r/PoliticsUK

Would you support the idea of giving the UK a new capital?

In the interest of devolution and furthering representation. A new capital and parliament could equally represent Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland whirl London remains the English capital and home of the new English parliament.

Many decisions made by the UK government only apply to England, this is both due to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland having their own parliaments but also because England has a much higher population and more development which creates a bias.

The UK government would make decisions for the whole UK and each country of the UK would have their own parliament for country specific decisions.

I'm looking for a clear, non-partisan explanation of where right-leaning thinkers draw the line on state intervention.

When politicians propose policies like nationalizing certain key utilities or implementing market regulations to protect the native population's quality of life, it frequently triggers rhetoric calling those policies "socialist" or "communist."

To an outside observer, these look like basic market corrections rather than a total overthrow of capitalism. From a conservative or right-wing philosophical standpoint, why is the reaction to these policies so severe?

Is it a belief in the slippery slope, a fundamental defense of maximized profit extraction, or something else entirely?

I would love a clear breakdown of the principle at play here.

Religion should be taught in schools and all religions (as well as non-religious beliefs) should be taught fairly and without bias.

Many schools are linked to one religion and teach or practise that religion. Do you think this should continue, or should schools be religiously neutral and only teach about religions rather than promote one?

It’s dumb enough when he has to apologise for things like low defence spending which have been a feature of governments for decades, but today’s apology is a new peak.

If anyone should apologise it’s the head of state.

I'm not a fan of Starmer particularly, but it is not difficult to see that placed in context alongside the worst PM's the history of this country (the previous 15 years of Tory rule) the vehement hatred seems disproportionate.

In no other country in the world would a PM with a massive majority resign of his own accord. It is absolutely crazy. In Spain we have a Prime Minister who has been governing with minority for the last two or three years. Starmer did a very good job after a very bad start. Someone help me to understand.

Rishi Sunak is the only prime minister I have ever known to be voted out. Gordon Brown is the only other prime minister who was voted out in my lifetime but I was too young to know who he was, David Cameron is the only prime minister I have been alive for who has completed an entire term but I only started to learn about politics when he resigned.
Is this just how uk politics works? I have yet to vote in a general election due to age but should I just not care about the prime minister I’m voting for because they won’t last an entire term? I’m still going to vote but how much of my vote should be dictated by who the prime minister would be? At the moment I’m leaning to almost not at all because the message I’m seeing is that they’ll be pushed to resign anyway.

Will Andy Burnham be the Labour party party improvement or is he just Kier Starmer with darker hair?

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To be honest I'm not sure because I do not really know anything about Andy Burnham, I kinda just don't trust anyone in the Labour party though at the moment

So Keir Starmer has resigned. Why do UK PMs resign so often? They've had like 10 PMs in the last decade alone. I bet whoever is coming next will resign in like 2 years.

The obvious, Keir Starmer, and Liz Truss. Are they just bad candidates who manage to get elected through false promises and money backing their campaigns. And or are the wants of various demographics in the U.K too far from what the geopolitical realities allow?

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I'm a manky dunce and not a political boffin at all. I'm from Southern Alberta Canada and I thank ya'll for your time.