because too many voters saw the referendum as less about AV than as an excuse to punish nick clegg and the liberal democrats for their role in the coalition. There was a concern‚ too‚ that the referendum on Scottish independence might be determined more by enthusiasm for Alex Salmond and Scottish nationalism than for the appreciation of the consequences for both England and Scotland. Governments‚ too‚ can use referendums for their own advantage‚ rather than for the good of the public an example of
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William Wallace cannot be denied. Wallace had always been an important figure in Scottish history‚ but he had lost of his significance over time until Braveheart was released in 1995. Despite the film being American made‚ it sparked a resurgence in Scottish nationalism‚ a heightened reverence towards William Wallace‚ and a vote in 1997 on the devolution between Wales and Scotland which led to the creation of a Scottish Parliament (the first one in over 300 years) which‚ coincidently‚ fell on the 700th
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‘The record of Labour governments in the years 1964 and 1979 was one of continuous failure.’ Asses the validity of this view. (45 marks) The Labour governments throughout the years 1964 and 1979 can be considered a period of continuous failure. 1964‚ Harold Wilson came into power riding a wave of expectation and idealism‚ fuelled by the ‘the white heat’ of technological change. By 1970 however‚ Labour was in some difficulty and resulted in its time in power to slowly
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devolved from a single sovereignty parliament in the UK to a-multi sovereignty in the UK and its nations. Scotland has played a bigger part in receiving sovereignty‚ for example‚ the electoral system devised for Scotland was to ensure that extremist (Scottish Nationalist Party) could never come to power‚ but they have‚ by working within its own sovereign parliament and not a central office‚ Westminster was pushed into allowing SNP to run Scotland as a country; if Westminster didn’t comply the Union of
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1Anthony Charles Lynton "Tony" Blair (born 6 May 1953)[1] is a British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. He resigned from all of these positions in June 2007. Blair was elected Leader of the Labour Party in the leadership election of July 1994‚ following the sudden death of his predecessor‚ John Smith. Under his leadership
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Level 3 Public Services Government‚ Politics and the Public Services Unit 1 European parliament What is the European Parliament? The European Parliament‚ also abbreviated as Europarl or the EP‚ is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union (EU). Together with the Council of the European Union and the European Commission‚ it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world The European Directly
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pro-independence Scottish National Party (SNP) in the Scottish Parliament elections. They formed a minority government with plans to hold a referendum before 2011 to seek a mandate "to negotiate with the Government of the United Kingdom to achieve independence for Scotland."[135] Most opinion polls show minority support for independence‚ although support varies depending on the nature of the question. The response of the unionist parties was to establish the Calman Commission to examine further devolution of powers
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Assess the effectiveness of Tony Blair as a domestic policy maker. We have got ‘New Labour’ now‚ but to what extent have we really got ‘New Britain’? It could be argued that Tony Blair’s New Labour movement was successful due to his expertise in policy making. Blair‚ Labour leader from 1994 – 2007‚ made large reforms in domestic policy‚ concerning social‚ economic and constitutional factors. Whether this effective policy-making actually produced a ‘New Britain’‚ is a debatable subject. After the
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e Question 1 Explain what is mean by the term ‘market failure’. In your answer you must refer to the role of government in relation to each of the following. * Public goods * Merit goods * Externalities * Imperfect competition Market failure is a concept within economic theory describing when the allocation of goods and services by a free market is not efficient. Government intervention occurs when markets are not working optimally i.e. there is a Pareto sub-optimal allocation
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factors can be categorized into “for factors”; the introduction to a codified constitution would clarify the nature of the political system to citizens; this point is reinforced by modern events in such as devolution causing changes in Europe‚ these events seemed complex to British and Scottish citizens as the two countries relations alter‚ a constitution would entitle citizens to information regarding rules between two institutions in a more assessable and visual friendly medium‚ and therefore a
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