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The Reform Party is a limited company (the Reform UK Party Limited) [158] with fifteen shares. Farage owned 53% of the shares in the company, giving him a controlling majority. The other shareholders were Tice, who holds about a third, and Chief Executive Paul Oakden and Party Treasurer Mehrtash A'Zami who each held less than seven percent. [159]
In the 2015 election, there was widespread controversy [3] [4] [5] when the UK Independence Party (UKIP) and the Green Party of England and Wales received 4.9 million votes [6] (12.6% of the total vote for UKIP and 3.8% for the Greens) yet only gained one seat each in the House of Commons.
The Conservative Party is a member of a number of international organisations, most notably the International Democracy Union which unites right-wing parties including the United States Republican Party, the Liberal Party of Australia, the Conservative Party of Canada and the South Korean People Power Party.
The party conference in 1931 passed a motion "That this conference adopts Party Colours, which should be uniform throughout the country, colours to be red and gold". [175] During the New Labour period, the colour purple was also used, and the party has employed other colours in certain areas according to local tradition. [176] [177]
' Party of God ') [a] is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and paramilitary group, [45] [23] led since 1992 by its Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah. Hezbollah's paramilitary wing is the Jihad Council , [ 46 ] and its political wing is the Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc party in the Lebanese Parliament .
The UK government announces plans to allow the use of debit cards in pub slot machines, which it argues will allow pubs, casinos and gambling venues to compete in an increasingly cashless society. [395] The Green Party of England and Wales says it will take action against candidates who make or support antisemitic remarks following complaints ...
In parallel, Maronite militia Kataeb Party carried out the Sabra and Shatila massacre. 1983 Israeli-Lebanese accords and their collapse Map showing power balance in Lebanon, 1983: Green – controlled by Syria , purple – controlled by Christian groups, yellow – controlled by Israel , blue – controlled by the UN
The groundcolor of ripe apples is yellow, green, yellow-green or whitish yellow. The overcolor of ripe apples can be orange-red, pink-red, red, purple-red or brown-red. The overcolor amount can be 0–100%. [13] The skin may be wholly or partly russeted, making it rough and brown. The skin is covered in a protective layer of epicuticular wax. [14]