British Political parties?

Question

briefly can you sumerize the diferent parties for me and what they stand for......(your opinion)
i am doing a study on politics and want to hear diferent peoples views...thanks

ye one more thing....no sad *** american who think they know anything about British politics...if you have a valid opinion then thank you but no d*ck heads like the first post...as if he can be proud of the way his country is run!

Answer 1

OK the quick version.

Labour
"Of the people" historically but Tony Blair has changed the brand & renamed it New Labour. ie Look like you're honest people but hey, if the money's right....

Conservative (Tory)
The middle classes choice. And judges, Lords, rude people & and historians. They want to preserve the class system & take money off rich people just like Labour.

Liberal Democrats
A mix of the above except they're all too chilled out to have a real go about anything. They're the ones who shout "No War, No War" & frequently have to lean on something when they're speaking in the House of Commons cos 6 times out of 10, they're either pissed or stoned.

British National Party
Rascist party that want England to remain white & powerful. They take up the points all of the above are too scared to tackle, then run with it. A bit too far.

The Green Party
Socks & Sandles

Monster Raving Loony Party
So silly words haven't yet been written to describe their political agenda. Still, George Bush & Screaming Lord Sutch sitting in Camp David talking Isreal. How different things could have been....
Hope that helped.

thewetdogproject

Answer 2

Well that is very difficult to tell at the moment as the three major parties in the UK are morphing and changing to spend more and more of their resources chasing fewer and fewer voters.

But as a rough guide:

Labour (marketed as New Labour as Labour where defeated 4 times in a row by the conservatives between 1979 and 1992) Traditionally a working class, socialist leaning left of center party Under the leadership of Tony Blair has won 3 elections from 1997 - 2005, standing as a 'new' relationship between the rich and the poor. This has largely been marketing spin and a majority in the country are now very hostile to the labour party.

Conservative, Traditionally right wing, Pro big business and personal responsibility. support a mixed economy with more emphasis on free market ideals.

Liberal Democrats, a spin off party (the SDP) joined with the old Liberal Party to form the Liberal Democrats. A centrist party that had labour move from the left of them to the right, in response, the tories (conservatives) have recently, under new leader David Cameron, are trying to move to the left of them. and yet stay on the right as well.

The positioning and posturing of the UK parties, in their mad scramble for any voters, means that we do not know what any of them really stand for anymore, other than gaining power for power's sake.

We can look at what they say, but what they actually do is often the opposite.

Answer 3

Currently there's not really much in it in my honest opinion but hear goes:

Labour Party (Government) - Headed up by Tony Blair, have been in power since 1997 and are a very conservative version of what the Labour party once was. For its history - read here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_Party_%28UK%29


Conservative Party (Main Opposition) - Headed by David Cameron, who is attempting to lead the party back into government in the next general election. Conservatives are a more "laissez-faire" approach to governing.They are pushing hard on the environmental issues at the moment, whilst also trying to make the government look foolish (which they tend to do quite well on their own.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative_Party_%28UK%29


Liberal Democrats led my Sir Menzies Campbell (pronounced Ming Campbell) are the token second opposition party, who never get enough votes to end up in government but who try hard nonetheless.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_Democrats

Then you have various smaller parties like the Green Party, BNP,many of which see nothing of power above a local level.


Good luck and hope that helps.

Answer 4

The Labour Party are the most corrupt as they over tax working people in order to pay high salaries and consultancy fees to their cronies.

The Conservative Party have sold their principals and would sell their mothers if it gained a few votes.

The Liberal Party is struggling to be the compromise party as the gap between the Conservative and Labour Party is indiscernible.

The Green Party is made up of people who are able to walk to work and think we all can.

The BNP still has a jackboot image which gives them little chance of success.

UKIP are the new Tories, given the chance they may save this country.

Answer 5

Labour who rule now were formed in the early 20th C to stand for the working class. They formed their first government in the 20s but made little difference until 1945 under Attlee with the NHS, renationalisation etc. The other Lab PMs aren't worth writing about. Blair (1997 -) took charge of the leadership in 1994 after John Smith had a fatal heart attack - a certain Margaret Beckett was also in the leadership election! Since then Old Labour Values have gone down the bog. Hence their support for privatisation, globalisation, PFI, war, ID cards, harassing Asians...

The Tories are the correct name for the Conservatives and have been around for centuries. They held Parliaments inbetween the Whigs until the late 1890s, when the Liberals got in. Things have changed a lot in the 20th Century due to one person - Thatcher. Her predecessor, Ted Heath, signed Britain to the EEC (now the EU) but it was put to a referendum. Thatcher in his government was known as 'milk snatcher' as she took away free school milk from under 5s. That was only the start - she closed down coal fields, threw 3 million on the dole and implemented a pointless alternative to the rates known as the poll tax. That, and Europe, threw her out of office.
Her successors have been pitiful. John Major preached 'back to basics' yet he was having an affair with one of his ministers; William Hague was satirised for having a bald head; Ian Duncan Smith also got caught in scandal due to his wife; and Michael Howard was simply irritating. The Conservatives now are trying to reinvent themselves and have a green image but they can't cast off the image of Thatcterism. Note they still support the Iraq war.

As for the Liberal Democrats, they were formed in 1987 after the SDP and the Liberal Party floundered a bit in the general election of that year. Paddy 'pantsdown' Ashdown was elected their leader. Their success was attributed to mostly byelections. They tend to be mainly centrist in policy but are as useful as a chocolate teapot.

UKIP is a minor party formed by businessmen a few years ago. They have only one aim - to get Britain out of the EU. They have no MPs but have one or two MEPs. One of their members made a sexist gaffe some time ago when he said that businesses should not employ women of childbearing age (!)

Respect was formed two years ago out of the Stop the War demonstrations. They have one MP - George Galloway. Many of their members are ex Labour members who are cheesed off with Tony Blair's attitiude to Iraq et al but it is not a one issue party. It also wants renationalisation of all utilities, scrapping of academies and an end to the Iraq invasion.

There are other parties including the Greens and the Monster Raving Loony Party...hope this helps!

Answer 6

well labour was socialist and for working class and the unions were the back bone of their policies, but new labour are the new right wing - party they represent control by manipulation - newly created laws, constant changes of priorities and change to suit trends, conservative have historically been blue collar, old money and upper working class, management, but their new leader seems to be switched on to the peoples unrest, lib Dem replaced the old liberals which were always middle of the road, they stand up for more green and softy softly approach - but these days they have seem to have lost any direction.. Always been labour, next time for the first time in my life i may go blue?

Answer 7

Prior to 1997 :-

Labour - left of centre, Tories right of centre, Lib Dems centre.

Now - New Labour and Tories, right of centre, Lib Dems left of centre.

Lots of policies are based now on trying to capitalise on public opinion.

Answer 8

Labour - Catholics
Tory - Protestants and Jews
Lib Dems - Muslims, Hindus and Seiks
Green Party - Wiccans, Pagans and Buddhists
BNP - WASPS
Natural Law Party - Scientologists

Answer 9

Crap, Crappy and Crappiest.

Answer 10

brits are morons

i'm not american you fat english girl