1Final negotiations began on 1 May‚ when an agreement was almost reached. However‚ one million miners were locked out‚ it being impossible to get them back to work without firm assurances concerning their wages. Last-minute negotiations failed to achieve this‚ leading to announcement by the TUC that a general strike "in defence of miners’ wages and hours" was to begin on 3 May‚[7] a Monday‚ at one minute to midnight.[8] The leaders of the Labour Party were terrified by the revolutionary elements
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"Welding With Children" Language Analysis "He just stared at me‚ and i saw that he had no idea of what late was. Glendine‚ his mama‚ probably lets him fall asleep in front of the set every night. I pictured him crumpled up on that smelly shag rug she keeps in front of the TV to catch the spills and crumbs" (2). Within the passage it mentions that the child had no idea what late was. This indicates that his life is easy because he can fall asleep whenever he gets tired without a problem like he
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What is the doctrine of a mandate? (5 marks) In a general sense the word mandate means that an individual or group has authority or permission to act‚ and that their actions are legitimate. From a political perspective the doctrine of a mandate had the following connotations. A political mandate grants authority to the winning party at an election to form a government; this mandate may come from obtaining a majority of seats The winning party has the mandate to implement the policy options it outlined
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02) - Explain why the Conservative Party won the General Election of 1959 – (12 marks) WW2 made a huge dent in Britain’s economic capability in terms of international trade and the fact that half of our factories had been converted to build military equipment. Not long before the General Election the economy had begun to pick up. At the time Labour was a significantly divided party with the Gaitskillites and the Bevanites meaning some support of voters was lost through lack of assurance that the
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At the start of "Looking for Alibrandi"‚ by Melina Marchetta we are introduced to a seventeen year old girl by the name of Josephine "Josie" Alibrandi‚ who is in her last year of high school. By the end of the book it is made obvious that Josephine has gone through many dramatic and important changes‚ including achieving her emancipation‚ discovering her family secret‚ accepting her culture‚ and meeting‚ and having a relationship with her father‚ Michael Andretti. All of these changes‚ and others
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Beowulf and The 13th Warrior have a various amount of similarities and differences. Beowulf is an epic told about the great achievements of the great hero‚ Beowulf. The 13th Warrior is a movie based on only one major character from Beowulf but instead‚ the main character is a poet named Ibn. The differences of the main characters‚ battle occurrences‚ conclusions‚ and the similarities of the characters‚ battles‚ and the results make up the majority of the major similarities and differences. The similarities
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Dwyane Wade is known worldwide for being a professionally basketball player. While he made a name for himself through the game of basketball‚ the legacy he will leave behind will be much greater than being a phenomenal athlete. Dwyane is a man of many genres. He is a prime example of what being an exceptional parent is. He has made it evident that being a father comes before anything else in his life. Dwyane is also heavily involved in helping out the children in his community. The game of basketball
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The UK has a multi- party system rather than a two party system. Discuss. A political two party system is one where two parties have complete dominance over voting‚ in terms of seats and the general vote. The multi- party system however describes a system where more than two parties have the ability to win role as government. In this essay I will give a balanced argument on whether Britain is a two party‚ or multi- party system. Throughout a significant period in history‚ 1945-79‚ a two party system
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There is a large amount of evidence to support the idea that the broadcast spoken by Churchill in May 1945 damaged the conservative party‚ and very few pieces of evidence against. Source C uses the conservative broadcast of May 1945 to imply that Churchill was a deceiver though the word ‘travesty’ which is to falsely represent‚ in this case the labour party and their policies. This would damage the conservative party as portraying the leader as a deceitful being could cause resentment from the public
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Safety improvements in car racing Ready‚set‚go the crowd hears the roar of the engines all around.The roar of the engine signal the start of the race.nascar is a multi million dollar industry. Throughout its history‚ there have been many memorable crashes. NASCAR officials have works hard to find solutions for these crashes. To fully understand the improvements in car racing‚one must inspect the beginning of car racing ‚the early use of safety in car racing and the past in car racing. In may of
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