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What is the best description of the UK party system? Two-party, Three-party, Multi-party or dominant-party  

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07/05/07 Tim Gloster What is the best description of the UK party system? Two-party, Three-party, Multi-party or dominant-party A two-party system is a system that always has either one of two main parties in power, for example the republicans and the democrats in the US. The argument for the UK being a two-party system is quite strong. One of the main points is that either Labour or the Conservatives have been in power since 1945, not once since then has another party got into power. There is a compelling argument for why the UK should be considered a two-party system, one of the main points of this argument is that since 1945 either the Conservatives or the Labour party have been in power. Also these two main parties dominate the voting process and the policy and parliamentary agenda. The House of Commons and the House of Lords are also set out towards government-opposition confrontation....

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