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Of the 57 Liberal Democrat MPs, only two refused to support the Conservative Coalition agreement, with former party leader Charles Kennedy and Manchester Withington MP John Leech both rebelling against. [5] The 11 sections were as follows: Deficit Reduction; Spending Review – NHS, Schools and a Fairer Society; Tax Measures; Banking Reform ...
In the Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition agreement of 11 May 2010, the two parties formed a coalition government. [3] [4] The new Parliament met on 18 May for the swearing-in of Peers in the House of Lords and newly elected and returning Members of Parliament in the House of Commons, and the election for the Speakership of the House of ...
At a private meeting that evening, Cameron and Clegg held the first of a series of talks to discuss the negotiations. Members of the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Party had earlier met at Local Government House to discuss the coalition talks. [52] [53] Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg held face-to-face talks with his Conservative counterpart.
British National Party – Jerusalem in England, Londonderry Air in Northern Ireland, Scotland the Brave in Scotland and Land of My Fathers in Wales; Conservative Party – Land of Hope and Glory [27] Labour Party – The Red Flag and Jerusalem [28] Liberal Party – The Land [citation needed] Liberal Democrats – The Land [29]
Willie Rennie, who became party leader in 2011, also blamed the unpopularity of the Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition. [343] The Scottish Liberal Democrats contested two Scottish Parliament elections under the leadership of Willie Rennie. The party again returned a total of five seats in the 2016 Scottish Parliament election. [344]
"The Land" is a protest song, traditionally sung by the Georgist movement in pursuit and promotion of land value taxation.Its first appearance is from a Chicago Georgist publication, The Single Tax, in 1887 as "The Land Song" [1] Until the late 1970s it was sung at the end of each year's Liberal Assembly and was the party anthem of the Liberal Party, until that party merged with the SDP to ...
Like her husband Jay Z, the Houston-born singer has been a prominent supporter of Democratic candidates. She sang the national anthem during Obama’s inauguration in 2013, performed at a concert ...
The United Kingdom general election debates of 2010 consisted of a series of three leaders' debates between the leaders of the three main parties contesting the 2010 general election: Gordon Brown, Prime Minister and leader of the Labour Party; David Cameron, Leader of the Opposition and Conservative Party; and Nick Clegg, leader of the third largest political party in the UK, the Liberal ...