Fundamentally, the\nelection held on the 12th of December 2019 was of paramount importance to UK\ncitizens and to the rest of the world, which is why 4.7 million people watched\nBBCs exit poll coverage at 10pm. However, will it have an impact on why the UK\nis governed? Will it reshape UK politics and parliament itself? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Well, simply put, I\ndo not believe it will impact the way that the UK is governed. The 2019\nelection provided a resounding result with a Tory majority of 80 and once again\nhighlighted the limited appetite that Britain has for socialism. It also gave\nthe mandate to Boris Johnson for Britain to leave the European Union and push\nforward with his post Brexit plans. This many people believe will be the reason\nwhy the UK will change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Many proponents of\nthis belief state that as we are having a constitutional change that will\nimpact the way that the UK is governed and everything around politics on the\nwhole as Brexit is such a large and scary change. Well this I firmly stand by\nthis being incorrect, the central reason is that Brexit isn\u2019t as large and\nscary change as the people behind \u2018Project Fear\u2019 make us believe. One of\nBritain\u2019s most admirable aspects, as well as being big beer drinkers, is that\nwe have an uncodified constitution. This means it is flexible as can adapt according\nto the political circumstances that are thrown at it. This is fundamental as it\nallows us to keep the same core way of governing whilst also adapting to the\nchange. After Brexit we will still have a Parliament who is elected by the\npublic, and an executive drawn from the largest party, who will have to pass\nlaws through the House of Commons, Lords and finally gain Royal Assent from the\nQueen. Yes, of course small aspects may change, but the central process of the\nway the country is governed will not directly change. The only main\ndifference will be that the UK will no longer have to incorporate EU law\ndirectly into UK law. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Furthermore, I\nbelieve that it will not impact the way the UK is governed because any serious\nchanges to the constitution will have to pass both the Commons and Lords, and\nwithout it being in the Conservative manifesto, the Lords would have the right\nto challenge and delay legislation in accordance with the Salisbury-Addison\nconvention. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, writing all\nthis I do believe this election result will reshape politics as a whole in the\nUK and in fact around Europe. This is because, within the next 5-10 years, I believe\nthe EU will crumble and Europe will be in the midst of political turmoil. The\nEU is a fragile system which is about to have a large leg taken out of with\nmany more countries threatening to leave, in particular if the UK actually does\nmake Brexit a success. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finally, there is\nstill the real prospect of Scotland holding another referendum to become\nindependent. The SNP believe as the political\nsituation in the UK has changed so dramatically since the 2014 referendum that\nthey, in my opinion rightly, deserve another referendum. If they leave, this\nwould shake the whole UK political system and how it is governed. Thus, this 2019 election held on December\n12th will reshape politics not just for the United Kingdom, but for Europe and\nthe world as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"