Labour Party In Power 1945-51 * Labour had won 393 seats compared to conservatives 213. * Reasons for Labour large scale victory in 1945: * Conservatives handicaps – had not understood the needs of ordinary people. Poor economy and unemployment with previous conservative government‚ unconvincing election campaign. * Labours advantages – attractive image (zeitgeist)‚ Labour better fitted to carry out post-war construction‚ leading labour figures gained respect from electorate during
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Big Brother isn’t watching you Russell Brand wrote a commentary on the 2011 UK riots. But what does he have to say? Not a lot‚ you would think‚ since he does not reside there anymore. Surprisingly‚ Brand wrote the commentary with‚ of course‚ a humoristic tone‚ but still maintaining the seriousness of this matter. Let me start by saying that the 2011 UK riots were allegedly caused by the death of Mark Duggan in police custody. Surely‚ this ought to stir the tension in some minorities‚ if not‚ larger
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Voting Behaviour in the UK The study of voting behaviour is made difficult because: a) Voting is in secret b) Votes in the UK are pooled‚ and supposedly mixed up. Yet political scientists have‚ since the War‚ and especially the 1960s been analysing voters and voting trends. Their weapons: Political Polls • Opinion polls used since the 30s in the USA and the 40s in the UK give indication at all times‚ yet are only a predictor. • Exit Polls‚ adapted from marketing
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growing number of wildcat strikes in the 1970s and the psychologically devastating Winter of Discontent 1978-1979 This consensus ended in 1979 with the advent of Thatcherism; Thatcher derided consensus economics‚ “unemployment was a price worth paying”; which proves that an economic consensus certainly did exist Thatcher took on the unions and wholly smashed them‚ as seen through the miner’s strike 1984-5; destroying notions of consensus industrial relationships Thatcher’s philosophy of “private
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To what extent has the conservative party abandoned Thatcherism? (25 marks) The conservative party accepts that a degree of state intervention to create more social justice can be justified. This may involve welfare‚ but also intervention in family situations‚ in education and through social services in general. There is a sense that we are responsible for the welfare of those less fortunate than ourselves. Thatcherism suggested that we are responsible for ourselves as long as we have the capability
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One of the longest and most memorable scenes is in scene eight. In this scene‚ Bobby is talking to the priest. The whole conversations about twenty-four minutes in length. The two men converse back and forth exchanging stories and jokes. After this goes on for a while‚ Bobby tells the priest he intends to begin a hunger strike. This time‚ however‚ he won’t repeat the mistakes of the last hunger strikers. He said the last strike was too emotional and this time he and the men will start consecutively
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range from �0m to �00m with a most probable value close to �00m. *The actual firm value of Jaguar is highly dependent on the exchange rate. The economic exposure is very important. *Bringing the IPO to a success‚ which is one of the goals of the Thatcher government after the disastrous privatization of Enterprise Oil‚ we recommend a valuation close to the lower end of the range. Therefore we propose a value of
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percent down. The seller has another family that is interested in the house‚ so Margaret needs to work fast if her clients want the house. Margaret has another appointment in half an hour‚ so she can only wait another fifteen minutes for her clients to show up. She is calling them‚ but there is no answer. What should Margaret do if her clients don’t show up in fifteen minutes? B. True or False 1. ________ Margaret wants to buy a new house for her family. 2. ________ Margaret’s clients will have
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.‘To what extent can the modern conservative party be considered ‘One nation’? (25 marks) ‘One nation’ is an idea that is based upon principles such as paternalism‚ and it is the name given to describe this particular faction of the conservative party. ‘One nation conservatives’ is the name given to the followers of the ideas presented by Benjamin Disrael‚ and the belief in changing Britain from ‘two nations’ i.e the rich and the poor‚ and instead creating one. Benjamin Disraeli adopted one
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and pride from the rioters. John Stapleton. On Sunday police were not ready to admit and wanting to blame it on political reasons. Police wanted to blame the community for what had happened. The government seemed reluctant to take action. Margret thatcher sent someone to see what had happened. Government about white law. Brixton despised the “white” people. Clear after 10 minutes and got a picture. Thatcher’s secretary launched a major public inquiry; national debate on race soon began. Paul boating
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