conditions such as snow. But the Greater London Authority and Hillingdon council argued saying there were alternatives such as expanding Gatwick airport. Labour parliament also intervened stating the huge increase in passengers should be met by London’s most efficient and largest airport should be developed into the UK’s air hub. However the conservative party suggested more alternatives such as improving rail infrastructure to allow extra capacity to spread to other airports such as Manchester. This would
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system. Atlee did not do this in my opinion. Atlee and the Labour party were in power post World War II‚ for six years. In these six years they introduced many reforms. Whether these reforms were revolutionary is very debatable. Perhaps‚ the most ‘revolutionary’ reform that Labour introduced was the NHS. Although there was liberal influence and consensus between the parties over welfare‚ the clear historical fact remains that Atlee’s Labour party introduced this. The public were in dire need of better
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Liberal Landslide and Liberal Reforms………………p3 2. The impact of the First World War…………………...p13 3. Interwar 1 – 1918-1929……………………………………p18 4. Interwar 2 – 1929-1940……………………………………p24 5. The impact of the Second World War……………….p26 6. ‘New Jerusalem’ Labour in Power 1945-1951…………p35 7. Writing Guide‚ Model answers‚ Question Bank……P41 2012-3 edition Welcome to the Revision Guide to Britain 1906-1951. This booklet contains the essential content and detail you will need for your exam. Quick Introduction
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REFORMS OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS AND COMMONS. Over the years‚ there has been a lot of problem over the very fact that the house of lords are not elected and are relatively independent of party and contains members with particular skills‚ expertise and interest in this kind of activities which in turn has created tensions between the commons which is a legitimate elected body‚ regarding their function‚ performances and their composition. But if we take parliament to be a collaborative set of processes
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former Premier Minister Tony Blair‚ held his speech on terror. This paper will give an analysis of the rhetorical situation of the speech‚ a rhetorical analysis and an interpretation. Tony Blair was the British Prime Minister and president for the Labour Party at the time the terror incident happened. As the Prime Minister he needed to react fast in order to condemn the attack. The British citizens were not happy with Great Britain participating in the war in Iraq‚ and the people will wonder if this
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approached at dissimilar angles as each party has diverse approaches to how objectives should be achieved. Prior to Margaret Thatcher [1979] James Callaghan lead a Labour government‚ "He came with a long and thorough experience of Parliament‚ the Labour Party and the trade unions." refer to appendix page 1& 2 James Callaghan valued and comprehended to trade unions‚ which possibly could have added to his lack of control over unions. James Callaghan Labour government encountered extensive difficulties
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he regarded as the most energetic and talented people available to him‚ regardless of party . The coalition continued until the end of World War Two (1939-1945). After the war had ended the British electorate had a shift in attitude and in an effort to secure a better and brighter future the people voted for a Labour government in the 1945 elections in a spirit of optimism and hope for change . The post-war Labour government subsequently created a welfare state‚ which‚ although it had existed in the
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healthcare rather than their ability to pay for it. It is funded by taxes. http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/health-services-guide/what-is-the-nhs.htm who? Aneurin Bevan 15 November 1897 – 6 July 1960 was a Welsh Labour Party politician who was the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1959 until his death in 1960. His most famous accomplishment came when‚ as Minister of Health in the post-war Attlee government‚ he spearheaded the establishment of the National Health Service‚ which was to provide
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Hall‚ Theory Hall has become one of the main proponents of reception theory‚ and developed Hall’s Theory of encoding and decoding. This approach to textual analysis focuses on the scope for negotiation and opposition on part of the audience. This means that the audience does not simply passively accept a text — whether a book or a film — and that an element of activity becomes involved. The person negotiates the meaning of the text. The meaning depends on the cultural background of the person
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The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy. The Prime Minister exercises the executive power on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II. The Queen appoints as Prime Minister the leader of the party that wins the parliamentary elections. The British Parliament is divided into two institutions: the House of Lords – the upper house – and the House of Commons – the lower house. Elections for parliamentary seats only concern members of the House of Commons and are held in each of the 650 territorial constituencies
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