1.(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in Britain) the major right-wing party, which developed from the Tories in the 1830s. It advocates a mixed economy, and encourages property owning and free enterprise. In full:Conservative and Unionist Party ...
Michael Gove, born on Aug. 26, 1967 in Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland, has served as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs since 2017. Gove emerged Sunday as a challenger to become leader of the Conservative Party. "I believe that I'm ready to unite the Co...
in opposition to Irish nationalist and republican aspirations. Scotland's Unionist Party was independent of the Conservatives until 1965. Similarly the Ulster Unionist Party supported the Conservatives for many decades in the House of Commons and traditionally took the Conservative whip. In c...
conservative partyn. 保守党 conservative estimate审慎估计,保守估计 conservative government保守政权 conservative force保守力;守恒力 conservative design保守设计 conservative同义词 adj. 保守的 standpat,backward-looking n. 保守派,守旧者 old guard,pontificator ...
Cameron has led a cross-party coalition and a star-studded cast, includingJ.K. Rowlingand President Obama, to keepScotlandin the U.K. Cameron, who had been criticized for failing to make an “emotional case for the U.K.,” made one final try in Aberdeen, Scotland, two days before the...
This chapter looks at the difficulties faced by the Scottish Unionist Party as it tried to retain its 'nationalist' appeal after returning to government in... D Torrance - 《Standing Up for Scotland》 被引量: 0发表: 2020年 Brexit on hold as UK's Conservative party chooses new leader LONDON...
The Union between Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England underpins our nation's stability. The Conservative commitment to the United Kingdom does not mean ignoring the distinctive individuality of the different nations. On the contrary, we have gone further in recognising that diversity than ...
It has now been a quarter of a century since the devolved institutions in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales were established. Twenty-five years on, devolution remains a live issue in all but one of the 2024 manifestos. But this inclusion of the constitutional questions around devolution is ...
We have the anomaly of MPs from Scotland and Northern Ireland voting on laws that apply only to England and Wales. The House of Lords, historically a source of balance and independence, has suffered a botched reform. People identify with their local communities. But under this Government they...
21. The Conservative vote share in Wales in the 2019 European election was lower than that in any English region, and also below that in Scotland. 22. The 2019 Welsh Conservative general election vote share, at 36.1 per cent, was only 2.5 percentage points higher than in 2017. ...