Tuesday 12 February 2013

The new government


The government in Britain has changed to new one . the labour party had been in power since 1997  , but the two ministers has been replaced by a coalition between the conservative party and the liberal Democrats . David Cameron became the new prime minister . Liberal Democrats have formed part of a government , because since the Second War in 1945 the conservatives have been in power . The conservatives have tried for a free market but the privatization and low taxation has expressed a commitment to greater social and economic equality . In the general election, the Conservative won 36% of the votes, Labour 29% and the Lib Dems 23%, with the rest of the votes shared by smaller parties . In the british parliament, out of the 650 seats, the conservative won 360, Labour 258, and the Lib Dems 57. As well the , the Conservative had the highest vote, they surely knew they would need support from another party to form a government . Britain does nt have a system of proportional representation . Finally , in the british system the country is divided into 650 districts . The vote system alternative the people to choose the prim minister .

1 comment:

  1. A good summary. However, you should give the details of your source.

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