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What are the 3 main political parties in UK?
Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats.
What political type is the UK?
The United Kingdom is a Constitutional Monarchy in which the reigning monarch (that is, the king or queen who is the head of state at any given time) does not make any open political decisions. All political decisions are taken by the government and Parliament.
Who runs England?
The Prime Minister is the leader of Her Majesty’s Government and is ultimately responsible for all policy and decisions. The Prime Minister also: oversees the operation of the Civil Service and government agencies.
Is the UK a two party system?
The two party system in the United Kingdom allows for other parties to exist, although the main two parties tend to dominate politics; in this arrangement, other parties are not excluded and can win seats in Parliament.
Almost all of Wednesday’s front pages are dominated by the news that a 14-year-old boy was killed after an attacker armed with a sword went on the rampage in Hainault, north-east London. The attacker is in hospital, it is not believed to be related to terrorism or a targeted attack.
Several newspapers feature an image of King Charles – who returned to public life after starting his cancer treatment.
Elsewhere, the UK back pages feature images of Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham as Bayern Munich and Real Madrid drew 2-2 in the first leg of the semi-finals of the Champions League.
Many of Tuesday’s newspaper leads on the resignation of Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf. He resigned ahead of two votes of no-confidence – one in him and another in his government, which was due next week, and unlikely he’d survive. Both the Scottish and English papers lead on the SNP chaos, with the English papers focusing on his resignation and speech, whilst the Scottish papers are looking ahead at his successor.
Monday’s front pages lead on a variety of stories. Several of the papers cover the UK’s Rwanda policy with different approaches to the story. Elsewhere, the latest from the UK government also makes a couple of the newspapers – with reports that Tory MP rebels are plotting to oust the prime minister ahead of what is expected to be disastrous local elections for the Conservatives.
The back pages lead on Arsenal’s win over Spurs to take them to the top of the Premier League table – the Gunners got off to a great start but Spurs managed to claw a few goals back in what was a nervy end to the match.
Many of the Sunday papers lead on domestic UK politics, with the defection of Tory MP Dan Poulter, a popular story, he quit the Conservative Party to join Labour. Defections are rare, so the news is a major blow to the Tories – who are worried about a total wipeout at the upcoming general election. Elsewhere, there are reports of a challenge to the prime minister’s leadership in the coming days and another lead sees Sunak urging voters to stick with him and his plan.
Elsewhere the blood scandal compensation makes several papers.
Most of the UK back pages lead on the bust-up between Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp and Mo Salah on the touchline.
Many of Thursday’s front pages report on Labour’s plan to nationalise the railways if it wins the upcoming general election.
Elsewhere, several of the tabloids cover the stabbing in Wales, in which a school girl has been arrested for attempted murder. Many of the papers feature the horses who ran through London yesterday after being spooked by nearby builders.
Wednesday’s front pages cover the news the UK government has announced an extra £75bn on defence spending over the next six years. The papers declare the UK is on a “war footing” after the announcement.
Many of the papers cover the news that five migrants died in the Channel yesterday, including a young girl. The papers tie the tragedy to the Rwanda bill – with the right-leaning papers saying the Rwanda bill will deter these horrifying deaths.
Away from the two main stories, there’s room for other domestic stories, with many of the tabloids marking Prince Louis’s sixth birthday.
Many of Tuesday’s front pages report on the government’s latest efforts to get its Rwanda asylum policy passed into law.
Many of the right-leaning newspapers that back the current government celebrate the news that Parliament has passed the Rwanda bill following late-night sitting and months of wrangling. They claim that the policy will act as a deterrent and as soon as flights start to take off, migrants will stop attempting to cross the channel.
Elsewhere, many of the papers leave room on the front pages to cover Huw Edwards – the former BBC presenter who has not been on air due to an alleged sex scandal. Yesterday he announced he has quit the BBC on “medical advice”.
Away from domestic news, a couple of the papers leave room for front-page coverage of Donald Trump’s NYC case.
Friday’s newspaper leads feature various stories, but almost all of them are domestic political news. A number of the headlines lead on plans from Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to challenge what he describes as Britain’s “sick note culture.” Elsewhere, the EU’s olive branch to UK students, Thames Water nationalisation plans and the Tory MP cash scandal make the front pages.
Several UK papers, and most of the Scottish front pages, of course, lead on news that former Scottish First Minister, Nicola Strugeon’s husband has been charged with stealing from the SNP.
Most of the papers offer up a snippet of their review of the latest Taylor Swift album on their front pages. So far, it’s all glowing reviews for Taylor’s – The Tortured Poets Department.
Thursday’s front pages lead on a variety of stories, with mostly domestic political news being splashed.
The government’s Rwanda plans, the latest political polling, Angela Rayner’s tax scandal and Brexit are among the headlines. Several papers cover international news, including flash flooding in the Gulf states, Prince Harry is a hot topic for a couple of the tabloids, as the prince lists the USA as his main residence.
The papers also pick up on both Manchester City and Arsenal being knocked out of the Champions League.
The UK’s shortest-serving PM Liz Truss has endorsed Donald Trump to win this year’s US election, saying the “world was safer” when he was in the White House. The former prime minister said the world was “on the cusp of very, very strong conflict” and needed “a strong America more than ever”.
Downing Street’s annual Eid celebration will be boycotted by some Conservative politicians and business and charity leaders over the government’s support of Israel. The annual event, held by PM Rishi Sunak, will take place in Downing Street on Monday. A government spokesperson said it understood humanitarian concerns regarding Gaza.
