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The UK is one of the biggest members of Europe with regard to population and economic size. The UK involves Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland and England and the sum of all populations reaches 66.48 million of inhabitants. The GDP of the country in 2018 was of 2.8 trillion dollars. It is the fifth economy in the world after the US, China, Japan and Germany.
United Kingdom is a net contributor to the European Union as it contributes more than it receives. The UK receives an amount of 6.326 billion of euros by the European Union, which ends up to be 0.28% of UK’s Gross National Income (GNI). On the other hand, The UK contributes to the EU with 10.575 billion of euros which is 0.46% of its GNI.
The UK is a unitary state within a framework of a constitutional monarchy in which the Monarch, currently Elizabeth II, is the head of state and the Prime Minister, currently Boris Johnson, is the head of government. The executive power is exercised in the British Government and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland also in their government. The legislative power consists on two chambers, the House of Commons and the house of Lords. The Judiciary is independent from both and the Supreme Court is the highest authority within this branch. Since the 1920s is a multiparty system, with two dominant parties; Conservative and Labor Party. In the UK it is maintained the First-Past-The-Post system for the general elections, in which voters elect the candidate and the candidate with most votes wins the election. This system helps to maintain the dominance of this two parties, however, lastly a third party (Liberal Democrats) was needed in order to obtain the parliament majority.
The current government of the UK is leaded by the Prime Minister Boris Johnson who is member of the conservative party. The party leaded by Theresa May by that time, won the elections of July 2017 with the majority of seats in the House of Commons, however, they lost their majority. They needed to form a minority government with the support of the Democratic Unionist Party of Northern Ireland. (DUP). Theresa May decided to resign power and Boris Johnson in July 2019 followed her legacy of the party, pushing strongly for the Brexit of the UK.
Following on Brexit, it is one of the major issues of the UK. On June 23, 2016 a referendum took place in order to vote for the independence of the UK from the EU or not. The people voted to leave the European Union and the UK followed the Article 50 of the constitution through the Lisbon Treaty and they proposed a date to leave the EU. That date has been post-poned until today with the deadline of the 31 of January of 2020. It is the third time that they post-poned the day which might to open the possibility to update the blog again if the keep post-pone in it.
NEWS
Corbyn accuses Trump of interfering in UK elections after US leader says he would be ‘so bad’ as PM.
Taxes after Brexit? Who are the supporters?
There has been huge controversiality on what would happen with taxes after Brexit takes place. Brexiters, as people in favor of Brexit name themselves, think that after Brexit they can get rid of all the bureaucracy of the EU and regulate taxes as they want. It is one of the key points on the conservative side as big national companies would be be benefited. However, we still don’t know until what point it that is possible.
U.K. Police Release Names of 39 People Found Dead in Essex Truck– Immigration
39 bodies were found death in the back part of a truck. Police is still investigating why this happened and if it consists of a mafia for the trafficking of death bodies. The nationalities of the bodies are related to be Chinese/Vietnamese.
In Northern Ireland, Brexit Deal Is Seen as ‘Betrayal’
Irish people are very angry with the possibility of establishing a border in the Irish Sea if Brexit is carried on. On one hand, the Protestant Unionist who defend to preserve the political union between northern Ireland and Britain and that reject any idea of carrying on Brexit and separation from the UK. Johnson proposed to exit Britain from the EU and maintain N.Ireland in the bloc’s custom union and single market. In order to do so he wold draw the the border in the Irish Sea. When this options comes up, unionist argued to what Johnson and May promised in the past; no “British government could or should” sign off on a plan that divided Northern Ireland from the rest of the United Kingdom.
Welcome to one of the most important days in British political history
Latest news say that Boris Johnson made a new Brexit deal for the European Union. The EU has shocked everyone by backstopping the Irish border and replacing it with an alternative plan, back up by Johnson. For once decades, British lawmakers will seat on UK parliament on Saturday 23rd of November in order to accept or reject Johnson new plan. The responses to this vote could have different important consequences for the UK.
New General Elections
The Prime Minister wants a new general election because he thinks a new Parliament is needed in order to end with the political block of his minority government. Mr. Johnson presents himself as the politician who can get Brexit done. This makes him think that he could rule with a majority government and the Brexit negotiations would be much easier.
General Election 2019: Boris Johnson says Tories will raise National Insurance threshold to £12,000 – latest news
Boris Johnson wants to raise the National Insurance threshold to 12.000 pounds. The threshold was previously 8.400 pounds approximately. This means that if your salary is below the threshold you don’t pay taxes to the National Insurance. However, if you are above the threshold you pay a 12% interest to the country. This has raised a debate on whether he is raising taxes to rich or poor people. By raising the National Insurance people who earn low salaries are more likely to start paying a new tax.
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