UK elections: Tories & Labor

When Britain went to the polls on May 7, 2015 for the first national elections in 5 years, not many Labor Party members were expecting the shocking developments that were unfolding.

Miliband resigned under mounting pressure, leaving Harriet Harman, the deputy leader of the party, as the acting leader. Miliband’s resignation triggered a party leadership election to name the next party leader by mid-September 2015.

Now, whatever the leadership election results would be, one thing is clear. If Labor is to regain its position, it has to find a way of appealing to people who voted Tory in the south of England, people who voted UKIP in the North of England and people who voted SNP in Scotland, the only way to do so is to distance itself from the Blair-Brown era and even the Miliband era.

Meanwhile, the British Queen is set to receive £42.8 million from the Treasury in the 2016-2017 financial year. The amount is nearly £12m more than the Queen received in 2012.

In the meantime, the British taxpayers will pay an extra £2.7 million to fund the royal family. Critics say the funding of the royal family has already been running out of control as many Britons reel from tough austerity measures implemented by the government.

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