Questions tagged [united-kingdom]
Questions relating to the government and politics of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. If your question relates to a specific country within the Union, be that England, Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland, use with the relevant tag.
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Keir Starmer: the Rwanda deportation scheme is "dead and buried". Is this more of a prediction, statement of policy, or statement of fact?
The BBC's July 7, 2024 Last two migrants bound for Rwanda to be bailed, home secretary says contains the following:
On his first full day as prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer confirmed the Rwanda ...
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Why are UK General Elections near the start of a month?
The dates of the most recent UK General Elections were:
Thu 4 Jul 2024
Thu 12 Dec 2019
Thu 8 Jun 2017
Thu 7 May 2015
Thu 6 May 2010
Thu 5 May 2005
Thu 7 Jun 2001
Thu 1 May 1997
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Why did Nigel Farage choose Clacton as the constituency to campaign in?
Nigel Farage has now been elected as a Reform UK MP for Clacton. Did he explain why he chose to campaign in Clacton specifically, rather than any other constituency?
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2024 UK election: Which demographic factors explain the geography?
In terms of demographical characteristics, what connects the regions that turned orange and what connects those that turned red, during the 2019-2024 UK election cycle?
Looking at the demographic maps,...
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Will Labour party MPs sit on both sides of the House of Commons? [duplicate]
A characteristic feature of UK parliament is that the House of Commons is split in two sides, one for Conservatives and one for Labour, with minor parties filling some of the remaining seats (current ...
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Why do neither the UK government nor the OPCW release what agent was used for the Salisbury/Amesbury attacks?
For the purposes of this question please assume that the UK / OPCW story is largely true. Any answers along the lines of it being a false flag operation are off topic for this question.
In 2018 there ...
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Why the UK parliament doesn't just declare the UK constitutional?
Generally expected from a constitution to be a single document, describing the legal framework of the legal system, including how law can work in the country (example, machine translated).
UK, while I ...
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Why doesn't the British government simply expropriate all royal property? [closed]
In order to get the incomes from royal domains and other properties owned by the nobility.
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Why is polling data for Northern Ireland so differently displayed on national polling sites?
I understand the political climate in Northern Ireland is very different, with there being no overlap in parties and frequently very different priorities in the public mind. It is not clear to me why ...
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Is it plausible for the UK opposition to be led by a lord?
There are multiple polls predicting bad outcomes for the Tories in the coming UK general election. The worst of these, Savanta/Telegraph predicts them ending up as the 2nd largest party with 53 seats,...
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Airspace violation and nato article 5 [closed]
Russia violates NATO airspace repeatedly with attack aircraft.
Does this invoke article 5?
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Which party would benefit most if everyone voted in the UK general election?
Every time there is a general election acquaintances tell me they won't vote because their vote won't make any difference (or words to that effect). I have long since given up trying to argue with ...
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Why was the Workers Party of Britain not invited to the BBC Election Debate?
The BBC will have an Election Debate, and it just confirmed it is inviting 7 participants from 7 parties, two of which only had 1 MP in the recently dissolved parliament.
Is there a reason why the BBC ...
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Why aren't alliances and independent runs more common in the UK?
Both Australia and the UK have single-member constituency-based representative electoral systems with a similar ratio of voters per seat. However, while it is common in Australia for parties to form ...
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Why can't the UK water companies go bankrupt?
There is a New Statesman podcast that gives an answer to the question in the title. Why, instead of the tax payer taking on the ~£16 billion that the owners have saddled Thames Water with, are they ...
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