Editing Politics of the United Kingdom (section)

===Current political landscape===
{{Main|2020s in United Kingdom political history}}
In the December 2019 [[2019 United Kingdom general election|general election]], the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]], led by [[Boris Johnson]], won a large overall majority. [[Jeremy Corbyn]] resigned as leader of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]. [[Jo Swinson]] resigned as [[Lib Dem]] leader after losing her own seat.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/dec/13/jo-swinson-lib-dems-on-course-for-grim-night |title=Jo Swinson quits as Lib Dem leader after losing her own seat 
|last1=Walker |first1=Peter |last2=Murphy |first2=Simon |last3=Brooks |first3=Libby |work=The Guardian|date=13 December 2019}}</ref>

On 20 December 2019, the [[Brexit withdrawal agreement]] was passed. The UK left the EU on 31 January 2020 at 11&nbsp;p.m. GMT and entered a transition period, set to finish on 31 December 2020.

In January 2020, the Labour Party began the process of electing a new leader. On 4 April 2020, [[Keir Starmer]] was elected leader of the Labour Party with 56.2% of the vote in the first round.<ref>{{cite web|title=Leadership and Deputy Leadership election 2020 – Results|url=https://labour.org.uk/people/leadership-elections-hub-2020/leadership-elections-2020-results/|website=labour.org.uk}}</ref>

In October 2020, Corbyn was suspended from the Labour Party over his comments about antisemitism. According to ''[[The Washington Post]]'':
:Corbyn's ouster from a party he led in the last two national elections, in 2019 and 2017, was a stunning rebuke and mark him now as a near-outcast, at least temporarily. The suspension also shines light on a long-running feud within Europe's largest democratic socialist party over its very soul, as hard-left "Corbynistas" pushing for radical change duke it out with a more moderate wing more ideologically aligned with [[Tony Blair]], the centrist former Labour prime minister.<ref>{{cite news|last=Booth|first=William|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/corbyn-labour-anti-semitism-suspension/2020/10/29/c06a4388-19e9-11eb-8bda-814ca56e138b_story.html|title=Former British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn suspended over comments about anti-Semitism report|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=29 October 2020}}</ref>
The present dispute within the Labour party is likely causing the leftist political coalition to further fragment since the catastrophic result in 2019. Polling generally indicates that ''at present'' (August 2021) Labour has lost significant portions of its vote share to the Green party and the Liberal Democrats.<ref>{{Cite web|title=POLITICO Poll of Polls – British polls, trends and election news for the United Kingdom and Scotland|url=https://www.politico.eu/europe-poll-of-polls/united-kingdom/|access-date=13 October 2021|website=Politico|language=en-US}}</ref> At Labour Conference 2021, several showdowns between the left and right of the party are expected to take place. This includes but is not limited to: a motion to give members power to approve or reject decisions over the Labour whip within the PLP, a potential rejection of the pro-Starmer interim General Secretary [[David Evans (political official)|David Evans]] by unions and members alike, a debate over PR and a significant debate over the loss of members and their subscription fees since Corbyn's expulsion which has left the party in a dire state regarding its activist and financial bases.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Chappell|first=Elliot|title=Which policy motions are being backed by groups for Labour conference 2021?|url=https://labourlist.org/2021/08/which-policy-motions-are-being-backed-by-groups-for-labour-conference-2021/|access-date=13 October 2021|website=LabourList|date=11 August 2021 |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Rodgers|first=Sienna|title=Momentum to campaign at conference for elected Labour general secretary|url=https://labourlist.org/2020/12/momentum-to-campaign-at-conference-for-elected-labour-general-secretary/|access-date=13 October 2021|website=LabourList|date=10 December 2020 |language=en-GB}}</ref>

The [[Scottish National Party|SNP]] and the [[Scottish Greens]] won the right to form a Scottish coalition government in May 2021. The precise arrangement is loose and allows the Greens freedom to criticise official SNP policy on key areas of disagreement. However, it provides [[Nicola Sturgeon|FM Nicola Sturgeon]] with a mandate to call for a new independence referendum after the failed one in 2014.<ref name=":0" /> Proponents of a new referendum particularly cite Brexit as changing the political situation, thus leading Scots to be more pro-independence than in 2014. As an issue, [[Scottish independence]] is known to cross-cut across party lines, with many [[Scottish Labour]] voters in particular being favourable to the prospect of independence.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/19450716.majority-uk-labour-party-members-support-indyref2-poll-finds/|title=Majority of UK Labour Party members support indyref2, poll finds|date=18 July 2021|website=The National}}</ref>

In 2022, the [[Democracy Index]] rated the United Kingdom as a "[[Democracy Index#Definitions|full democracy]]" ranking 18th worldwide with an overall score of 8.28 out of a maximum of 10.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eiu.com/n/campaigns/democracy-index-2022/|title=Democracy Index 2022|language=en|access-date=20 May 2023|archive-date=10 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210003136/https://www.eiu.com/n/campaigns/democracy-index-2022/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[V-Dem Democracy Indices]] ranked United Kingdom 22nd worldwide on electoral democracy.