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1 day ago · A right-wing populist and Eurosceptic party, led by businessman and former long-time Conservative Party donor and member, Richard Tice . Workers Party of Britain. A socialist, socially conservative and Eurosceptic party led by former Labour and Respect MP, George Galloway . Ulster Unionist Party.
3 days ago · The opinions in Politics.co.uk's Comment section are those of the author. Reform UK is now the third largest political force in the country. According to the BBC’s latest figures, the party is polling at around 11%, half that of the Conservatives, more than the Liberal Democrats, and double ...
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3 days ago · Among those politicians generally sworn of the council are ministers of the Crown, the few most senior figures of the Loyal Opposition, the parliamentary leader of the third-largest party (currently SNP Westminster Leader), and a couple of the most senior figures in the devolved British governments, including the first ministers.
2 days ago · More than two million men were conscripted between 1949 and 1963. Men were needed for the ongoing miltary occupations of Germany and Japan, which began with the end of the Second World War. Tensions between the US and Russia during the Cold War also put pressure on Britain’s military, while Indian independence in 1947 had removed a large ...
4 days ago · British Conservatism and Trade Unionism, 1945-1964. Farnham, Ashgate, 2009, ISBN: 9780754666592; 200pp.; Price: £55.00. It has been a long time since the relationship between the British Conservative Party and the trade unions was anything other than hostile. From the conflict over the 1971 Industrial Relations Act and the miners’ strikes ...
6 days ago · Many of the policy areas which will be debated in the election, such as education and health, are devolved to the Scottish Government at Holyrood. However, they are still likely to be debated in ...
2 days ago · There are now 18 Muslims elected (8 per cent of Parliament), however that figure needs to double to represent the countries 4.8 per cent Muslim population. 10 of the 18 elected Muslim MPs are women, first three of whom were elected in 2010 (Shabana Mahmood, Rushanara Ali, Yasmin Qureshi all Labour). Labour’s Faisal Rashid (Warington South) is ...
