The UK election 2015 explained for non-Brits | General election 2015

Britain is getting very excited, and apprehensive, about politics at the moment. But why all the fuss?
Thursday just happens to mark the most uncertain general election in British political history. Here is a guide for non-Britons to the election's contenders and an explanation as to why the election is unlikely to produce a clear winner after the votes are counted.

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[ednuttah]

Quaintly? Hand counting is a bit more secure than dodgy US electronic versions. Don't knock it.

[sandwich]

"Unlikely to improve on their 2010 performance" If only that were true...

[pl]

[0:24] Scotland is part of Great Britain, and was part of the UK in 1801

[BYNL-]

I loved the video but I expected better from the Guardian @ 2:57. UKIP seems to want an immigration system like Australia. Australians aren't anti-immigrants are they? I'm not fond of UKIP (though honestly I'm not fond of Labour either, what a predicament) but at the same time spreading misinformation gets us nowhere.

Hate them or not, it wouldn't hurt to get your facts right.

[TheBritishBoarder]

This was very helpful for me being German and interested in UK politics. Thank you!

[DarkenedTributary-pomv]

2:53 That did happen. After the 2017 election, the DUP and Conservatives formed a confidence and supply arrangement (less formal than a coalition) but did its job to allow the Tories to have a minority government.

[Eli-hsts]

Can there be a UK parties polices explained for non-Brits video?

[StormySky]

0:33 how is the place that's called Wales the size of itself?
Are they trying to say there's two places called Wales??

[Truthseeker]

Was anyone aware that a commonwealth country citizen in the UK has the right to vote here for parliamentary elections?  Indian, Pakistani, Australian nationals etc.  And no EU country members?  HOW FAIR IS THAT? Plain and simple discrimination!

[gladiator]

Funny presentation; but remember it is not the winning party leader who goes to the monarch and offers to form a government. Rather, it is the monarch who summons the person who can command a majority government and invites them to form a government.

[Slayavcados]

wow that was wrong ! The Tories cleaned it !

[waytehdawn]

Hang on is Wales not part of the Kingdom of England anymore? It's just we share law with England and our head of state is Queen Elizabeth... Wikipedia says Wales is a devolved government within a Constitutional Monarchy... If were not a possession of the kingdom of England anymore, when did that stop being the case?
Oh also UKIP isn't anti-immigrant they actually have the highest immigration cap proposed of all the parties. Which would make the other parties by comparison anti-immigrant. There stance is merely taking back the power to approve or deny entry from people entering the UK from the European Union. Bloody Guardian.

[Matt-czti]

And in the end absolutely none of this happened

[JimSowers]

Have you made another video that explains the conditions (and strategies) under which an early election can be called (which is also different from the US system). Thanks

[sociallymatti]

When I read about how the Party Leaders are chosen, I always see that the, "Party Members", vote the Leaders in.
Pardon my ignorance but what do they mean by, "Party Members"?
Are they the Civilians that the Party represents or are they the Politicians that represent the Civilians?

[hansgruber]

so ignorant, typical of the guardian "showing the whole picture". the queen asks the PM if he would like to become the government

[Generalscorpio]

It's funny watching the second half of this video after the election took place, "the tories won't improve on their 2010 performance..."

[billallan]

Great analysis - couldn't be bettered.

[TKite]

There is also the issue of legitimacy and minority governments on top of this

[jamied]

Why make wales look so insignificant??