The figure was dismantled in the media and shown to be little more than half this sum but Leave denied its falsity and the bus continued to tour the country. Predictably Conservatives voted 42–68 for Leave, Labour 63–37 for Remain, UKIP 4–96 for Leave, Lib Dem 64–36 Remain and Greens 75–25 Remain. Bill Jones' 'British Politics - The Basics' is a clearly written and comprehensive guide which should appeal to the general reader as well as students of politics. I recommend it to any student looking for a short but wide-ranging book to give them a thorough grounding in British Politics.

Around the halfway mark Remain seemed to be winning the argument and Leave switched its emphasis squarely on to immigration. This document spelled out the rights and responsibilities of King John of England and the ruling class in 1215. Statistics are used by people inside and outside government to make informed decisions and to measure the success of government policies and services. At the moment Northern Ireland does not have a sitting government but Northern Ireland does have the Northern Ireland Executive and Assembly which has powers closer to those already devolved to Scotland. Despite having said he’d stay on as PM even if he lost the vote, his decision to go was probably wise as it would have been hard for a champion of Remain to lead the difficult process of implementing the nation’s verdict.

Facebook sets this cookie to show relevant advertisements to users by tracking user behaviour across the web, on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin. In exceptional circumstances the monarch asks someone to 'form a government' with a parliamentary minority [11] which in the event of no party having a majority requires the formation of a coalition government or 'confidence and supply' arrangement.

It's made worse because many politicians constantly move around different government roles, meaning just when you think you've got a handle on things - they change! Support for nationalist parties in Scotland and Wales led to proposals for devolution in the 1970s, though only in the 1990s did devolution happen. From this a hereditary monarch, currently Charles III, serves as head of state while the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, currently Rishi Sunak since 2022, serves as the elected head of government. Fully updated and expanded, the second edition of this still compact text on British politics expertly analyses the major changes in British political life, placing them revealingly within the context of the evolution of British society from absolute monarchy to representative democracy.The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report. People should be taxed at the same rate; if people that make more are taxed more and everyone is looked after by the state, then there is no incentive to work hard. The Conservatives are a right-wing party, Labour is a left-wing party and the Liberal Democrats sit in the middle.

This opening chapter seeks to update and delve a little deeper into these extraordinary crises and upheavals plus give consideration to their possible causes and implications. A poster showing crowds of immigrants queuing up for entry was likened to Goebbels’ 1930s propaganda and Leave claimed Remain would allow up to 70 million Turks into the country via the EU even though that country was not, and is unlikely to ever become, an EU member. Many thought he had done so in the expectation that the Liberal Democrats (Lib Dems), in another coalition, would prevent it ever happening. One of the reasons that textbooks can go through many editions in a relatively short space of time is that recent developments are generally absorbed into an existing, usually successful, framework. It was given in 1916 to Bonar Law, and when he declined, to David Lloyd George and in 1940 to Winston Churchill.Finally, she moved into Downing Street as her joint chiefs of staff, her two Home Office aides, Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill.