Whois & Analysis for peoples-vote.uk

Brexit is a commonly used term for the United Kingdom's planned withdrawal from the European Union.

Following the 2016 referendum vote to leave, the UK government started the withdrawal process on 29 March 2017, putting the UK on course to leave by April 2019.

The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.

It originated with the overseas possessions and trading posts established by England between the late 16th and early 18th centuries.

At its height, it was the largest empire in history and, for over a century, was the foremost global power.

By 1913, the British Empire held sway over 412 million people, % of the world population at the time, and by 1920, it covered, % of the Earth's total land area.

As a result, its political, legal, linguistic and cultural legacy is widespread.

At the peak of its power, the phrase "the empire on which the sun never sets" was often used to describe the British Empire, because its expanse around the globe meant that the sun was always shining on at least one of its territories.

In the social sciences, a political movement is a social group that operates together to obtain a political goal, on a local, regional, national, or international scope.

Political movements develop, coordinate, promulgate, revise, amend, interpret, and produce materials that are intended to address the goals of the base of the movement.

A social movement in the area of politics can be organized around a single issue or set of issues, or around a set of shared concerns of a social group.

In a political party, a political organization seeks to influence, or control, government policy, usually by nominating their candidates and seating candidates in political and government offices.

Additionally, parties participate in electoral campaigns and educational outreach or protest actions aiming to convince citizens or governments to take action on the issues and concerns which are the focus of the movement.

Parties often espouse an ideology, expressed in a party program, bolstered by a written platform with specific goals, forming a coalition among disparate interests.

Suffrage, political franchise, or simply franchise is the right to vote in public, political elections (although the term is sometimes used for any right to vote).

The right to run for office is sometimes called candidate eligibility, and the combination of both rights is sometimes called full suffrage.

In many languages, the right to vote is called the active right to vote and the right to run for office is called the passive right to vote.

In English, these are sometimes called active suffrage and passive suffrage.