Friday, 29 November 2019

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







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