Political Parties Evidence
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- Created on: 02-05-19 09:42
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- Political Parties
- Cornerstone ‘Faith, Flag ad Family’ – Nationalist, Christian and traditional
- Tory Reform Group – left leaning, social-cohesion, one nation, rights
- Conservative Way Forward – neo-liberal, Thatcherite, free market, low taxes
- Momentum – left-wing, Corbynites, distribution of wealth, nationalisation, higher minimum wage, anti-nuclear
- Blue Labour – working class, support conservatism, British Values, anti-EU, anti-mass immigration
- Neutral Think Tank – centre for social justice, Left-wing – Fabian Society, Right-wing – Adam Smith Institute, Liberal – Liberty
- Jeremy Corbyn elected as popular with party members but not with Labour MPs
- Theresa May popular with party members and MPs, her competitors dropped out.
- 2017 Tory manifesto sought mandate for Brexit negotiations.
- Labour policies 2017 – free tuition fees, 100 billion investments in infrastructure projects, cap on what elderly pay for social care, 2% GNP paid in overseas aid, 300,000 homes a year for 5 years, end arms sales to Saudi Arabia
- Labour contributions from Trade Unions amounted to 11 million in 2014-2015
- Between 2015 and 2017 Tory party received 11.3 million from prominent figures and companies, plus 3.6 million from property companies. UNISON donated 380,000 to Labour party.
- 2015 SNP won 56/59 Westminster seats in Scotland
- In 2015 UKIP won 12.6% of popular vote
- 2017 82.4% of votes for the two main parties
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