‘The main reason for conservative dominance in the years 1951 to 1964 was labour disunity’ Assess the validity of this view. (June 2011) Labour disunity was a huge contributing factor as to why the conservatives were able to dominate from 1951 to 1964. However‚ there are also other factors that assisted conservative dominance. Whether that be conservative strengths‚ good timing‚ the end of austerity or their handle on public opinion‚ all factors contributed to the dominant years. However‚ how long
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The Iron Lady is a film‚ directed by Phyllida Lloyd‚ based on the life of Margaret Thatcher‚ the longest serving and the only female Prime Minister of Great Britain in the 20th century. The film shows Margaret Thatcher as an elderly woman who has flashbacks of the major and consequential events of her life. The ghost of her husband Dennis comments and reflects on her successes and failures who really is just the figment of her imagination. Margaret grows up working at the grocery shop‚ that her
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sequence of different Prime Minister‚ from Churchill‚ to Eden‚ then Macmillan and finally Sir Alec Douglas-Hume. Each of these Prime Minister governed very differently which meant that it was harder to plan long term as Eden for example only stayed in office for two years between 1955 and 1957. Furthermore‚ it would seem that the Conservatives did not take enough into account the public atmosphere and the emergence of the youth culture in the early sixties as they chose a Prime Minister with a poor public
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its various functions? The House of Commons holds both legislative functions and is also designed to hold the executive accountable. It can be argued that due the introduction‚ and reforms‚ of select committees and the regular questioning of ministers the House of Commons is effective. However‚ it could also be argued that party loyalty and whips have become more important than effective scrutiny. The House of Commons can be seen to be effective in the cases where it has defied the government
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1. Teacher is an individual whom we find teaching in schools and colleges and she/he is the person who has an infinitely lasting influence on the wards. I really believe in the saying that teachers make the destinies of the children they teach and they do not know where‚ if at all‚ the influence of a teacher stops. This is because a teacher is in close contact with children when they are at a very impressionable age. This is why a teacher acquires the status akin to the parents as‚ these childhood
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say this. Now that the Election is over‚ may we get together and strive to serve and strengthen the country of which we’re so proud to be a part. [Interruption "Prime Minister … ."] And finally‚ one last thing: in the words of Airey Neave whom we had hoped to bring here with us‚ ‘There is now work to be done’. Question: Prime Minister‚ could I ask you if you would tell us what sort of administration you would like to have over the next five years? Mrs. Thatcher: Well‚ we shall be going inside
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Was the Heath government a total failure? It is undoubtedly true that during Heath’s time in office‚ 1970-1975‚ he faced many difficulties‚ many of them at the hands of the Trade Unions‚ which made his time in government difficult to make any progress. However it cannot be denied that the Heath Government did make some successes‚ and considering the harsh times that Heath faced‚ it could be argued that the Heath government was not a total failure and instead was one that had experienced lot of
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years did not do many of the things that he wanted to do‚ but it did serve to remember the rest of our lives. Margaret Thatcher has died of a stroke at the age of 87. Follow all the reaction to the news of the death of Britain’s first female prime minister. Margaret Thatcher had towered above all other British political figures for a decade and her dominance of the Cabinet was supreme and rarely challenged. She had powered herself into the lead of world statesmen and elevated Downing Street’s
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were confirmed”. Tony Alvarado gathered opinions from some Cajamarca locals about the conflict in the following video [es]: An unexpected low in this confrontation was the resignation of Prime Minister Salomón Lerner and the naming of Oscar Valdez‚ formerly Minister of the Interior‚ as the new Prime Minister. This move signaled some political maneuvering by the government and a consolidating of the change in strategy by the government towards this particular conflict. So‚ while Cajamarca was requesting
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the 1940s‚ when he informed the British public that they will be entering war. I will use sociological research which examines the discourse of politics to supply context for this speech. My research topic is to discover in this essay is how Prime Ministers use persuasive techniques to win the support of the people. To achieve this‚ I will be comparing Churchill’s speech to Tony Blair’s speech in 2003 when he declared war on Iraq‚ to see what changes and similarities of discourses there are‚ regarding
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