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Can somebody please give me an ultra-quick ultra-short explaination on what The Conservatives, Labour and The Liberal Democrats all stand for?? I'm writing a speech for it for our class assembly on Tuesday, need it in by tomorrow and after last term I'm trying to be extra good and took on writing this thing. Can't get in trouble again! Please help!

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8515961.stm#subject=key&col1=conservative&col2=labour&col3=libdem

Those are their policies for this election.

In historical terms, Labour hold socialist values, the Lib Dems hold liberal values and the Conservatives have conservative values but they are increasingly similar to each other nowadays.

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Oh right.. Basically I need a line about the main 3 parties that a load of year eights will understand.

I've been given this info:

650 seats available in 2010. If one party wins at least 326, they have a MAJORITY, it is important to have a majority because it enables the government to make decisions on their own.

If no party wins a majority of seats then a HUNG PARLIAMENT will be formed, in this case no party has enough MPs to make decisions on their own so they need to team up.

AND (these are seperate things..)

Main Parties; Conservative, Labour, Lib Dem

Leaders; Mr Cameron, Mr Brown, Mr Clegg

Labour have been in power since 1997.

The Conservative party are likely to win the most votes,

Labour are likely to have the most seats

It's likely that no one will be able to form a government.

I have to put them into a 4 sentence speech each and find out a bit more info about them.

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Wikipedia could be the answer to your problem.

To make things even easier:

The Conservative Party

The Labour Party

The Liberal Democrats

You can probably get some more information from those three sites (e.g brief history / what they stand for). That, combined with their key policies from the BBC site, should easily give you four lines each.

You could also write a bit about the smaller parties, The Green Party, UKIP etc. Although it's probably for the best that you don't mention the BNP! As far as I'm aware neither the Greens or UKIP hold a seat in the House of Commons.

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650 seats available in 2010. If one party wins at least 326, they have a MAJORITY, it is important to have a majority because it enables the government to pass legislation through parliament with ease. In the last parliament, Labour had a large majority of 64 following the 2005 election- only time the Brown Administration was defeated in parliament was in June 2009 over the decision to great Gurkas citizenship.

If no party wins a majority of seats then a HUNG PARLIAMENT will be formed, in this case no party has enough MPs to make decisions on their own so they need to legislative support from other parties. The last time there was a Hung Parliament was between 1974 and 1979. Lib-Lab coalition. The 74-79 Labour government led by James Callaghan was seen by many as a disaster- the Conservatives were in power for 18 years after the 1979 Government fell in a "Motion of No Confidence".

AND (these are seperate things..)

Main Parties; Conservative, Labour, Lib Dem

Leaders; David Cameron, Gordon Brown, Nick Clegg

Labour came to power on the 1st May 1997 in a Landslide. They have grown increasingly unpopular in recent times over the recession, the expenses issue and Gordon Brown's perceived unpopularity.

The Conservative party are likely to win the most votes,

It's likely that no one will be able to form a majority government.

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Well thanks guys(:

I don't have to write it anymore.. I'm ill and taking the day off ): I didn't really revise for my science test later, so that is a plus...

My whole bus must think I'm a div, though.. I got on it and then pressed the stop button like a maniac and made the bus driver stop the bus because I was ill.. :/

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