About a month to go before the national elections that are set to resolve some things so still a lot that could happen but now people have cards on the table
There is also a new speaker as the last one stepped down (I don't think there was any notable pressure to leave but we may never know there). New one is a labour MP (though tradition dictates one leaves the party behind when they assume such a position -- the previous one originally coming from the conservatives). Traditionally their seat is not contested by the main two parties, don't know if anybody from the smaller ones will run against him.
The main two UK parties are and at this point have long been
The Conservatives.
Labour party.
There are more parties than that but at this point they have two parties that are a bit more extreme from an idealogical standpoint (though plenty of other analysis could be done which show differences in other fields)
Brexit party. Ostensibly a new party but led by basically the face of UKIP (UK Independence party, them siphoning off support from the conservatives is arguably what led to this vote on EU membership lark) for many years, and backed by several other key players from the old UKIP setup, so while not technically a rebranding... it is a rebranding. Despite still functioning for the recent EU elections then UKIP themselves seem to have committed suicide (bit of a pity as I read their manifesto during the last European elections and they seem to have elevated themselves above single issue party and actually had some interesting ideas), or at least their council is taking on the political leadership side in such a way that basically everybody loses (don't know if that is a tactical play by someone), so probably a non player for this cycle, don't know if they will recover later but that is later. The Brexit party have made various overtures towards the Conservatives as far as a pact, the latest one being talked about this morning (
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1...atest-brexit-party-nigel-farage-boris-johnson ) as the fears are they could win more support from Conservative voters than they gain from disaffected labour voters.
Liberal democrats. Despite being in a coalition government with the Conservatives a while back they are generally considered a very left wing party (especially at this point in time).
On top of this you also have the regional parties. Most important of those is probably the SNP (Scottish National(ist) party) which are ostensibly a left wing party and serve as something of a foil for the Scottish branch of the conservative party since Labour started to crater in Scotland and have been running the joint for a while now. While they are not fielding people outside Scotland they have made rumblings of forming a coalition with Labour if necessary but as nobody wants to appear weak then this has not been fleshed out much, though more later there.
The UK leaving the EU is the main focus for a lot of this, though Labour seem to realise they are pretty weak on this so have been trying to go for more domestic issues (which to be fair have been somewhat neglected of late) where they have traditionally performed a bit stronger.
General policies on the EU seem to be
Conservative party. Aim to push through Boris' deal* that was got to recently.
Brexit party. Leave with no deal at all.
Labour. The full official stuff is yet to come but from speeches given seems to be go back to Europe to negotiate another deal (though one that keeps the UK closer to Europe than the current one) over the next 6 months following and then hand that over to the UK public for a referendum of "this deal or we stay". Timeline is considered pretty tight for such a trick and also bothers Europe on a few fronts but if Boris can get some movement in less time and Europe gets more from it then it is not an unworkable one. Not sure what the effects of this will but it is controversial within the party, though tactically speaking at lot of their support base also voted for leaving the EU so not an unjustified to take either.
Liberal Democrats. Cancel the whole affair. It is very unlikely they will get into power but if they did then as no government can really tie the hands of the next then it would be legal, if incredibly controversial.
The SNP. Push as hard as they can to remain in the EU, though I am seeing little in the way of official policy or straight bullet point demand (
https://www.snp.org/nicola-sturgeon-launches-snp-election-campaign/ ). They claim they also want an(other) independence referendum on independence from the UK too which also means they get to ponder their potential future there (worries about being able to join the EU being part of the major concerns during the last one in 2014), which they have stated will be a condition of their support. Within Scotland they are polling very favourably right now (Labour are basically gone and the Conservatives are also somewhat down, which as their Scotland numbers make up a decent chunk within Westminster changes the maths somewhat).
The DUP. This is a (there are a few, the UUP being another) Northern Irish want to stay in the UK party (Sinn Fein, one of the we want out of the UK parties, quite famously don't partake in UK national politics, ostensibly by virtue of having to take an oath to the queen but one doubts if that was removed that they would turn up). Notably they are in a coalition with the Conservatives right now (which did lead to some spending the SNP have decried in the link above) but broke ranks a lot when it came to the Boris Johnson bill and don't like it as they reckon it will weaken the UK union (not an untenable position as it quite literally creates a border between parts of the UK and different laws beyond what are voted for by each area's own devolved powers). It should also be noted the Northern Ireland assembly (located in Stormont hence the name sometimes used) has not been sitting for a couple of years at this point, and it might well be 2022 (an interesting point in the leaving the EU timeline as well) before that gets resolved, but even that is somewhat doubtful.
There is a welsh party called Plaid Cymru but they are a small player even within Wales. They oppose it (even going so far as to no run a candidate in one seat to maximise chances for the anti brexit candidates there a few years back) and have made a pact with the liberal democrats and green party for this one --
https://www.theguardian.com/politic...s-and-plaid-cymru-reveal-remain-election-pact .
*basically the Teresa May "surrender" bill but with the worst aspects trimmed off. They might well have been able to do better with more time but eh.
So yeah those are the grounds as it presently stands. Still a while to go but nobody is particularly expected to sweep the polls, give or take the SNP within Scotland. Most polls (
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49798197 for a reasonable overview) have the Conservatives ahead but not by enough to be assured of breaking deadlocks. It is extremely unlikely a coalition between the liberal democrats and conservatives will happen again, and "while war makes strange bedfellows" is a thing then a labour-liberal democrats coalition would also be a strange beast. What would happen in the event of another deadlocked setup or slim majority setup is a different matter.