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Customs Union[edit]

There is an article United Kingdom–Crown Dependencies Customs Union does this fall under the scope of politics of the United Kingdom?ChefBear01 (talk) 19:33, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Merge discussion at 2024 Scottish government crisis[edit]

You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:2024 Scottish government crisis, which is within the scope of this WikiProject. There is a proposal to merge this article into Bute House Agreement. Clyde1998 (talk) 10:28, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

UK political parties template getting too big[edit]

Template:Political parties in the United Kingdom is used on a large number of articles. It currently lists 16 parties with Parliamentary/Assembly representation and another 25 without. However, following Thursday's elections, we should be adding another 8 minor parties under the current criteria. Are these rules too inclusive? Is the template getting too big? Please input at Template_talk:Political_parties_in_the_United_Kingdom#Crisis. Bondegezou (talk) 09:30, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Input requested: Keir Starmer Edit Request - Kate Osamor suspension[edit]

Hello, just want to get some input at Talk:Keir Starmer#Edit Request - Kate Osamor suspension. Thanks. SoThisIsPeter (talk) 19:42, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Portsmouth Independents Party[edit]

Would someone from this WikiProject mind taking a look at Portsmouth Independents Party and assessing it per WP:NORG? It was just created directly in the mainspace the other day by a relatively new account and doesn't appear to ever been assessed. -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:58, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

2024 GENERAL ELECTION ANNOUNCEMENT[edit]

The Prime Minister has announced that the 58th Parliament of the United Kingdom will be dissolved on 30th May and a general election will be held on 4th July.

Veteran members of this WikiProject will be a familiar with an issue that I have raised at many prior elections - upon dissolution of the legislative body its members lose their status as such and thus can no longer use the relevant post-nominals (e.g. MP, MSP, MLA, AM). This requires us as Wikipedians to spend a great many hours frantically editing hundreds of pages to remove any reference to incumbency at the start of the campaign... then a load more hours adding them back in again after the results come in.

In 2021, in advance of the Senedd election, I came up with a solution that seemed to be reasonably well received - a flair that could be put at the top of all relevant biographies for the duration of the election period and then removed afterwards. This gives all necessary disclaimers and avoids us having to dig deep into the details of each individual article to make multiple edits. I have devised one for the upcoming election and would like to see it enacted when the time comes.

Obviously this only needs to be used for those incumbents who are seeking re-election. Those who are stepping down can go straight to proper rewrites. Robin S. Taylor (talk) 21:41, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not many people will understand that though - ordinal numbers for Parliaments are not generally used in the UK. It is the 2019-2024 Parliament. -- DeFacto (talk). 22:04, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good point: remove "58th", add 2024 to date. Otherwise a useful idea. 05:48, 23 May 2024 (UTC) PamD 05:48, 23 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm probably picking hairs, but that sounds a bit patronising to say "not many people will understand that." Particularly given I support the clearer dates based wording. Rankersbo (talk) 06:57, 23 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

End dates[edit]

I was going to come and ask when dissolution is. For those MPs who have announced stepping down can we put end dates of 30 May 2024, or do we need to wait until candidate lists are announced with them absent to do that? Do any re-writes need to wait unti 1st June? Rankersbo (talk) 06:57, 23 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This was discussed a few years ago - yes, terms end on the day of dissolution. (talk) 07:52, 23 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That's not the question I asked though. I mean it's good and relevent info, don't get me wrong and thanks for reminding us.

What I was actually asking was can we start to edit MPs end dates now, or do we need to wait until after the 30th or when nominations close?

Rankersbo (talk) 07:56, 23 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]