time in the army Churchill decided to go into politics like his father. He won his first seat representing the Conservative Party in Oldham and throughout his political career served as a member of parliament for several seats and also crossed the floor and changed political parties several times‚ serving as the Liberal Member for Manchester North West and Dundee and as the Conservative member for Epping and Woodford. During his time in parliament he was appointed the Home Secretary and the Chancellor
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person‚ who was rated as a pattern in other countries too by the believers of the strict and purposeful governance. Her three-time election (and the fourth one of her party after her resignation) conveyed that impression all around the world that Margaret Thatcher worked with total public satisfaction. It seemed that the conservative politics marked with her name found the economic and political antidote of the age-long British deterioration‚ and this balm can be used and imported in other countries
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Well-liked individuals within a group can influence many ordinary people to vote or support the person they want for a leader. These popular individuals can group together to form pressure groups i.e. the Petrol people’s lobby or political parties i.e. the Conservative party‚ to achieve the same ideals. Democracy. In a democracy everyone has one vote‚ which they can use to elect their choice of leader. There can be much chitchat about the good and bad points of all candidates. Everyday people can complain
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to study chemistry. She later went on to study Bar and become a prominent barrister specialising in taxation. Thatcher’s studies of bar were funded by her husband Denis Thatcher‚ a wealthy businessman‚ who she married in 1951. Thatcher became a Conservative member of parliament for Finchley in North London in 1959 after a very tough campaign1‚ serving as the MP until 1992. This thirty three year period gave her great insight and experience in British politics. Her first parliamentary post was as
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A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in and how many want out." – Tony Blair Younger Years Tony Blair‚ former prime minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland‚ was born Anthony Charles Lynton Blair on May 6‚ 1953‚ in Edinburgh‚ Scotland. Despite being born in Scotland‚ Blair spent the better part of his childhood in Durham‚ England‚ where he attended the Chorister School. Blair’s father‚ Leo Charles Blair‚ was a prominent attorney who ran for Parliament
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problems of the 1980s were entirely new. However‚ many people blamed them on the new Conservative government‚ and in partcular‚ Britain’s first woman Prime Minister‚ Margaret Thatcher. Thatcher had been elected in 1979 because she promised a new beginning for Britain. Margaret Thatcher had come to power calling on the nation for hard work‚ patriotism and self-help. By the beginning of 1982 the Conservative govern had become deeply unpopular in the country. However‚ by her firm leadership
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General election victory remarks‚ 1979 Margaret Thatcher (Conservative) Location: 10 Downing Street … . Well‚ it’s been a wonderful campaign. Congratulations! Mrs. Thatcher: Thank you very much. Question: How do you feel at this moment? Mrs. Thatcher: Very excited‚ very aware of the responsibilities. Her Majesty The Queen has asked me to form a new administration and I have accepted. It is‚ of course‚ the greatest honour that can come to any citizen in a democracy. (Cheering) I know full
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whilst at the same time being disengaged from the party system‚ especially in Britain and in the United States. But does this mean that students are turning against politics or are they finding new ways to participate? This review takes a look at some of the recent literature on student and youth attitudes towards politics and an attempt is made to ascertain why young people in general and students in particular are becoming disengaged from party politics and where there political interests lie.
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psychology of decline‚ which had become rooted in Britain since the Second World War‚ pursuing national recovery with striking energy and determination. In the process‚ Margaret Thatcher became one of the founders‚ with Ronald Reagan‚ of a school of conservative conviction politics‚ which has had a powerful and enduring impact on politics in Britain and the United States and earned her a higher international profile than any British politician since Winston Churchill. By successfully shifting British economic
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Government of 1970-74? Edward Heath came into power in 1970 in a surprise victory against Harold Wilson. Heath was very different to other conservative leaders; he was a middle class grammar school boy‚ the youngest ever Conservative leader and the first to become a leader through an open election. His accession marked a change in the leadership of the Conservative Party from aristocratic to meritocratic‚ which many people saw as a refreshing change. However‚ the Heath Government is widely considered to
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