since 1974 to result in a hung parliament‚ as no party achieved the 326 seats needed to for an overall majority. The three main parties were the Conservatives‚ whose party leader was and still is David Cameron‚ Labour‚ whose party leader was Gordon Brown and the Liberal Democrats‚ whose party leader was and still is Nick Clegg. The party with the highest share of seats were the Conservatives‚ who achieved 307 seats out of a possible 650. The party with the next highest share was Labour who achieved
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political party in their time of running. Healthcare as a whole has a huge impact on it’s service users as well as it’s service workers and I believe it to be one of the most important social policies. In 1942‚ Beveridge published a report recommending ways that the government could improve post war Britain. He stated that they should begin by tackling the 5 Giant Evils : Want‚ Squalor‚ Disease (Health)‚ Ignorance and Idleness. This led to many social reforms and in 1945 when the labour party was elected
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"Thatcherism" is a system of political thought based on the policies of the former Conservative prime minister of the United Kingdom‚ Margaret Thatcher. The broad definition of Thatcherism would encompass her social‚ diplomatic‚ and economic doctrines. She was the first women prime Minister in British politics and was the longest prime minister with 3 victories‚ and leading the Conservative government for a total of 11 years. She was also seen as characteristic and a controversial figure‚ and
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In June of 1970‚ Thatcher was selected secretary of state for education and science because Conservatives returned to office. Soon after being selected secretary of state for education and science‚ Thatcher eliminated the universal free school milk scheme and was called “Thatcher‚ milk snatcher.” Thatcher ended up finding that the position of secretary
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ideas influenced the policies of the major political parties in recent years? (30 marks) The major political parties in the United Kingdom‚ the Conservative Party and the Labour Party‚ have become considerably more central than they were originally. Labour was originally a strongly socialist party‚ but it gradually centralised and has accepted some ideas of the centre-right under New Labour. The Conservative Party originated as a royalist party‚ but it has adopted a number of left-wing or liberal
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the affluence of the 1950s account for the Conservative election victories of 1955 and 1959? Hannah van Teutem. The affluence of Britain in the 1950s was a large reason as to why the Conservative Party gained victory in both the 1955 and 1959 election. Nevertheless‚ there were other factors which also had an impact on the success of the party. For example‚ there were the different issues with the weaknesses and the strengths of the Conservative party. Following this‚ there were the weaknesses
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the most. Others see this defeat as the consequence of poor election campaign by Gladstone; his promise to cut income tax simply did not appeal to people. On the other hand the importance of Conservative party in this defeat should not be overshadowed. After 1868 elections the Conservative reorganised the party and managed to create more positive and popular image. When Gladstone became the Prime Minister he emphasised that his mission was to pacify Ireland‚ however the reforms he carried out in
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spoken by Churchill in May 1945 damaged the conservative party‚ and very few pieces of evidence against. Source C uses the conservative broadcast of May 1945 to imply that Churchill was a deceiver though the word ‘travesty’ which is to falsely represent‚ in this case the labour party and their policies. This would damage the conservative party as portraying the leader as a deceitful being could cause resentment from the public to the conservative party as a whole‚ ruining their chances of being elected
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minister‚ part of the Labour Party‚ Founded The Third Way 4) British Broadcasting corporation a) Largest broadcaster in the world by number of employees‚ Public service broadcasting statutory corporation‚ paid for by the public 5) British National party a) Fair right political party formed as a splinter group from the National Front‚ anti-immigration‚ advocate for having all immigrants leave Britain 6) Gordon Brown a) Prime Minister from 2007-2010‚ part of the labour party‚ oversaw the devolution
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fortunes of the Conservative party? The Suez Crisis which was aided by the French and Israelis wasn’t just a disaster for the Conservative party but Britain as a whole as it created lots of problems and tension internationally especially with the USA. To a certain extent the Conservative party did take some damage although the sources point out some other arguments which suggest it wasn’t just them who suffered. Source 5 & 6 both support the view that the Conservatives took no damage during
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