Royal family Prince Philip‚ The Duke of Edinburgh (10 June 1921) Great-great-grandchild of queen Victoria. Married to Queen Elizabeth. 4 children: * Prince Charles * Princess Anne * Prince Andrew * Prince Edward ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Prince Charles‚ The prince of Wales (14 November 1948) Parents: Princess Elizabeth and The Duke of Edinburgh. Married to The Duchess of Cornwall Children:
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exports by supporting collaboration between the government‚ employers and trade unions. It predicted an economic growth rate of 3.8% and a 25% increase in exports by 1970. However‚ due to the balance of payments crisis‚ Wilson and Callaghan (Chancellor of the Exchequer)‚ were forced to impose £500 million worth of cuts and to increase taxes. This is shown in Source 9 when it states that there will be “no tax cuts for time being”. Therefore‚ the National Plan was cut and instead of being part of a plan
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England. Examine each document carefully‚ and answer the question or questions that follow. Document 1 This excerpt is from "Considerations ...‚" a pamphlet written by Thomas Whately‚ Whately was an advisor to George Grenville‚ British Chancellor of the Exchequer (1763-1765) and the author of the Stamp Act. In this pamphlet‚ Whately explained why the British were justified in levying taxes on their American colonists. We are not yet recovered from a War undertaken solely for their [the Americans’]
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LG: Local Authorities play an important role in the society we live in. They have been set up by central government to make it easier to provide a vast variety services to the people. Local authorities or councils as they are also known‚ are made up of elected councillors‚ which are voted in by the people of the local area (thepeoplesbudget‚2014). Local authorities have been split into a range of unitary and two tier councils. Unitary governments tend to be in the larger town and cities in England
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The American Revolution was the uprising of the existing thirteen American colonies to gain independence from Britain in the mid 1700’s. The American colonists began questioning Britain’s authority as early as the French and Indian War. During the French Indian War‚ the colonies wanted to defend themselves against the French in North America. They asked King George for permission to raise armies in order defend themselves. Although their reason to raise an army was sincere‚ George II was suspicious
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World War One. Due to logistical and tactical failures during wartime‚ Churchill was somewhat discredited and lost his naval post. In the inter war period‚ Churchill remained politically active and made his way up the ranks to become chancellor of the exchequer in Stanley Baldwin ’s Conservative government. When World War Two broke out‚ Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain appointed him to his old post as First Lord of the Admiralty. When Chamberlain was forced to resign‚ Churchill became Prime
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Assess the reasons why the Conservative party remained in power from 1951 to 1964 Focus: evaluation of the reasons for the dominance of a political party during a specific period. Conservative leadership: Effective as 1) Churchill maintained consensus 2) Eden pre- Suez 3) Macmillan His skilful exploitation of television and the media His ruthlessness- Night of Long Knives But 1) Churchill also old 2) Eden made mistakes over Suez 3) Home was unsuitable Conservative policies: Focus on economy
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Karachi U. Biotechnologists seek drought‚ stress tolerant crops Friday‚ January 15‚ 2010 Real issues should be focused with mission oriented vision said Vice Chancellor University of Karachi Prof. Dr. Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui while addressing the concluding ceremony of a five-day workshop titled Green Spin in Biotechnology organized by Dr. A. Q. Khan Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (KIBGE) from January 9th to 13th 2010. VC further said that problems related to food security
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Comparative European Politics Vahur Made Course content • Comparison of the political systems of: - United Kingdom‚ - France‚ - Italy‚ - Spain‚ - The Netherlands‚ - Nordic countries. Course content • Comparison of: - Constitutional frameworks‚ - Historical backgrounds‚ - Executives‚ - Parliaments‚ - Party systems. Readings • Timo Behr. Germany After the Elections: A Liberal Dawn? FIIA Briefing Paper 44‚ 2009. • Toby Archer. No Real Winner? Britain’s Closest Election in a Generation
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Britain’s Framework Overview Great Britain is a constitutional monarchy. The constitution exists in no one document but is a centuries-old accumulation of statutes‚ judicial decisions‚ usage‚ and tradition. The hereditary monarch‚ who must belong to the Church of England according to the Act of Settlement of 1701‚ is almost entirely limited to exercising ceremonial functions as the head of state. Parties The two main parties are the Conservative party‚ descended from the old Tory party
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