particularly the working-class’ financial safety during the late 20’s – early 30’s. In 1945‚ Britain really needs a drastic change in its national policy while a time of post-war reconstruction has come. The Labour Party of 1945‚ and its leader Clement Attlee‚ claims that it embodies this change : its manifesto of 1945‚ from which this text is an extract‚ demands great social‚ economic and industrial reforms‚ hoping to erase the past defeat of the Party during the Depression. Between the promises for a
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The selected text is a political speech given by Winston Churchill on 5 March 1945 . The historical context of the speech could be considered to start a year before. At the beginning of 1945‚ the Allied forces were closing in on the borders of Germany in three directions‚ and the geographical natural barriers offered the Allied powers protection from the other sides . The major Allied leaders‚ Churchill‚ Roosevelt and Stalin‚ who became known as the Big Three‚ met at the resort city of Yalta‚ at
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story about overcoming prejudice Fox Marquand suggests that British history over the past 100 years forms a parabola. Before the First World War‚ naked capitalism reigned. It was tamed throughout the half century that followed; Marquand views the Attlee government‚ and the 20 years that followed‚ with special and perhaps nostalgic fondness. In his version of history everything went wrong once again in the Eighties‚ since when unconstrained capitalism has
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Indian independence act India gained independence in 1947. In the first half of the 20th century‚ having been the "Jewel in the Crown" of the British Empire‚ India became the first part of that Empire to secure separate nationhood and independence. The Parliamentary Archives holds a variety of records which document the relationship between the United Kingdom and India‚ including photographs of Indian Army Officers on the Terrace on the occasion of the coronation of Edward VII in 1902‚ and papers
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and weighed around 10‚800lbs and being ten times more efficient than “Little Boy”. President Truman warned Japan with the consequences if they didn’t surrender with the Potsdam Declaration. It was signed by President Truman‚ and by Prime Minister Attlee of the United Kingdom and with the concurrence of Chiang Kai-Shek‚ President of the National Government of China. Japan refused to surrender. In order to avoid an inevitable bombing campaign and land invasion of Japan that would have killed many
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catalyst to change‚ forcing people to adjust their daily routines and lifestyles in the short term and quite usually in the long term too‚ as well as innovating technology and weaponry. After the Second World War‚ between 1945 and 1951‚ Clement Attlee of the Labour Government became prime minister and passed a series of measures‚ which helped the period become known as the welfare state. These included social reforms addressed by Sir William Beveridge in his report of December 1942 and which were
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‘The constitution is no longer fit for purpose’ A constitution is a set of rules that seeks to establish the duties‚ powers and functions of the various institutions of government. The constitution creates limited government so the government is checked and restrained therefore providing protection for the individual and their rights. the UK constitution is uncodified‚ which means that it is not all written down in one document therefore entrenched creating a higher law like that of America; it
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Fabians – established the London School of Economics (LSE). Within it‚ they incorporated the Charity Organization Society’s School of Sociology to form a new Department of Social Sciences and Administration in 1912. Its first lecturer was Clement Attlee‚ who became Prime Minister of the UK after the Second World War‚ and in 1950‚ Richard Titmuss was appointed as the first Professor of Social Administration in the UK. Until 1987‚ Social Administration and Social Policy were used interchangeably‚ but
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Population: 1‚173‚108‚018 (July 2010 estimate) Capital: New Delhi Major Cities: Mumbai‚ Kolkata‚ Bangalore and Chennai Area: 1‚269‚219 square miles (3‚287‚263 sq km) Bordering Countries: Bangladesh‚ Bhutan‚ Burma‚ China‚ Nepal and Pakistan Coastline: 4‚350 miles (7‚000 km) Highest Point:Kanchenjunga at 28‚208 feet (8‚598 m) India‚ formally called the Republic of India‚ is the country that occupies most of the Indian subcontinent in southern Asia. In terms of itspopulation‚ India is one of
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LaFeber (2008) makes the poignant statement‚ “In the battle of MacArthur versus Truman‚ the long-range issues tended to be overshadowed by the personalities involved. In MacArthur’s case this was not an advantage” (p. 130). MacArthur had been invaluable to Roosevelt‚ but it was a completely different story with Truman. MacArthur and Truman had turbulent relationship consisting of disregard to the proper order of command. The Reason for MacArthur’s Dismissal The reason for President Truman’s dismissal
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