two to one‚ taking 134‚446 votes to 64‚398. He then announced his intention to reform and realign the Conservatives‚ saying they needed to change the way they looked‚ felt‚ thought and behaved‚ advocating a more centre-right stance as opposed to their recent staunchly right-wing platform.[33] Although Cameron’s views are probably left of the party membership and he has sought to make the Conservative brand more attractive to young‚ socially liberal voters‚[34] he has also expressed his admiration for
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accountable to the electorate. The democratic elections are a crucial part of UK democracy. A core feature is free and fair elections. They are based on universal suffrage‚ which is when anybody eligible to vote has their own freedom of choice on which party to vote for without any influence. Your elected vote is also kept secret; this process is called the secret ballot. This prevents intimidation from other people and it prevents judgments made on your electoral choice. However there are four groups
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class de-alignment‚ as distinguishing between the social classes became harder‚ and therefore more of a challenge for parties to target one specific class. This can be seen from the 1983 general election‚ where the Conservatives gained the support of the working class‚ whereas previously Conservatives were mainly popular with the middle classes. This led to the victory of the Conservatives with Margaret Thatcher becoming Prime Minister with a majority of 144 seats. The most apparent change in the class
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"Thatcherism" is a system of political thought based on the policies of the former Conservative prime minister of the United Kingdom‚ Margaret Thatcher. The broad definition of Thatcherism would encompass her social‚ diplomatic‚ and economic doctrines. She was the first women prime Minister in British politics and was the longest prime minister with 3 victories‚ and leading the Conservative government for a total of 11 years. She was also seen as characteristic and a controversial figure‚ and
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witnessing a new era of neo-liberal consensus on economic and social policy.” Discuss The election of Tony Blair in 1997‚ it is commonly said‚ brought about a new era in Britain’s Labour party‚ with the party moving to the centre of the political spectrum and adopting very similar policies to the preceding Conservative government. Tony Blair coined the term New Labour to distinguish his government from the more socialist ones of earlier Labour governments and adopted a largely neo-liberal stance‚ similar
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political party in their time of running. Healthcare as a whole has a huge impact on it’s service users as well as it’s service workers and I believe it to be one of the most important social policies. In 1942‚ Beveridge published a report recommending ways that the government could improve post war Britain. He stated that they should begin by tackling the 5 Giant Evils : Want‚ Squalor‚ Disease (Health)‚ Ignorance and Idleness. This led to many social reforms and in 1945 when the labour party was elected
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ideas influenced the policies of the major political parties in recent years? (30 marks) The major political parties in the United Kingdom‚ the Conservative Party and the Labour Party‚ have become considerably more central than they were originally. Labour was originally a strongly socialist party‚ but it gradually centralised and has accepted some ideas of the centre-right under New Labour. The Conservative Party originated as a royalist party‚ but it has adopted a number of left-wing or liberal
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the affluence of the 1950s account for the Conservative election victories of 1955 and 1959? Hannah van Teutem. The affluence of Britain in the 1950s was a large reason as to why the Conservative Party gained victory in both the 1955 and 1959 election. Nevertheless‚ there were other factors which also had an impact on the success of the party. For example‚ there were the different issues with the weaknesses and the strengths of the Conservative party. Following this‚ there were the weaknesses
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interface between the voluntary sector and policy makers the aim is to ascertain whether its implementation as a piece of social policy is realistic. On May 6th 2010 the general election took place but no party achieved the 362 seats required for an overall majority. David Cameron‚ the conservative Party leader won the largest number of votes but still fell short by 20 seats‚ this then resulted in a hung parliament. After discussions‚ David Cameron and Nick Clegg‚ leader of the Liberal Democrats came
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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 to the conservative party as a whole‚ ruining their chances of being elected
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