The Effect of European Union Membership on the Political Parties in the UK

Political parties have a big role in our government. Norton.com states “A political party is a team of politicians, activist, and voters whose goal is to win control of the government.” There are two types of political parties the most popular are the republicans and democrats. The second type of political party is third parties. Popular third parties are the green and libertarian party. Political parties have a big role in the government by their political views, by selecting candidates, mobilize voters, and monitoring the opposing party.

It could be argued, however, that the two party system which was once in place is declining, meaning more parties have a realistic chance to achieve role as government. In the last thirty years the support for the Conservative and Labour parties has been gradually decreasing, leaving them with only 67% of the vote at the 2005 general election, which was the smallest percentage they’d gained since 1918. This is an example of partisan dealignment because the working class started to transfer their party support to Conservative instead of Labour. The Liberal Democrats support was significantly increasing, leaving them with 22% of the vote in the 2005 election as well as 62 seats. Their seat numbers had been increasing since 1974 when they only had 14 seats in parliament, suggesting a change in the dominance of only two parties. Today, the Liberal Democrats, who haven’t been considered a main party since, are currently the weaker part of a coalition government, with Labour in opposition. This shows a clear end to the two party system, with three parties in significant places of power.

This is largely because there have only been two parties for so long, and these two parties have made it such a point to make their separation of ideals and beliefs blatant, so the vast majority of the voters have for the most part picked a definitive “side”, so to speak, and have registered as a member of the corresponding political party, that caters the most to their individual ideals. Because of this, it has made it very hard for any smaller parties to gain enough support to

At the end of World War One in November 1918 the Labour Party emerged as a strong political Party. Prior to this it was the Liberal Party that was expected to be the main opposition to the Conservatives, with Labour as a party who used the popularity of the Liberals to become noticed. However, it soon became apparent that the Liberals were a weak and flagging party who were unable to unite as one to make decisions. It is evident that the First World War may have been an important factor in the growth of Labour and the decline of the Liberals.

2. They tell huge great enormous lies. And they can 't even get those lies straight. Nigel Farage said on Question Time the other night that EU membership cost us £40 million per day. The leaflet I got today suggests £30 million per day. Well, if their estimates on cost can be out by 25% to start with, it calls their credibility into question.

"It's a reflection of the political dynamic in America, where we don't look at America as a whole. We look at it through the red and blue prism” (Taylor, 1). The red and blue prism that Senator Olympia Snowe is referring to is the political parties that function in the United States. The current existence of political parties in America is a hindrance to effective representation of the people. Because of the lack of bipartisanship between the parties in Congress, the absence of compromise leads to gridlock in regards to passing legislations by members of Congress. In this paper, I will argue how the strengthening of political parties’ polarization in America—and the priority of party over constituents—contributed to a lack of effective

First of all there is to say that GB has 4 major parties. The conservatives, the labour party, the Scottish national party and the liberal democrat party. Let me go on by telling you about their leaders and about their plans for GB. The Conservative Party, which is lead by Theresa May is in favor of big industries. They fight for a free market without government interference and for less power for trade unions. In contrast, the Labour Party is in favor party. They want the exact opposite than the Conservatives as they are planning a state intervention in economic affairs and more power for trade unions. The next point would be the Scottish National Party. Their leader is Nicola Sturgeon and they mainly fight for Scotlands independence. The

The European Union was established as an economic and political partnership between 28 European Countries (European Union, 2015). The UK has been stayed in the EU for over four decades from 1973 to now. In 1975, Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson had ever held a referendum on Britain’s membership in the EU and the voting result is to stay in the European Community. Recently, the article (BBC NEWS, 2015) reported that the UK has a plan to hold the second referendum by the end of 2017 to decide whether or not the UK should stay in or leave the European Union. This might be a significant referendum that may bring lots of impacts on the UK’s economy.

Political parties always have been in a progression of change. This is because they have had to adjust to developments in their societies, and in the environment in which they operate more largely.

The split in the Labour party resulting in the formation of the Social Democratic Party in 1981 and their subsequent electoral alliance with the liberal party looks to the casual eye as a hugely significant factor that enabled Thatcher election victories in 1983 and 1987. This view is attested by Jenkins who argued that “the schism of 1981 in the Labour ranks had meant that in so far as there could be said to exist an anti-Thatcher majority in the land its forces were divided between Labour and the SDP-Liberal alliance” .significance not a united force In 1983 the British election study published that only 8.1% of the respondents perceived Labour as united as a direct result of the 1981 split , which only discouraged voters. It has been shown

Political parties seem to grab the attention of the people during important times in politics. In spirit, political parties are meant to represent the people. Moreover, parties can be easily attacked by accountability. In this case, accountability is very liable when the people know how and when to enforce consequences. The people can then determine whom they may trust and even more so whom they may take out of office. There are more advantages than, say disadvantages when looking at the importance of parties. With such a high diversity and large population, the U.S., as a political system needs and benefits from these groups. The beginning purpose of political parties was to serve in the interest of the people. It is essential to recognize that parties matter at the state and local level and even more so at that national level.

My empirical research question: is Did the British citizens vote to exit the European Union actually represent the will of the UK's people? My choice explanation:  The UK citizens vote to exit the European Union was a shock to many. There was anticipation that the UK would remain. After the vote, many different sources suggested that the people really didn't want to exit the E.U and the voters thought that the proposal would and it didn't.

Political parties are important in government because they bring people together who have common ideas, develop policies that benefit people from common interest groups that support them, and campaign for their candidate to get the people to vote for them. They are used to train and nominate the leaders the people want into government office. The main purpose of a political party is to join people together that have similar views on government issues. These people with common views for the same party join interest groups, which help connect people to their government. They work to influence who gets elected and by belonging to groups like this, you have more power as a citizen.

Part One of this book describes the globalization and the localisation. It shortly describes the contrary effects of these two components on the equity of the society and the environment. It then exposes that it is very beneficial to concentrate more on the nationally and globally efficient supply sources.

There is no one categorical answer to this main question if “Europeanization in the field of Migration Policy is limited because this field is dominated by domestic party politics” or not. First of all we must define how do we understand Europeanization in the field of Migration Policy. It could be understood slight differently: (i) as an Europeanization in assimilation of rules for regular and irregular immigrants; (ii) as an Europeanization in “external dimension” of European Union migration policy; (iii) as an Europeanization in terms of free movement of working force within European Union, etc. These cases might have very different national interests within member states. Member states can easily agree on one point and have