before the English Civil War‚ became accepted as the statement of their doctrine. Following the Glorious Revolutionof 1688‚ the conservatives‚ known as Tories‚ accepted that the three estates of Crown‚ Lords‚ and Commons held sovereignty jointly.[9] However Toryism became marginalized during the long period of Whig ascendency.[10] The party‚ which was renamed the Conservative Party in the 1830s‚ returned as a major political force after becoming home to both paternalistic aristocrats and free market capitalists
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part to play is who a political party’s leader was. In 1997 when Tony Blair was young and fresh onto the premier political scene‚ he seemed a much more modern candidate in comparison to John Major. This idea of voters voting because a liking of the party leader rather than voting for the representative of their constituency is another factor into the debate on whether or not British politics is becoming more presidential. Long term factors are today increasingly dropping in terms of their input
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Europe need” (Labour-party‚ 1997). It was important for the Labour party to highlight its commitment to Europe‚ in contrast to the tensions within the Conservative party. Europe apart‚ however‚ the 1997 election campaign did not highlight significant differences between the Labour and Conservative parties. There was an expectation that there would be “considerable continuity” in foreign affairs in the event of a change of government (Wickham-Jones‚ 2000:
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agreement in the key areas of politics between the two main political parties following the Second World War. Prior to the 1951 Conservative election‚ Labour had introduced several important social and political reforms. It appeared that there was no systematic effort by the Conservative party when they returned to power to reverse these changes‚ arguably demonstrating that there was a strong sense of post-war consensus between the two parties. On the one hand‚ it can be argued that there was a strong sense
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How successful was Peel as leader of the Conservatives in the period 1834-41? During the period of 1834 to 1841 Peel in fact only spent 100 days in office. His first ministry earned the name of the “100 day Ministry” and yet he may have done more in those 100 days for the success for his party than many politicians may have done in a lifetime. Not only did he make great progress for the Conservative Party during his brief premiership‚ which followed the dismissal of Lord Melbourne by William IV
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two to one‚ taking 134‚446 votes to 64‚398. He then announced his intention to reform and realign the Conservatives‚ saying they needed to change the way they looked‚ felt‚ thought and behaved‚ advocating a more centre-right stance as opposed to their recent staunchly right-wing platform.[33] Although Cameron’s views are probably left of the party membership and he has sought to make the Conservative brand more attractive to young‚ socially liberal voters‚[34] he has also expressed his admiration for
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interface between the voluntary sector and policy makers the aim is to ascertain whether its implementation as a piece of social policy is realistic. On May 6th 2010 the general election took place but no party achieved the 362 seats required for an overall majority. David Cameron‚ the conservative Party leader won the largest number of votes but still fell short by 20 seats‚ this then resulted in a hung parliament. After discussions‚ David Cameron and Nick Clegg‚ leader of the Liberal Democrats came
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class de-alignment‚ as distinguishing between the social classes became harder‚ and therefore more of a challenge for parties to target one specific class. This can be seen from the 1983 general election‚ where the Conservatives gained the support of the working class‚ whereas previously Conservatives were mainly popular with the middle classes. This led to the victory of the Conservatives with Margaret Thatcher becoming Prime Minister with a majority of 144 seats. The most apparent change in the class
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There was a lack of a strong opposition. The liberal party was weak and not cohesive‚ the Conservatives complacent and tainted by memories of their failings during the 1930’s. They spent less on 1945 election and focused too much of their campaign on the dominant personality of Churchill instead of the popular reformist ministers such as Butler. Many voters associated Churchill with the nation as a whole and not with the Conservative Party or as only a wartime leader. He was not seen as politician
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To what extent did Thatcherism represent a revolution in economic management in the UK? It is a fair assessment that Thatcher did represent a sea change or ‘revolution’ in economic management. It can certainly be said that Thatcherite policy transformed Britain to a post-industrial economy and killed off any remnants of post-war collectivism and egalitarianism with the aims of public ownership and full employment. Thatcherism also restructured the UK from a country dominated by big government to
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