to agricultural landowners and tenants with very small amounts of land . It can be argued that in fact it was a bill which was very much against the orthodox conservative values and politics. However‚ Disraeli’s awareness that reform was inevitable and his political manoeuvring and hunger to be the politician to revive the conservative party meant that he himself was the greatest driving force behind the Second Reform Act. There were several underlying factors influencing the Acts passing‚ and it
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Introduction “Watch your thoughts for they become words. Watch your words for they become actions. Watch your actions for they become…habits. Watch your habits‚ for they become your character. And watch your character‚ for it becomes your destiny! What we think we become.” “You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” “If you lead a country like Britain‚ a strong country‚ a country which has taken a lead in world affairs in good times and in bad‚ a country that is always reliable‚ then
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Labour’ is a fairly recent description of a change or shift in the Labour party ideology occurring within the last 12 years. It refers to a gradual shift of Labour from political left to a more conservative right wing approach to various issues and in terms of the political spectrum‚ Labour now occupy the middle-to-right area‚ rather than the middle-to-left of the previous Old Labour. The phrase was first coined in a 1994 Labour Party conference and later used as the heading for Labour’s new manifesto
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£150‚000 for various office expenses (staff costs‚ postage‚ travelling‚ etc.) and‚ in the case of non-London Members‚ for the costs of maintaining a home in the capital. 3) 1. HM Government 56% Conservative Party Liberal Democrats 2. HM Most Loyal Opposition 39% Labour Party 3. Other Opposition 5% 4) The Speaker of the House of Commons chairs debates in the Commons chamber. The holder of this office is an MP who has been elected to be Speaker by other Members of Parliament
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Labour Party In Power 1945-51 * Labour had won 393 seats compared to conservatives 213. * Reasons for Labour large scale victory in 1945: * Conservatives handicaps – had not understood the needs of ordinary people. Poor economy and unemployment with previous conservative government‚ unconvincing election campaign. * Labours advantages – attractive image (zeitgeist)‚ Labour better fitted to carry out post-war construction‚ leading labour figures gained respect from electorate during
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lives. This was a revolutionary‚ even dangerous‚ notion to most postwar politicians. Central planning of industry and society had helped win the war. The only way to "win the peace"‚ it was believed by the leaders of both the Labour and Conservative parties‚ was to plan and control industry‚ vast swathes of which were owned by the state. Margaret Thatcher was not alone in rejecting state ownership of businesses and socialist central planning. Like other right-wingers of her generation‚ she had
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To what extent was Margaret Thatcher’s opposition against sanctions in South Africa in support of apartheid? Table of Content Section Page Number Introduction 2 Review of Literature 3 Processing of Findings 6 Conclusion 9 Bibliography 10 Appendix 11 Plagiarism Report 12 Introduction Margaret Thatcher became the first female prime minister of Britain in 1979. The Iron Lady was not only one of Britain’s most controversial prime ministers but also left an impression on Great
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authoritarian social policy. The word was first coined in the late 1970s‚ when the Conservatives were still in opposition. After the Party’s election victory 1979 it became a regular item in the vocabulary of media comment on British politics. It also spawned a cottage industry of academic analyses. A minimalist definition of Thatcherism would push three themes: it is the most convenient shorthand description of what Conservative governments did between 1979 and 1990; it suggests that what they did had a
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Board of Trade. In 1964 the Conservative party lost the general election and its current leader‚ Alec Douglas-Home‚ stepped down not long after but not after changing the leadership election rules‚ which made it easier for the rank and file to win the leadership. Edward Heath was elected leader of the Conservative Party in 1965‚ being the first “commoner” to take power of the Conservatives. Edward Heath later won the 1970 General Election for the Conservative Party on the ’Selsdon
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the crisis‚ and what it was like before Margaret Thatcher took too office. During the 1960 and 1960s Britain was see to be in economic recline and so many plans were used to try and kick start the economy and bring down inflation‚ both political parties thought there way out of this would be changing incomes policies even trying to organise a minimum wage keeping public sector workers at 5%‚ was disused to the unions but this was not going to happen and with divesting effect this happened in both
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