Opposition (UK)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:political_party
gptkbp:composedOf Members of Parliament not in government
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:function to hold government to account
to prepare to form a government
to provide alternative policies
gptkbp:hasOfficialTitle gptkb:Loyal_Opposition
gptkbp:hasShadowCabinet gptkb:Shadow_Cabinet_(UK)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Opposition (UK)
gptkbp:includes gptkb:Official_Opposition_(UK)
other opposition parties
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Leader_of_the_Opposition_(UK)
gptkbp:legalBasis Parliamentary convention
gptkbp:meetingPlace gptkb:House_of_Commons
gptkb:House_of_Lords
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Boris_Johnson
gptkb:David_Cameron
gptkb:Ed_Miliband
gptkb:Gordon_Brown
gptkb:Harold_Wilson
gptkb:John_Smith
gptkb:Liz_Truss
gptkb:Margaret_Thatcher
gptkb:Michael_Foot
gptkb:Michael_Howard
gptkb:Rishi_Sunak
gptkb:Tony_Blair
gptkb:William_Hague
gptkb:Edward_Heath
gptkb:Theresa_May
gptkb:Iain_Duncan_Smith
gptkb:Neil_Kinnock
Jeremy Corbyn
Keir Starmer
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Her_Majesty's_Government
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:privileges gptkb:Short_Money
access to confidential briefings
allocated time for debates
gptkbp:relatedConcept gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkb:Westminster_system
gptkb:Official_Opposition_(UK)
gptkb:Shadow_Cabinet_(UK)
gptkb:Shadow_government
gptkb:Leader_of_the_Opposition_(UK)
gptkbp:role to scrutinise the government
gptkbp:symbol bench seating opposite government
gptkbp:tradition 19th century
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Harold_Wilson
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4