‘Margaret Thatcher’s achievements as prime minister in the years 1979 to 1990 were limited.’ Assess the validity of this view. (45 marks) Nothing written worthy of credit. 0 L1 Describes few policies or impressions of Thatcher without making any evaluation of achievement or limitation e.g.Thatcher was hated‚ Thatcher introduced privatisation and the poll tax Only judges one aspect of Thatcher and so will not have links e.g Only evaluates the success of the Falklands war limited accurate
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Dear Mr Abbot‚ My name is Matthew Wright and I am in year 9 at Turramurra High School. I am writing to you regarding the coalition’s foreign aid budget. In 2005 John Howard promised to double Australian aid and recently the Australian Labor Party promised to further lift it to 0.5% of our gross national income by 2015. Our foreign aid is still sitting on 0.34%. There are millions of people depending on developed countries like Australia to help them out. It is easy to ask why it has to be us‚ but
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Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s speech to the allied delegates St. James’s Place‚ London‚ June 12‚ 1941 What tragedies‚ what horrors‚ what crimes has Hitler and all that Hitler stands for brought upon Europe and the world! The ruins of Warsaw‚ of Rotterdam‚ of Belgrade are monuments which will long recall to future generations the outrage of unopposed air bombing applied with calculated scientific cruelty to helpless populations. Here in London and throughout the cities of our island and in
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Politics – Homework Has the role of the Prime Minister become more presidential? There is an argument that the Prime Minister dominates in the British Political system. The British traditional system has moved away from the “cabinet government” model to a “prime ministerial government” model. But there is a different question concerning about the role and importance of the Prime Minister. Does the role of the PM become more presidential? Firstly‚ Prime Minister is the leader of his party in the House
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Why did Pitt the Younger become Prime Minister On the 28th May 1759‚ William Pitt the Younger was appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain. There were a number of reasons which ensured Pitt’s entry into office; however some reasons had more impact: The first reason was Pitt’s early political career‚ combined with his own ability. Due to poor health‚ he was educated at home by the Reverend Edward Wilson. Pitt‚ an extremely intelligent individual‚ quickly became proficient in Latin and Greek
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Many people would like to believe that the president is the most powerful person in the world. However‚ the structure of America has put restraints on the president that a Prime Minister would not have. There are many differences between the President of the United States and the Prime Minister of Canada. These differences include regulations‚ term of office‚ powers‚ and cultures. Throughout this paper you will learn that just being the leader of their country is about as similar as these two people
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The Prime Minister in the United Kingdom is slightly different. Even though the President’s powers are limited‚ they are more powerful than the Prime Minister. The President commands the Armed Forces and can pass immediate laws in extreme circumstances. On the downside‚ as I said before‚ the President also has very limited powers and needs permission before doing nearly everything. The Minister on the contrary‚ can easily pass any legislation because they usually have the majority of seats in the
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Th“The British Prime Minister now has Presidential Powers” Discuss the Validity of this Statement It would be correct to say that over the years the British Prime Minister has become more of a Presidential figure in Parliament. Recent prime ministers that have been referred to as presidential include Margaret Thatcher‚ Tony Blair and Harold Wilson. Prime Ministers are supposed to be ‘First Among Equals’ (Primus Inter
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Achievements of Prime Ministers John a Macdonald and Laurier Sir John a MacDonald was the first prime minister of Canada and was the dominant representative of the Canadian confederation. He was born on the 11th January 1815 and passed on 6th June. His term in office was 18 years long which places him to the second longest serving prime minister in Canada. He is the only one to ever win six majority governments (Hennessy 12). As for Sir Wilfrid Laurier‚ he was the seventh prime minister‚ Born on 20th
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Post War Prime Ministers Essay Robert Gordon Menzies‚ born on the 20th of December‚ 1894 was Australia’s 12th and longest serving prime minister‚ his second term beginning from 1949 to 1966. During this time Menzies made significant contributions to Australia’s Post-War development such as increasing the standard of living and preventing the communist threat from reaching Australia. Menzies had a great effect on the standard of living in Australia and realized the “great Australian Dream” for
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