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Talk:Mystery:Why is England More Liberal than the United States? (view source)
Revision as of 22:50, July 20, 2011
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::::The Conservative Party would have a majority of Parliamentary seats if you took England on its own, and the vast majority of the Conservative Party vote comes from the English electorate. [[User:WilliamB1|WilliamB1]] 21:52, 19 July 2011 (EDT)
::::The Conservative Party would have a majority of Parliamentary seats if you took England on its own, and the vast majority of the Conservative Party vote comes from the English electorate. [[User:WilliamB1|WilliamB1]] 21:52, 19 July 2011 (EDT)
:::::It has been generally considered that England is the most conservative of the states that make up the UK. I cannot find the source off the top of my head, but I know that if it weren't for the results of Wales and Scotland there wouldn't have been a labour government until 1997 (and by that time it was a fairly centrist labour govt compared to earlier times). If you look at this [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/election2010/results/ map] you can see the trend of England is solidly blue, whereas in Wales and Scotland Red and Yellow predominate. The same for [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/vote_2005/default.stm 2005]. It goes without saying that the conservative party in the UK may not be what Andy Schlafly would consider conservative in the US context, but it does tend to indicate that relatively speaking England is the most conservative of the states that make up the UK. I personally would favour a change of name to the United Kingdom. --[[User:DamianJohn|DamianJohn]] 13:59, 20 July 2011 (EDT)
:::::It has been generally considered that England is the most conservative of the states that make up the UK. I cannot find the source off the top of my head, but I know that if it weren't for the results of Wales and Scotland there wouldn't have been a labour government until 1997 (and by that time it was a fairly centrist labour govt compared to earlier times). If you look at this [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/election2010/results/ map] you can see the trend of England is solidly blue, whereas in Wales and Scotland Red and Yellow predominate. The same for [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/vote_2005/default.stm 2005]. It goes without saying that the conservative party in the UK may not be what Andy Schlafly would consider conservative in the US context, but it does tend to indicate that relatively speaking England is the most conservative of the states that make up the UK. I personally would favour a change of name to the United Kingdom. --[[User:DamianJohn|DamianJohn]] 13:59, 20 July 2011 (EDT)
::::The most socially conservative part of the UK and the one with the highest church attendance is the Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland. Interestingly, this is not favourable territory for the so-called Conservative Party, which does not have pro-Christian, socially conservative policies. [[User:HollyS|HollyS]] 18:50, 20 July 2011 (EDT)
== Population Density?? ==
== Population Density?? ==