better housing and more access to education for future generations. In the swinging 1960s London led the world in music‚ fashion and culture as Twiggy‚ The Beatles and the Rolling Stones took the world by storm. Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was the icon of the 1980s‚ while Tony Blair’s new Labour took charge in the late 1990s. Blair agreed British support for a US-led war with Iraq‚ while terrorist bombs hit London on July 7th 2007‚ killing 53‚ and bringing the capital to a standstill
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Bibliography: Books Howard Glennerster 2000 - British Social Policy since 1945 Cliff Alcock Daly Griggs- 2008 Introducing Social Policy Pete Alcock‚ Margaret May 2008 - The student’s companion to social policy Web pages http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher http://www.educationengland.org.uk/history/chapter05.html http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/2054.htm By A. Bennett
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integrity and conscientiousness were major leadership traits that will always be respected in the Jewish community. She was described as the "Iron Lady" of Israeli politics years before the term became associated with British prime minister Margaret Thatcher. Former prime minister David Ben-Gurion used to call Meir "the best man in the government"; * Determination: the desire to get the job done (Northouse‚ p.25) Golda Meir was determined to overachieve and protect Israel’s interests throughout
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Linguistic peculiarities of publicistic style The publicistic style is used in public speeches and printed public works which are addressed to a broad audience and devoted to important social or political events‚ public problems of cultural or moral character. It falls into three varieties‚ each having its own distinctive features. Unlike other formal styles‚ the publicist style has spoken varieties‚ in particular‚ the oratorical sub-style. The development of radio and television has brought into
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possessions of men‚ with no legal status of their own‚ to being considered legal citizens in their own right. As far as the political background is concerned‚ it is worth saying a few words about Margaret Thatcher. Following the defeat of the Conservatives in 1974 election‚ Margaret Hilda Thatcher was elected as the new leader. She wentaon to lead the Conservatives toathe victory in the election of 1979 andathe party remained in power until 1997. Christopher states that‚ “She was developing
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right-wing platform.[33] Although Cameron’s views are probably left of the party membership and he has sought to make the Conservative brand more attractive to young‚ socially liberal voters‚[34] he has also expressed his admiration for former PM Margaret Thatcher‚ describing himself as a "big fan of Thatcher’s"‚ though he questions whether that makes him a "Thatcherite". For most of 2006 and the first half of 2007‚ polls showed leads over Labour for the Conservatives.[35] Polls became more volatile in
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MYTHS AND HEROES I’m going to present the notion of myths and heroes. Myths and heroes have always been part of our lives‚ so we can ask: do we need heroes as role mode? To answer that‚ first I’m going to give the definition of a hero‚ and then I’m going to explain how a hero can influence us in our actions. To my mind‚ the two documents that illustrate the best this notion are “dream jobs” and “superheroes and morality”. This first documents is from a biography‚ “fighter pilots‚ the memoirs
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Ideologies of Welfare For hundreds of years the health and general wellbeing of people and their families have suffered due to the difficulties that social policy and welfare provision has been continuously faced with as a result of the persistence of poverty. This essay will explain and discuss the ideologies of the major political parties‚ how they have influenced the development of welfare and the effects they have had on social policies and social care provisions. It will explain how these ideologies
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published on the 1st December 1942‚ discussing problems and similarities. The “five giant evils” Beveridge claimed to exist will be indentified and analyzed in depth and how Clement Attlee’s 1945 Labour government pledged to eliminate these evils. Margaret Thatcher was the first woman conservative party leader‚ who later on became prime minister‚ she had ideas and beliefs about the welfare state‚ this was known as ‘’Thatcherism’’. This will draw in evidence on how the welfare state of the 21st century is
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PM limited by European Constitution which defeats Parliamentary Sovereignty. Limited by scrutiny of Parliament (apparently). Foley‚ political scientist since days of Margaret Thatcher‚ remarked on her presidential style‚ believed this had increased with Tony Blair. Reduction of cabinet meetings to half an hour per week‚ informal attitude to discussion (‘sofa’ politics)‚ disregard for cabinet agenda (Millennium Dome – cabinet wanted it “fired into space”‚ Blair went along with it anyway)‚ appealing
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