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Evaluate the view that there are major differences between UK parties over…
Evaluate the view that there are major differences between UK parties over policies.
Foreign policy (maybe environmental)?
International law: The ECHR is also becoming a uniting thing amongst parties. Both reform and the conservatives believe in leaving the ECHR completely, complaining that its affecting British sovereignty.CAVEAT: THOUGH Starmer disagrees with leaving all together, he does want to reform it to make it more flexible
Europe and Brexit: The conservatives and reform place more emphasis on a more independent, global stance, while Labour and the Lib Dems lean toward closer ties with the EU
Foreign aid spending: Reform want to decrease foreign spending
Middle East: The greens and your party made their position on Gaza very clear, whereas the conservatives, labour and reform take a more pro-israel stance
Economics + Welfare
It doesn't seem that Labour is moving with the overton window with economic policies
CAVEAT: Though they introduced a limit on winter fuel payments - this was U-turned
The two-child benefit cap that was established by the conservatives in 2017 was abolished just today - this had previously posed major contention
CAVEAT: Perhaps another thing to consider is that reform and the conservatives seem to be fairly united on economics? The green party are placing emphasis on taxing the rich.
Parties are not united on economics matters, its perhaps the greatest thing that has always divided parties in the UK
Law and order
Reform and the conservatives are placing greater emphasis on law and order particularly in regards to immigration - which has influenced Starmer, as evidenced by his 'island of strangers' speech
Starmer also introduced ID cards, CAVEAT: THOUGH this was U-turned, that's because the people he was trying to appeal to didn't like it like he thought they would
Reform list their greatest priority on their website to be 'stopping the boats,' and call their policy for doing so 'operation restoring justice,'
Kemi Badenoch also places emphasis on cutting down illegal immigration
Reform policies include the fact that if you arrive illegally to the UK you will not be eligible to claim asylum
Shabana Mahmood introduced the policy that asylum seeker's must have lived in the UK for at least 20 years before receiving proper citizenship
There are further delays for small boat arrivals
Most parties agree on this
The shifting of the overton window to the right reflects the in the UK has meant that parties are united moreso over policies than they are not. For example, there's increasing emphasis on reducing immigration and enhancing national identity, a view shared by particularly reform and the conservatives. Furthermore there's increasing emphasis on reforming the ECHR and abandoning net zero.
Though perhaps the right are more united than the left (the greens, labour and 'your party')