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Parties of the Houses of Parliament in the UK
{
"Con":{
"colour":"#0087DC",
"name" : "Conservative and Unionist Party",
"wikidescription" : "A party loosely divided into three categories: The Thatcherites or Conservative Way Forward, who strongly support a free market and tend to be Eurosceptic; the economically moderate, often more pro-European but socially conservative One Nation Conservatives; and the socially conservative, deeply Eurosceptic Cornerstone Group."
},
"Lab":{
"colour":"#DC241F",
"name" : "Labour Party",
"wikidescription" : "A big tent party historically allied with the trade union movement; based upon mixed market Third Way policies since the party was reinvented as New Labour in 1994. As a big tent party, it includes a range of views including New Labour, Socialists such as those belonging to the Socialist Campaign Group, and Social Democrats."
},
"SNP":{
"colour":"#FFFF00",
"name" : "Scottish National Party",
"wikidescription" : "Scottish nationalist and social democratic party which supports membership of the European Union."
},
"LD":{
"colour":"#FAA61A",
"name" : "Liberal Democrats",
"wikidescription" : "Socially liberal and progressive; supports democratisation of the political system. Strongly supports membership of the European Union."
},
"DUP":{
"colour":"#D46A4C",
"name" : "Democratic Unionist Party",
"wikidescription" : "Unionist and national conservative party in Northern Ireland. Socially conservative with close links to Protestantism."
},
"UUP":{
"colour":"#9999FF",
"name" : "Ulster Unionist Party",
"wikidescription" : "Unionist party in Northern Ireland, conservative but with liberal factions."
},
"SF":{
"colour":"#008800",
"name" : "Sinn Féin",
"wikidescription" : "Irish republican party that supports the unification of the island of Ireland as a 32-county Irish republic."
},
"TUV":{
"colour":"#0095B6",
"name" : "Traditional Unionist Voice",
"wikidescription" : "Strongly social and national conservative unionist party in Northern Ireland, opposed to the St Andrews Agreement."
},
"Green":{
"colour":"#6AB023",
"name" : "Green Party of England and Wales",
"wikidescription" : "Green political party that favours eco-socialism, environmentalism, sustainability and non-violence."
},
"PC":{
"colour":"#008142",
"name" : "Plaid Cymru - Party of Wales",
"wikidescription" : "Left-wing party in favour of Welsh independence."
},
"UKIP":{
"colour":"#70147A",
"name" : "UK Independence Party",
"wikidescription" : "Eurosceptic and right-wing populist party. Favours national sovereignty, direct democracy, social conservatism and economic liberalism."
},
"Spk":{
"colour":"white",
"name" : "Speaker of the House of Commons",
"wikidescription" : ""
},
"Ind":{
"colour":"white",
"name" : "Independent",
"wikidescription" : ""
}
}
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