(This article of mine was published in the BVB Journal of Astrology September-October 2014 issue.A part of that article is being reproduce from there)

The United Kingdom (UK)  is gearing up for its  general elections schedule to be held on 7^th of May 2015. David Cameron is the incumbent prime minister of UK leading the Conservative Party, which won 306 seats in the House of Commons in the last general elections held in year 2010. Nick Clegg is the deputy prime minister, in the coalition government, who is leading the Liberal Democratic Party that gave support to David Cameron for forming the government after no political party got absolute majority to form a government in the 650 members lower house of the parliament.  The Liberal Democrats have 57 MP’s in the House of Commons (lower house of the parliament). The Labour Party is the main opposition party at present led by Ed Miliband who is the successor of Gordon Brown who lost mandate in the last general elections held on 7 May 2010.

In the multiparty political system of UK the Conservative Party and Labour Party have been the two biggest parties since 1930 giving country all the prime ministers from that period. Labour Party, having center-left ideology, was in power during 1997-2010 under the leadership of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. The Conservatives colloquially referred to as Tory Party or the Tories in Great Britain, came into the helm of affairs in May 2010 under its charismatic leader David Cameron. The economy of UK is since then is recovering from the global recession of 2008. After the Germany, in the group of seven industrialized nations (G-7), the UK has shown perseverance in fighting the global economic crisis of 2008 among the western countries. The credit of this goes to David Cameron’s staunch support of free trade and open economy. During his tenure, David Cameron reduced taxes on employment and wealth creation to enhance economy’s competitiveness. However, David Cameron’s critics accuse him for the appeasement of some orthodox elements in his party who were demanding for anti-EU and anti-immigration measures. David Cameroon is promising that he will conduct a popular referendum by the end of year 2017, if he is reelected, on the issue of UK’s membership in the European Union. Cameroon was also under pressure during his tenure to cut out the benefits for immigrants that were proving costly for UK’s economy in the post-recession era.Continue Reading