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
Premium Margaret Thatcher Leadership Conservative Party
£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
Premium Parliament of the United Kingdom United Kingdom Member of Parliament
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
Free Margaret Thatcher Conservative Party
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
Premium Margaret Thatcher Conservative Party Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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
Free Margaret Thatcher Conservative Party
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
Premium Neville Chamberlain World War II Winston Churchill
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
Premium Margaret Thatcher Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Conservative Party
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
Free Margaret Thatcher Conservative Party
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
Premium Tony Blair Conservative Party
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
Premium Margaret Thatcher United Kingdom Conservative Party