“The main reason for Conservative dominance between the years 1951-1964 was Labour disunity” assess the validity of this view. Labour disunity was undoubtedly significant and contributed hugely to the Conservative party’s ability to dominate politically throughout this period. However‚ it would be wrong to argue that divisions within the Labour party are alone responsible for this. Other reasons include poor Labour leadership‚ the strength of the Conservatives and affluence between the years 1951-1964
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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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did Britain join the EEC: it came into force in 1973 → Conservative PM: Edward Heath (the conservative were pro-European) 1974: general elections: the Labour Party won the elections → 1975: referendum out come a majority of british people wanted to remain in EEC‚ a setback (= revers) for the labour In the 70’s the Labour was anti-European The Bruges speech was a watershed because Thatcher reversed the trend In the 80’s Conservative was eurosceptical and Labour was pro-European M.T believes
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include‚ of course‚ free market‚ monetarist economic policy‚ privatization and policy in taxation. And also her opposition to the trade union posed a vital change in the society. During the time Thatcher governed‚ especially in 1979 she became Conservative Prime Minister; Britain was confronted with many problems. Thatcher introduced monetarist economic policy‚ which means that she used the interest rates to control the money supply‚ to decrease the high inflation. She passed law to restrict trade
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three consecutive terms which was the longest since 1827. Through her extraordinary vision she brought forth radical changes‚ not just in her country but worldwide. She had a profound and permanent impact on politics and even changed her own Conservative Parties outlook. Through challenging all ideas that were commonplace‚ she set a catalyst movement for the end of the twentieth century. Her groundbreaking views on monetarism and privatization manifested into one of Britain’s biggest contributions
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been previously mentioned in the essay. "The ’Redneck Agenda’ might also be referring to another favorite punching bag that Armstrong hits in many other songs on the album (most notibly ’Jesus of Suburbia’)‚ the religious right wing of the conservative party." (page 4‚ paragraph 1) An example of word analysis is when you analyzed the word‚ "faggot". "while the word ’faggot’ is a slang‚ derogatory term for a homosexual‚ it has also been used to define anyone who refuses to fight or be ’manly’"
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would not be able to survive another military conflict of such a scale as the world war. In this respect‚ it was vitally important to prevent the growing tension within the society in order to decrease the threat from the part of extremist parties similar to Nazi party in Germany. As a result‚ the socially oriented politics targeting the minimization of tension between different classes and solution of the problem of poverty was one of the major trends in the UK politics of the post-war era. This is why
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convicted of corrupt and certain mentally ill patients don’t take part in voting. There are few political parties in Britain thanks to the British electoral system. The main ones are: the Conservative Party‚ the Labour Party and the Liberal / Social Democratic Alliance. Each political party puts up one candidate for each constituency. The one who wins the most votes is elected MP for that area. The party which wins the most seats in Parliament forms the Government. Its leader becomes the Prime Minister
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Boris Johnson Content: Boris Johnson’s choice of content does not appeal to the general population of London but a select group of individuals within the conservative party. Boris Johnson delivered the speech thinking that it would only be heard by the attendees of the Centre for Policy Studies a neoliberal think-tank. However due to the controversial contents of his speech‚ he is now facing the dilemma of losing supporters. Boris’ ideas are in a way similar to Margaret Thatcher’s. However the
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