News: The Political Landscape of Britain
Political Party
Right-wingThe Conservative party
The conservative party is the right-wing party, and it is led by Theresa May. The party is made up of local associations, which helps with the selection of candidates, and the appointment of the party leader. For the last forty years the party has been divided over issues of power and the role of Britain in the European Union. The importance of the local structure reflects the old tradition (from the middle ages) of 'Territorial representation in British politics'.
This supports the conservative party,as the Daily express is telling you to vote for 'May' and exaggerates that if you don't vote for 'May' then we will face disaster. The subheading says that 'The Daily express urges you to back the conservatives' This means that they want you to vote for the conservative party.
UKIP (UK Independence Party)
It is a sovereignist party that wants Britain to be out of the European Union. They do not have many policies. In the past UKIP has done xenophobic campaigning
BNP (British National Party)
Extreme right wing. There are no members of Parliament. They have very nationalistic and xenophobic views.
The Liberal Democrat party (the Liberal Democrats)
It is a party of the center formed in 1988 by the merger of the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party They are a mixture of social conservatives and social democrats.
The Liberal-Democrats are starting to appear as the only 'credible' party at the Center of British politics, as the Conservative party moves to the right, and the Labour Party moves further to the left.
The Greens (The Green Party)
It is a centre Left party.It is more middle-class. It is also committed to promoting environmental issues.
Left Wing
The Labour Party
The labour party is all left-wing and is led by Jeremy Corbyn. It also includes a smaller party (co-operative party). The party is made up of local parties (Constituency Labour parties), and some British trade unions and other associations.
This supports the Labour party, as they are telling their audience to 'vote labour'. The newspaper front cover also goes as far as saying that the conservative party are 'homophobic as ever' this topic isn't relevant, and it only gives the reader more reasons not to vote for the conservative party.
Respect
The party of a populist left-wing Labour party dissident, George Galloway, who was its sole MP until 2015.
The Communist Party of Great Britain
The communist party of Great Britain is very marginal and the party has only ever had two elected MP's. The party is still very small.
SNP (Scottish Nationalist Party)
It is the most important political party in Scotland, it is also the party in power in Scotland. It is left-of-centre
Plaid Cymru (Welsh nationalist party)
It is a major Welsh party, which used to control the Welsh assembly. However it now is on par with the Labour. As of this year (2017) Plaid Cymru has three MP's in the UK parliament
Democratic Unionist Party (Irish party)
Is very favorable to the maintenance of Northern Ireland within the United Kingdom, but not to Britain remaining in the European Union. They support Brexit and reject the idea that Northern Ireland could have special status in the UK after Brexit. It was formed in 1971 as a hard-line protestant party.
Sinn Fein (Irish Party)
The majority of the party as well as the Catholic minority in Northern Ireland. They are in favor of the withdrawal of Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom, and the reunification of Ireland.
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