UK Politics

According to the Labour Party website the Labour Party have achieved the following in their time in power: Why Labour? Britain is safer with Labour. We are taking the tough and necessary measures to combat crime and anti-social behaviour. Our no-nonsense approach is bringing crime down. Since 1997, overall crime – including violent crime – […]

According to the UK Independence Party website UKIP will try to achieve the following if they gain power at the 2010 general election: 8.1 We are no longer self-sufficient in energy. Our coal industry has been reduced to a fraction of its previous size despite our large coal reserves. Dominance of coal in electricity generation […]

According to the UK Independence Party website UKIP will try to achieve the following if they gain power at the 2010 general election: The Defence Budget is of course a result of the country’s defence commitments and society’s willingness to pay for them. Defence spending dropped sharply at the end of the Cold War. A […]

According to the UK Green Party website the Green Party will try to achieve the following if they gain power at the 2010 general election: CJ340 Wholly unacceptable levels of men, women and children are currently imprisoned at great cost to their future rehabilitation, as well as to their families, the taxpayer and society in […]

According to the UK Green Party website the Green Party will try to achieve the following if they gain power at the 2010 general election: CY520 Farming does not automatically destroy wildlife interest, but the form and intensity of present agricultural methods have been the main reasons for loss of habitats. We recognise that without […]

According to the UK Independence Party website UKIP will try to achieve the following if they gain power at the 2010 general election: We would retain national bodies but replace national representatives with Westminster MPs from that nation: The 129 Members of the Scottish Parliament would be replaced by the 55 Scots Westminster MPs, the […]

According to the British National Party website the British National Party will try to achieve the following if they gain power at the 2010 general election: We are opposed to the Single European Currency, and support the overwhelming majority of the British people in their desire to keep the Pound and our traditional weights and […]

According to the UK Green Party website the Green Party will try to achieve the following if they gain power at the 2010 general election: AR418 Xenotransplantation: The Green Party would abolish research into, and the practise of xenotransplantation (the transplantation of nonhuman animal organs, genetically engineered or otherwise, into human beings). Treating nonhuman animals […]

According to the Liberal Democrats Party website the Liberal Democrats Party will try to achieve the following if they gain power at the 2010 general election: The current pension system is unfair; the basic state pension is too low and it discriminates against women and carers who take time out of work. 2.1 million pensioners […]

According to the Conservative Party website the Conservative Party will try to achieve the following if they gain power at the 2010 general election: Our countryside is home to beautiful landscapes, spectacular views and some of Britain’s most loved towns and villages. But, after 11 years of Labour, many rural communities are struggling. They’re suffering […]

According to the Conservative Party website the Conservative Party will try to achieve the following if they gain power at the 2010 general election: Building stronger, more integrated communities is central to our vision for Britain. Under Labour, state-driven multiculturalism, uncontrolled immigration and the threat of extremism have led to an increase in distrust and […]

According to the Conservative Party website the Conservative Party will try to achieve the following if they gain power at the 2010 general election: With opportunity comes responsibility. To make the most of the new world of freedom, we need to strengthen the structures which bring stability and a sense of belonging: home, neighbourhood and […]

According to the Labour Party website the Labour Party have achieved the following in their time in power: * Under Labour we have had the longest period of sustained low inflation since the 1960s, the lowest interest rates since the 1960s and the highest levels of employment since records began * The second highest employment […]

According to the UK Independence Party website UKIP will try to achieve the following if they gain power at the 2010 general election: 9.1 While our climate may currently be changing, this has happened in the past. Greenland was covered by forest that supported butterflies less than 1 million years ago. A mere 10,000 years […]

According to the UK Independence Party website UKIP will try to achieve the following if they gain power at the 2010 general election: Despite all international disarmament efforts, more and more nations are acquiring nuclear weapons and associated missiles. Currently the nuclear powers are USA, Russia, UK, France, China, India, Pakistan, Israel, with Iran and […]

According to the UK Green Party website the Green Party will try to achieve the following if they gain power at the 2010 general election: CJ315 The Police service has failed to build meaningful trust with many communities and still does not adequately represent or reflect Britain’s diversity, including its ethnic diversity. The police are […]