Politics and religion in The United Kingdom.

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But Jews, I though, want their children to recognise their Jewish heritage no matter what their religions are...

From my personal experience coming from a Jewish family, my father and mother had almost nothing to do with Jewish heritage. I cannot speak for Jews in general.

Thanks for sharing with me your Jewish experience.

Well at least you know you have some Jewish heritage. I almost forgot my Chinese heritage...

That's equivalent to knowing my genetic line probably contained the famous Lucy out of Africa.

What a coincidence Sand, so did mine Hello relative!

We may be one big family but I know I wasn't a Jew or a Jew-like guy for at least 20 generations.

The only popular party in the UK that mixes religion and politics is Northern Ireland's fundamentalist DUP. Everyone else keeps their politics and religion separate.

No-one in the UK really asks or bothers about religion. Only in some areas of the UK is what religion you are might occasionally be a problem (rough areas of some major northern towns and cities, the west of Scotland and Northern Ireland and so on).

As long as the Tyne and Wear region and the South-east aren't that into religion, I am actually fine... with the UK.

Why not? That seems like a rather strangely constructed sentence. Are you moving over here or something?

I hope to live in these regions if I am able to move there... Sorry. My mind is drifting...

Not fancy somewhere a bit more rural? North Yorkshire, Cumbria and Lancashire are nice.

In the UK, Politics is a Religon, as the recent Dismissal of Professor Nutt from the ACMD proves quite conclusivly imo (he dared to state science and reality, over what the government wanted to believe was true). The rich rule the UK, and while Labour may have helped improve the quality of life for most, it has gradually become more and more reactionary to ideas that conflict with their own Beliefs, rather than looking at the facts of situations.

What are the political parties in the UK, and what do they usually stand for?

Does the UK have counties/states/provinces that often lean toward a specific party (like "red" and "blue" states in the U.S.)?

All the main parties generally just stand in Great Britain as the Northern Irish have their own regional parties.

Labour are the centre-left/social democratic party here and have been in power since 1997. They are generally known as the party of the 'working man' but they are currently being deserted even in some of their heartlands. Wearing a Labour rosette around here would get you some very hostile reactions I'm sure - Labour are thought of as scum by most of the country due to their deep authoritarianism as well as for some of their military adventures and bankrupting the country.

The Conservatives are the 'natural' governing party in Britain. They are centre-right and conservative. At the moment they are essentially two completely different parties with the Eurosceptic conservatives and libertarians on the one hand and the 'modernisers' and Cameronites on the other. I live in a very safe Conservative seat in an otherwise mostly Labour-voting county.

And that brings us to the Liberal Democrats, who are the third party and are centre-left with social liberal/social democratic values. I used to be quite fond of them for a while. They will probably lose seats at the next election because hardly anyone can remember who their leader actually is.

That's the big three. There are other minor and regional parties that I can relate if you like such as UKIP, DUP, BNP, SNP, PC, SDLP, SF, Greens and so on.

Ah, seems like the Liberal Democrats are the nicest ones out of the bunch. They just need to get their act together, aye? =/