McG Comparative Government

Next week, on January 13th, elections are being held in Oldham East and Saddleworth (two regions of the UK) to choose a minister to replace Labour Party minister Phil Woolas.  Woolas technically won the position of minister for this area in May, but a special elections court stripped him of the seat when it was [...]

This week Work and Pensions Secretary, Iain Duncan Smith will be announcing a new program to implement cuts in welfare, a program which should be expecting about 7 billion pounds in cuts under the new spending review.  This program is being issued in an attempt to streamline welfare by creating a single universal payment to replace [...]

Much like the United States, Britain is facing severe economic issues and their government is looking to make significant spending cuts on several public goods and social expenditures such as the arts, military, transportation, and defense. Their goal is to save 130 billion dollars in the next five years. This is all part of David [...]

For this week’s Hawk’s Eye, I read an article in the Economist about the pending Labour election results and the effects they will have on the party. Since the general election in May, campaigning has been fierce by the five candidates for Labour Party leader. Of all five (Ed Miliband, David Miliband, Ed Balls, Diane [...]

Tension and excitement is mounting within the United Kingdom’s Labour Party as their Leadership Elections rapidly approach. The Labour Party takes a centre-left political position and goes by a democratic socialist ideology. Unlike our system in the US, there are several parties within the United Kingdom, so the Labour Party faces opposition from the Liberal [...]