Timeline for In simple words, how does UK's Conservative party manage to retain dominance?
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| May 7 at 22:00 | history | edited | mjt | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 24 at 10:21 | comment | added | nigel222 | "UK conservatives don't give a shit about religion, abortion, or guns". All major parties, not just the Tories. Guns are a non-issue in the UK, almost everyone supports the strict gun controls we have. Abortion and Religion are regarded as private matters of conscience (except by sectarian parties in Northern Ireland). Any votes on these issues in the commons are free votes, with no official party position or "whip" to follow. | |
| Apr 24 at 8:56 | comment | added | gerrit | Corbyn reached 40%, which is very high for a social democrat and higher than Labour scored in a long time. | |
| Apr 24 at 8:23 | comment | added | Lag | "Secondly, the conservative party is united by a determination to win power, rather than any particular ideological stance. That's in contrast to parties like the Liberal Democrats, a party entirely comprised of people who've made peace with the fact they're never going to hold power. And the Labour party has many members who passionately support Corbyn despite his inability to win elections, and are lukewarm about Starmer who isn't ideologically pure enough." - this is right. They also have a noisy radical progressive left, who promote ideas that turn off ordinarily left-leaning people | |
| Apr 22 at 17:41 | history | answered | mjt | CC BY-SA 4.0 |