UK Contemporary Framework

Key politicians responsible for BREXIT plus their job title/role in BREXIT

Boris Johnson

He was an assistant editor of The Daily Telegraph from 1994 to 1999, and edited The Spectator from 1999 to 2005. He was elected MP for Henley in 2001, and served as a Junior Shadow Minister under Conservative leaders Michael Howard and David Cameron. 

He became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 2019.

David Cameron

David Cameron is a British former politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Witney from 2001 to 2016 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2005 to 2016. He legalised same-sex marriage in 2014.

Theresa May

Theresa May is a British politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2016 to 2019. She served as Home Secretary from 2010 to 2016 and has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Maidenhead since 1997. She's the First Lord of the Treasury of the United Kingdom since 2016 which is the head of the commission exercising the ancient office of Lord High Treasurer in the United Kingdom.

Nigel Farage

Nigel Farge has been a member of the European Parliament since 2016. He's a British politician and broadcaster. He has been leader of the Brexit Party since 2019, and has served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South East England since 1999. Outside his Brexit Party and MEP activities, he is a vice-chairman of the pro-Brexit organisation Leave Means Leave, and is the host of a radio phone-in on the Global-owned talk radio station LBC.

Michael Gove

Michael Gove began his career as an author and journalist, in particular writing for The Times. He became the Minister for the Cabinet Office of the United Kingdom in 2019.

Michael Gove is a British Conservative politician who has been Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster since July 2019. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Surrey Heath since 2005. He was appointed to the Shadow Cabinet by David Cameron in 2007 as Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families. Gove served in the Cameron governments as Secretary of State for Education from 2010 to 2014 and Secretary of State for Justice from 2015 to 2016, and in the second May government as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. He has twice run to become Leader of the Conservative Party, in 2016 and 2019, finishing in third place on both occasions.

Scottish National Party - Nicola Sturgeon

Liberal Democrats - Jo Swinson

Trapped/Contemporary Framework

Iceland

Political climate - Who is in power? Prime Minister?
Katrín Jakobsdóttir is the Prime Minister of Iceland who's been in power since 2017 and has been the only person who's said no to Donald Trump. 

The politics of Iceland take place in the framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the President is the head of state, while the Prime Minister of Iceland serves as the head of government in a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government.

Economy?
The economy of Iceland is small and subject to high volatility. Iceland has a small population of 350,000, with a $55,000 per head and has had a boost in tourism since 2010. 

Industry?
Some of the major industries in Iceland include tourism, fisheries, hydropower generation, agriculture, and manufacturing.

Gender - Equality?
As of 2017, for the seventh year running, Iceland has topped the World Economic Forum’s survey for gender equality. Out of 144 countries,Iceland has ranked number one in political empowerment amongst women, number one for closing the gender income gap (government ambitions look to finalise this in 2022) and boasts corporate quotas which ensure women currently hold 44% of representation on company boards.

Class Systems?
According to data from the City of Reykjavík, 2.9% of children up to the age of 17 receive some form of financial assistance from the municipal government. 

Gay Rights
Same-sex marriage in Iceland has been legal since 27 June 2010.

Ethnicity? Racism?
As of 2018, the Icelandic population stands at a little over 350,000. 91.1% of the residents of Iceland are Icelandic citizens and 15.7% are foreign-born.

Nationalism?
Icelandic Nationalism or Þjóðernishyggja or Föðurlandsást is based upon the idea of resurrection of the Icelandic Free State, and its values (or what was believed to be its values): democracy, freedom of the individual, the need for the country to be independent, and respect for the cultural and religious traditions, specially the long preserved language.