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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What is preventing the UK from stopping arms exports to Israel?
Recent polling has shown that a majority of the UK public supports banning arms exports to Israel. A recent YouGov poll showed that 56% of all UK voters support a ban whilst 17% are against a ban. ...
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Why is legal advice provided to the Government rather than to Parliament
One of the things we've all learnt over the last few years is that Parliament is Sovereign, so why (under what principle) is legal advice provided to the Government or executive rather than to ...
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British attitudes towards their country's responsibility for Palestinian-Israeli conflict [closed]
Are there any opinion polls regarding Britain's legacy/responsibility for the colonial policies in Mandatory Palestine?
The question is prompted by the mistreatment of two October 7 survivors by ...
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To which fundamental rights is the new UK government definition of extremism referring?
The UK government has updated their definition of extremism to one which starts:
the promotion or advancement of an ideology based on violence, hatred or intolerance, that aims to:
negate or destroy ...
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Would paying a candidate to defect to your party be bribery or break some other rule?
I'm not sure if this belongs here or over on Law.SE.
There are currently rumours swirling that Reform UK have paid Lee Anderson to defect to their party.
To me, this feels like it should be illegal as ...
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Does some parliamentary convention prevent Diane Abbott from speaking at this PMQs?
Diane Abbott, MP has been in the news recently following a racist verbal attack against her by a leading Conservative donor.
At Prime Minister's Questions on 13 March 2024, the Leader of the ...
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Who are the weird characters behind George Galloway in his Rochdale elections victory speech?
Recently, George Galloway won the Parliamentary by-elections for the constituency of Rochdale. In his otherwise-solemn speech following the announcement of the results, there are a few colorful ...
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What was the original context of Margaret Thatcher's quote by Nikki Haley?
In Nikki Haley's speech suspending her campaign on 6 March 2024, she said:
I have always been a conservative Republican and always supported the Republican nominee.
But on this question, as she did ...
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Has the US government said anything about forcing Apple to have multiple app stores on their devices?
The EU has passed/will pass a law forcing Apple to give users the option to switch between multiple app stores (for example, the Microsoft and Samsung app stores), but only in the EU so far. Has the U....
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Lords powers to stop a Bill - Rwanda
The Rwanda Bill is being debated in The House of Lords and Jenny Jones' speech makes clear that The Lords could stop the bill if Labour were prepared to, but doesn't make explicit, as everyone she is ...
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Is the occurrence of sexual misdemeanors amongst the UK Conservative parliamentary party exceptional?
The 2019 intake of Conservative MPs into UK's parliament numbered 365. Since then at least 6 Tory MPs have been suspended or resigned for engaging in sexual related misconduct. These are:
Julian ...
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What is the distribution of illegal acts defined by the Computer Misuse Act actually done by children in the UK?
The UK National Crime Agency has annonced that one in five children are being criminalised by the Computer Misuse Act (CMA). They warn of life changing consequences for the children involved.
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How can the ECtHR judgement on encryption be reconciled with the UK's Online Safety act?
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) recently judged against allowing law enforcement to bypass end-to-end encryption:
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) (sic) has ruled that weakening
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Did British prime minister Rishi Sunak unsuccessfully sit the exam for a Winchester College scholarship? [closed]
The Tatler has reported regarding British prime minister Rishi Sunak that "[no] sooner was he accepted [into Winchester College] [...,] [his] good fortune [...] foundered: he missed out on the ...
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What tech is Jaguar Land Rover + UK government looking to ban?
The BBC is reporting that Jaguar Land Rover said the technology used by criminal gangs to steal their cars should be illegal and the company was working with the government to help get laws changed. ...
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