Swiss nationalist Christoph Blocher ousted in bid for re-election to Swiss Cabinet

Nationalist firebrand Christoph Blocher was ousted Wednesday from the Swiss Cabinet in parliamentary voting.

Blocher's anti-immigration policies angered the center and leftist members of the coalition government. He was defeated by last minute candidate Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf.

The defeat of Blocher was the result of overnight maneuvering by the Social Democrats and centrist Christian Democrats, who persuaded the little-known Widmer-Schlumpf to …