presidency with the goodwill of billions of people across the world, I can't think or a moment in history other than perhaps after the Second World War when an American president will begin with that sort of goodwill." |
| Operation Black Vote director Simon Woolley told the BBC places at the event, held in a nightclub in London's West End, could have been filled four times over. | Operation Black Vote director Simon Woolley told the BBC places at the event, held in a nightclub in London's West End, could have been filled four times over. |
| "There's great excitement and if we have only a glimmer tonight that he will win, this place will be absolutely ecstatic," he said. | "There's great excitement and if we have only a glimmer tonight that he will win, this place will be absolutely ecstatic," he said. |
| But he said there was a "Barack Obama phenomenon" among young people that had boosted attendance at OBV meetings in south London . | But he said there was a "Barack Obama phenomenon" among young people that had boosted attendance at OBV meetings in south London . |
| "We have got a new generation of leaders and politicians coming up and this new generation are much more community minded, we are moving away from the careerist politician to a community based politician - that is new, that is dynamic and it is absolutely in the Obama mould." | "We have got a new generation of leaders and politicians coming up and this new generation are much more community minded, we are moving away from the careerist politician to a community based politician - that is new, that is dynamic and it is absolutely in the Obama mould." |
| The BBC's Political Editor Nick Robinson said the result of the election, which should be known on Wednesday morning, would have profound implications for Britain both in terms of policy and influencing the public mood. | The BBC's Political Editor Nick Robinson said the result of the election, which should be known on Wednesday morning, would have profound implications for Britain both in terms of policy and influencing the public mood. |