Nasty Party Facts for Kids

The term Nasty Party is a nickname that was first used by Theresa May in October 2002. At the time, she was a member of the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom. She said that the party needed to change because some people saw it as "the Nasty Party."

This nickname was used to describe some members of the Conservative Party who held very traditional views. Some people felt these views were not welcoming to everyone. They believed the party was too focused on business and didn't show enough care for people who were struggling.

Many members of the Conservative Party agreed that they needed to update their image. They felt that this nickname and the old-fashioned views were reasons why the party had lost recent elections. They wanted to attract more voters and become more popular.

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The Church of St Mary the Virgin, Wheatley, where May's father was the vicar and where May married
May with her then-leader David Cameron, May 2010
Khat bundles
Abu Qatada's deportation to Jordan in July 2013
May and Justine Greening speaking at Youth For Change, 19 July 2014
May and Vladimir Putin during the G20 summit in Hangzhou
May and Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., January 2017
May at the G20 summit in Hamburg, 7–8 July 2017
May with Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader, Arlene Foster.
May with the President of Argentina, Mauricio Macri during the 2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit. May is the first British prime minister to visit Buenos Aires after the Falklands War.
May announces her resignation outside 10 Downing Street on 24 May 2019
May's first visit since becoming prime minister with First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, at Bute House, Edinburgh
May meeting with State Counsellor of Myanmar and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi in September 2016
Protest against leaving the EU
2019 People's Vote March
On the backbench between Ken Clarke and Sir Alan Duncan during the Saturday sitting.
May outside 10 Downing Street on 9 June 2017, with her husband

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