Sunday 22 November 2015

What are the major similarities and differences within the Labour and conservative party?

Labour and the Conservative Party fall differently on the political spectrum. The Labour party, lead by Jeremy Corbyn are consider a left wing party. With Jeremy Corbyn as a lead of the Labour party it has been noticed that the party are starting to head far right. Compared to the Conservative party, lead by David Cameron which is sat in the right wing position on the political spectrum.

Trident is something which has recently shown a big difference within the two major parties. Labour party state in their manifesto that " replace Nuclear defence system trident with a sea based nuclear deterrent " This show the way that Labour want to reduce their budget deficit by decreasing Trident Compared to the conservative party which in their manifesto say " Retain trident and build a new fleet of nuclear submarines." The conservatives are saying this because they are considering the future towards the way the world is heading, there is constantly threats and ideas that there is going to be nuclear wars which the UK need to be prepared for. 

Another thing in which they parties disagreed with was the Referendum on Leaving the EU.  The tories are saying that a Referendum is a good idea as it gives the public a choice to make their decision and have a effect in the UK and show a form of democracy. They also say that the outcome would be good if either we leave or if we stay in the EU, yet step back from the EU instead of being fully involved. Contradicting this idea is the Labour party who say that they don't want a Referendum because its a ridiculous idea to leave the EU. The Labour party believe that the UK wouldn't be able to stand on its own without the EU's Support. 

A idea in which they do agree with is the " No rise in VAT, National Insurance and income tax " Although its surprising that the Tories want this as they are right wing and the usual ideologies that they agree with. The usual ideologies for the Right wing policies is that the economy is most important. 

In conclusion, the parties are very different. The majority of the ideologies on the manifesto are very different with different ideas. 

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