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UK General Elections: Which are the Main Parties, and What are their Major Plans?
(VORNews) – The United Kingdom will hold elections on July 4 following Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s announcement of emergency elections on May 22.
The parties running for the 650 seats in the lower chamber of the UK Parliament, the chamber of Commons, have all produced manifestos outlining their positions on various topics, including immigration, the NHS, the economy, and the UK’s relationship with the EU.
In December 2019, Boris Johnson guided the reigning Conservative Party back to power in the UK’s most recent general election. Following Sunak’s declaration, the country entered a period known as “purdah,” during which time local governments and civil servants were prohibited from announcing any new projects or plans that might be perceived as favoring a specific political party. The parliament was dissolved on May 30.
However, Purdah does not prohibit political candidates from doing voter outreach events. In the run-up to the general election, these are the major political parties and the pledges they have made:
UK General Elections: Which are the Main Parties?
Conservatives
Alternatively referred to as the Tory Party or the Tories colloquially, or the Conservative and Unionist Party
Political alignment: center-right to right
Formed in: 1834
Manifesto: Reduce borrowing, debt, and taxes by 17.2 billion pounds ($22 billion) annually by 2029-30. Increase NHS funding above inflation and hire 92,000 more nurses and 28,000 new physicians. Increase defense expenditure to 2.5% of the GDP. Develop post-Brexit partnerships throughout Europe. Impose a binding limit for legal migration and expel asylum seekers who arrive in Rwanda via illegal methods.
Current leader: Rishi Sunak
Prime Minister David Cameron has been in power since 2010 (first five years in partnership with Liberal Democrats), followed by Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, and Rishi Sunak.
Seats in House of Commons in outgoing parliament: 344
Support in recent polls: According to YouGov, the British public opinion and data monitoring organization, 20% of those questioned expect to vote Conservative on June 18. The Conservative Party got 43% of the popular vote in 2019.
Labour
Political alignment: center-left
Formed in: 1900
Manifesto: Instead of increasing taxes, create wealth and implement a new industrial strategy. Reduce waiting times in the NHS by doubling the number of cancer scanners and adding 40,000 extra medical appointments every week. Instead of sending asylum seekers to Rwanda, the government should strengthen border security and strengthen ties with Europe.
Current leader: Keir Starmer
Last in power: Gordon Brown and Tony Blair from 1997 to 2010.
Seats in House of Commons in outgoing parliament: 205
Support in latest polls: 36 percent. The party won 32 percent of the vote in 2019.
Liberal Democrats
Political alignment: center to center-left
Formed in 1988 by the merging of the Liberal Party, formed in 1859 and a major force during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and the Social Democratic Party.
Manifesto: Improve the relationship with the European Union. Concentrate on renewables. Increase the number of physicians and pay for caregivers. Increase defense expenditure to at least 2.5 percent of GDP annually. Scrap the Rwanda plan and end the bar on asylum seekers working. Reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2045, and hire a mental health expert in every school.
Current leader: Ed Davey
In power from 2010 until 2015 in a coalition with the Conservatives led by David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, the Liberal Democrats’ then-leader.
Seats in House of Commons in outgoing parliament: 15
Support in latest polls: 14 percent. In 2019, the party won 12 percent of the vote.
Greens
Political alignment: left-wing eco-politics
Formed in: 1990
Manifesto: Increase taxes on the affluent. Place railway, water, and energy industries under governmental administration. Increase the NHS funding. Cancel Trident, the United Kingdom’s nuclear deterrence program. Assist migrants in “putting down roots” by eliminating the minimum income criteria for spouses of work visa holders. Re-join the EU. Stop all new fossil fuel extraction and switch to wind and solar electricity. Remove university undergraduate fees.
Current leaders: Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay
Seats in the House of Commons in the outgoing parliament: one
Support in latest polls: 7 percent — a historic high. The party won 1 percent of the vote in 2019.
Reform UK’s
Political orientation: right-wing.
Formed in 2019 (as the Brexit Party).
Manifesto [or a pact with voters, as the party describes it]: Accelerate infrastructure initiatives. Remove bureaucracy by repealing employment rules that make it difficult for businesses to recruit and terminate employees. Reduce property taxes, lower taxes for frontline NHS and social care workers, and provide tax breaks for private healthcare. Recruit 30,000 more army personnel and boost defense expenditures. Detain and deport unauthorized immigrants. Remove the more than 6,700 EU rules that the UK kept after Brexit. Ban “transgender ideology” in classrooms.
Current leader: Nigel Farage.
Outgoing parliament has one seat in the House of Commons.
According to the most recent surveys, support is 18 percent. The Brexit Party received 2% of the vote in 2019.
Scottish National Party’s
Political orientation: center-left.
Formed in 1934.
Manifesto: Achieve Scottish independence from the United Kingdom. Protect the NHS against commercialization and austerity by increasing investment in hospitals, schools, train, and road infrastructure. Scrap Trident. Increase maternity pay. Re-join the EU. Scrap the Rwanda scheme. Demand an immediate cease-fire in Gaza.
Current leader: John Swinney.
In the previous session, the House of Commons had 43 seats.
In the most recent surveys, support is around 3 percent. It received 4% of the vote in 2019.
Plaid Cymru’s
Political allegiance: center-left to left wing.
Formed in 1925.
Manifesto: Gain independence for Wales. Establish equitable financing for Wales. Recruit 500 more general doctors. Increase child benefit payments by £20 ($25) each week. Rejoin the EU and the single market.
Current leader: Rhun ap Iorwerth.
In the previous session, the House of Commons had three seats.
The latest surveys show that support is 1 percent. It received 0.5% of the votes in 2019.
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Democrats Now Leaderless After Trump Presidential Win
Democrats spent billions of dollars with the legacy media to try and create fear among American voters that Donald Trump posed an imminent threat to democracy; in the end, voters didn’t care. They chose to believe their own eyes and not the rhetoric.
Following Kamala Harris’ decisive loss, the Democrats are now entering a second Trump presidency without a clear leader, a clear plan, or an accord on the reasons for their significant miscalculations in the 2024 election.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent and former Democratic primary candidate, had warned Harris before Election Day that she was focusing too much on flipping Republican votes and not enough on pocketbook issues. He issued a statement excoriating party leadership.
“It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them,” he said. “First, it was the white working class, and now it is Latino and Black workers as well.
While the Democratic leadership defends the status quo, the American people are angry and want change. And they’re right.”
Trump’s promises to impose tariffs on both allies and foes and his threats to American businesses contemplating the relocation of jobs offshore were alluring to union workers.
Alexandra Rojas, the executive director of the far-left Justice Democrats, told AP that the party’s leadership must “accept responsibility for that a second”Donald Trump presidency was once again feasible under their supervision.”
Rojas charged that the Democratic Party is los”ng legitimacy among the everyday people and marginalized communities, who are continuously used as stepping stones to win elections. She also acknowledged that “there are no easy answers for where we as a coun”ry and movement go from here.”
The data indicates that Democrats have” substantial work to do.
Faiz Shakir, the Democratic strategist who oversaw Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign, is concerned that Sanders’s Democratic Party will fail to engage in the necessary introspection after this catastrophic defeat.
He asserted that “a healthy party is challenging itself to conduct”that type of autopsy and hear what we did wrong.” “I am not even aware that such a process will occur. He asks, “Will the Democratic Party’s well-paid consultant and big-money interParty learn any real lessons from this disastrous campaign?”
“Will they comprehend the political alienation and pain that tens of millions of Americans are currently experiencing?” Do they have any suggestions for how we can confront the Oligarchy, which is gaining economic and political influence at an accelerated pace? It is unlikely, he said.
Source: AP
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Kamala Concession Speech Trends on Google
One day after former President Donald Trump’s historic re-election, Vice President Kamala Harris conceded the presidential race and vowed to maintain unity. Her concession speech trended on Google with over 5 million searches.
“I do not concede the fight that fueled this campaign, but I do concede this election.” She stated, “In our nation, we owe loyalty not to a president or a party, but to the Constitution of the United States.”
Kamala Harris acknowledged that there was no viable strategy for obtaining the presidency even though her speech was not what she intended.
In the center of Washington, DC, Harris delivered a speech at her alma mater, Howard University. Harris expressed her gratitude to the hundreds of campaign workers and volunteers who worked assiduously on her campaign and to the tens of millions of voters who cast their votes for her.
Kamala Harris also stated that the country should unite for a peaceful power transfer despite the agony of losing.
She said, “We must acknowledge the outcomes of this election.” “I conversed with President-elect Trump earlier today and congratulated him on his victory.”
I also informed him that we would assist him and his team during his transition and participate in a peaceful transfer of power.
In the interim, Sen. Bernie Sanders issued a caustic statement regarding the presidential election results, accusing the Democratic Party of having “abandoned” working-class voters. It’s unsurprising that “a Democratic Party that has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them.”
Sanders, who secured re-election last night, stated that the party’s white working-class voters were the first to quit and that it now appears that Latino and Black workers are following suit. “The American people are enraged and desire change despite the Democratic leadership’s defense of the status quo,” he stated. “And they’re right.”
Trump and Vance were also congratulated on their electoral victory by former President Obama, who ardently campaigned for Harris in the final stretch before Election Day. This was announced in a statement published today.
“This is obviously not the outcome we had hoped for, given our profound disagreements with the Republican ticket on a whole host of issues,” according to him. “But living in a democracy is about recognizing that our point of view won’t always win out, and being willing to accept the peaceful transfer of power.”
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Despite All the Odds Donald Trump Elected 47th President
On Wednesday, Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States, a remarkable turnaround for a former president who refused to concede defeat four years ago.
Trump achieved the 270 electoral votes required to secure the presidency with a victory in Wisconsin. On Wednesday afternoon, he emerged victorious in Michigan, conquering the “blue wall” with Pennsylvania.
On Wednesday afternoon, Vice President Kamala Harris contacted President-Elect Trump to congratulate her and acknowledge his victory in the election. Shortly thereafter, Vice President Biden conversed with Trump to extend his congratulations and invitation to the White House.
Foreign leaders like French President Emmanuel Macron and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also phoned Trump.
“I would like to express my gratitude to the American people for the extraordinary honor of being elected as your 47th and 45th president,” Trump addressed a crowd of enthusiastic supporters in Florida before officially confirming their victory.
“Today, you demonstrated unprecedented attendance to secure a victory, and we have endured an immense amount of hardship together,” Trump said. This was truly exceptional, and we will repay you,” he added.
Upon his return to office, Trump will collaborate with a Senate that is now under Republican control, while the House’s governance remains uncertain.
Elon Musk’s Tesla, banks, cryptocurrencies, and the U.S. stock market all surged Wednesday as investors anticipated a smooth election and Trump’s return to the White House.
Trump has pledged to implement an agenda that prioritizes the substantial revamping of the federal government during his second term.
When Trump assumes office on January 20, he will face various challenges, such as global crises testing America’s influence abroad and heightened political polarization.
Trump has pledged to revolutionize nearly every facet of the American government. This encompasses the intention to initiate the most extensive deportation operation in the nation’s history, once more pursue a zero-sum approach to foreign policy, and increase the use of tariffs.
Upon his arrival in Washington in 2017, Trump was unfamiliar with the mechanisms of federal authority. Congress, the judiciary, and senior staff members who acted as guardrails impeded his agenda.
This time, Trump has declared that he will surround himself with allies who will execute his agenda without question and arrive with hundreds of proposed executive orders, legislative proposals, and in-depth policy papers.
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