to 2005 conservative party lost three general elections in a row. David Cameron has introduced much reform into the Conservative Party since his ascension into power of the Conservative Party‚ in December 2005. He has‚ in many ways‚ modernised the Party‚ and has introduced measures that are so wide reaching‚ that his brand of Conservatism has a name‚ Social Conservatism. Conservative traditionally
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The Conservative Party and Public Spending Nick Ellison School of Sociology and Social Policy University of Leeds This paper sets out to answer one central question: how has the Conservative Party really managed public spending should play in the UK since 1945? Through an examination of Conservative ideas about public spending and the Party’s record in government‚ the paper will argue that there is a core ambivalence towards the state and public spending within UK Conservatism. To further
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the Royal Navy. Conservative opposition called
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years Conservative rule * 1979 election > start of Thatcher dominance lasting 11 years * 1997 election > start of New Labour dominance (so far 13 years) 1951 saw end of Labour and Attlee in government – had achieved all promises outlined in 1945 election manifesto and legacy remains for (arguably) twenty years. Impact on society and politics until mid 1970’s despite Conservative dominance‚ and Welfare State and NHS continue to date. 1951-1997 – Conservatives ‘natural party of government’
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was apparent that the Conservatives would not recover from their defeat post-war. I shall argue that one of the reasons why the conservatives recovered so well was their attachment to pragmatic values‚ a predominantly conservative facet that allowed them to confidently create a ‘new conservatism’ . This adaptability has been the reason for conservative resurgence. Secondly‚ the party’s
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UK POLITICAL PARTIES AS STYLE QUESTIONS WHY HAS THE ARGUEMENT FOR POLITICAL PARTIES TO BE FUNDED BY THE STATE BECOME STRONGER IN RECENT YEARS Political party funding has been a source of controversy over recent years. Political parties could be funded through membership subscriptions‚donations from individuals and companies‚and through state funding. Over recent years there has been a lot of contention over the funds political parties receive from private donors such
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Parliament were women. The number of Conservatives women MP’s has grown from 9% in 2005 to 16% in 2010. In 2005 in his election speech David Cameron mentioned an increase of women in parliament. His promise was to transform the Conservative party and he introduced an A-List which aimed to have an equal numbers of men and women.1 These figures are still relatively low‚ even if the number of it’s women MPs more than doubled in 2010.2 Comparing the Conservatives Party to Liberal Democrats across same amount
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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
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The House of Lords in 1909 consisted mainly of aristocrats that where part of the conservative party. There are many different reasons for the rejection of the people’s budget‚ which was an idea‚ brought forward by David Lloyd George of the Liberal party. The swift rejection by the House of Lords sparked the first constitutional crisis of the 20th century. The first reason I am going to bring forward is that this new budget included the idea of taxation on the rich for money that would go to support
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“Thirteen years of conservative misrule” How far does this explain Labour’s election victory in 1964? (50) In 1951 Winston Churchill’s Conservative party‚ won the general election‚ and this would be the start of 13 years of Conservative rule spanning three prime ministers. This rule was ended in 1964 by Harold Wilson’s reunited Labour party. In this essay‚ I will look at the factors which led to the Labour victory. Whilst in power the Conservative government made many mistakes‚ a key example
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