Resulting from this, its political power was also decreasing. The new Labour government did not give much importance to the British Empire comprised of colonies. The loosened grip, along with the new mindset of lower countries after the Cold War to fight for their independence, really forced Great Britain to give up many of the colonies and investments it had held on to for so long. Just a few examples were with Israel and Palestine, where Palestine proposed a partition to the formation of Israel. Another was with India and Pakistan where Britain’s presence only disrupted the flow of things. In both these ways, along with the increased will to gain independence, Britain pulled out of many colonies due to political disputes in their less enthusiastic new Labour