The Leader Report Margaret Thatcher Margaret Hilda Thatcher‚ Baroness Thatcher was born on 13th October 1925 in Grantham‚ Lincolnshire‚ England. Thatcher became a Conservative member of parliament for Finchley in North London in 1959‚ serving until 1992. According to Jeff (2013)‚ she was a first woman prime minister in Europe and the longest-serving British Prime Minister of the 20th century. Volkery (2013) stated that Soviet journalist called Thatcher as “Iron Lady”. Dominant Personalities
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Margaret Thatcher: Optimism‚ self-confidence‚ honesty‚ integrity and drive are just a few traits that portray Margaret Thatcher. Her leadership style may be defined as a combination of an autocratic‚ transformational and charismatic leader. Nevertheless‚ her leadership style was mainly task oriented. What are her values? Margaret Thatcher considered herself to be a conviction politician. Her leadership was based on clear firmly held principles. Margaret Thatcher’s family and early education
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Government 1945-51 in Solving the Social Problem that Faced Britain? By Nicole Anderson In May 1945‚ the coalition government that had steered Britain through the perilous days of the Second World War was finished. It was replaced by the Labour party who had the challenging task of rebuilding the country after the losses of the Second World War. The Labour government of 1945 made the first drastic steps towards the welfare state. William Beveridge had been commissioned to write a report on the
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Margaret was born in England‚ October 12‚ 1925. Growing up‚ she was surrounded by politics because her dad was the Mayor in the town they lived in. She studied chemistry at Oxford University‚ where she also became president of the Oxford University Conservative Association. After graduating from Oxford‚ Margaret moved to Essex to work as a research chemist‚ where she was turned down. In their opinion‚ she was headstrong and obscenely self-opinionated. This led to Margaret
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IV – Politics in the 1940s “A triumph of political expediency over socialist principle.” How fair is this verdict on the Attlee Government? Labour’s socialism was built on several fundamental principles‚ including transferring essential industries to public ownership‚ redistribution of wealth‚ increasing the productive capabilities of the nation and protection democracy. Wealth redistribution and nationalisation were prioritised heavily by the Attlee government. The Labour government’s changing
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a political party or cabinet minister. They may well have to sit in judgment on a politician or minister‚ so it is important to the political system that judges are not dependent on politicians or ministers for pay‚ promotion or keeping their job. Judges’ decisions should be made without any fear of reprisal‚ however unpopular these decisions might be with a government or a political party. There are concerns that the most senior judge - the lord chancellor - is essentially a party politician and
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Explain why the Conservatives lost the 1906 elections. (12 marks) One reason contributing to the Conservative defeat was due to the social conditions of Britain and the Conservatives failure to improve these shocking conditions. For example‚ the Boer War highlighted that 69% of recruits were deemed unfit for service because of the extent of malnutrition present in British society which revealed the severe effect of poverty in the cities and the desperate need for social reforms. The Bore war also
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SINCE MALCOLM FRASER‚ WHO HAS BEEN AUSTRALIA’S ‘BEST’ POLITICAL LEADER‚ AND WHY? During his time as Australia’s Prime Minister‚ Bob Hawke helped the Australian Labor Party win four consecutive elections‚ made changes to education and training system‚ had the highest popularity rate since the introduction of public opinion polls‚ and developed the ‘Wages Accord’. Despite this‚ Hawke’s popularity rating decreased throughout his time in power and was criticised for moving Labor away from its traditional
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would be drowned out. So it proved. Yet in a way the public did get to the point they wanted to. They did not particularly want Labour back after 13 years in power. They did not particularly yearn for David Cameron and a Conservative Party unsure about its direction. So the third party leader emerged through the middle. Nick Clegg was judged the clear winner by the instant reactions of public and media alike. For a few days he seemed impregnable. Yet come the vote‚ he did not make a huge
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Conservative government of Winston Churchill came into office again during the negotiations on EDC. Churchill did not follow the EDC because that would threaten the British sovereignty directly. On 28 November 1951‚ the British Foreign Secretary‚ Anthony Eden‚ said that Britain would not participate in the EDC in a NATO Council meeting in Rome. Specifically‚ Eden strongly believed that the Pleven Plan would fail because the cost of joining in the EDC for potential states was considerable. Meanwhile
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