| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:political_party 
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                                | gptkbp:composedOf | Members of Parliament not in government 
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                                | gptkbp:country | gptkb:United_Kingdom 
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                                | gptkbp:function | to hold government to account to prepare to form a government
 to provide alternative policies
 
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                                | gptkbp:hasOfficialTitle | gptkb:Loyal_Opposition 
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                                | gptkbp:hasShadowCabinet | gptkb:Shadow_Cabinet_(UK) 
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                                | gptkbp:includes | gptkb:Official_Opposition_(UK) other opposition parties
 
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                                | gptkbp:leader | gptkb:Leader_of_the_Opposition_(UK) 
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                                | gptkbp:legalBasis | Parliamentary convention 
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                                | gptkbp:meetingPlace | gptkb:House_of_Commons gptkb:House_of_Lords
 
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                                | 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
 
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                                | gptkbp:opposedBy | gptkb:Her_Majesty's_Government 
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                                | gptkbp:partOf | gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom 
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                                | gptkbp:privileges | gptkb:Short_Money access to confidential briefings
 allocated time for debates
 
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                                | 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)
 
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                                | gptkbp:role | to scrutinise the government 
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                                | gptkbp:symbol | bench seating opposite government 
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                                | gptkbp:tradition | gptkb:19th_century 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Harold_Wilson 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 5 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Opposition (UK) 
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