A manifesto is a publication issued by a political party before a General Election. They are assumed to be an accurate guide as to what voters can expect to happen if that party wins a majority of MPs. They outline a set of policies that the party stands for and intend to implement if they […]
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Following the vote by members of the Conservative Party, Boris Johnson has been elected as leader of the Conservative Party and will become the next Prime Minster. Results of the postal vote are as follows: There are 159,230 party members. Turnout was 87.4% with 139,167 members voting 509 ballot papers were rejected. 92,153 (66.4%) voted […]
A general election will take place in the UK on 8th June 2017 and the main parties have issued their Manifestos. Copies of the manifestos can be found as follows (in alphabetical order): Conservatives https://www.conservatives.com/manifesto Greens https://www.greenparty.org.uk/green-guarantee/ Labour http://www.labour.org.uk/index.php/manifesto2017 Liberal Democrats http://www.libdems.org.uk/manifesto Scottish National Party (SNP) https://www.snp.org/manifesto UKIP http://www.ukip.org/manifesto2017 It is unclear how many people […]