Labour weakness was the most important reason for Conservative dominance from 1951 to 1964. How far do you agree? Between 1951 and 1964‚ the Conservative’s time in power‚ the Labour party were providing ineffectual opposition. One of the reasons for this was their internal disputes over issues such as unilateralism. However‚ there were also more important reasons for Conservative dominance‚ such as the economy and growing prosperity in Britain‚ the property owning democracy and the greater availability
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areas of change that concern conservatives are the breakdown of the community‚ the breakdown of laissez-faire capitalism‚ and the breakdown of traditional family and gender roles. Each of these concerns maps onto one of the three branches of modern conservatism: traditionalists are primarily concerned with the community‚ laissez-faire conservatives (fiscal conservatives) are primarily concerned with government intervention into the economy and the social conservatives are primarily concerned with
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British Labour Party I would like to start by explaining The British Labour Party. The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom‚ and one of the two main British political parties along with the Conservative Party. In 1997‚ Tony Blair led this political party and he tried to change the environmental policy. Blair criticized other governments for not doing enough to solve global climate change. In a 1997 visit to the United States‚ he made a comment on "great industrialized
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As long as the parties don’t become too powerful then there shouldn’t be a problem at all. If somebody wishes to express a disagreement and they don’t agree with either of the current two parties then by all means let them start their own party. As long as the citizens agree with what you are saying it shouldn’t really matter what political party you belong to or what political office. Political participation is influenced by many important factors‚ one of which is political parties. The participation
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contrast the parties and the party systems of Britain and Russia with reference to comparative literature. There are many similarities and differences between Britain and Russia. They both have an upper and a lower house in their parliaments and both have a Prime Minister‚ but in turn‚ only Russia has a written constitution while Britain’s constitution is unwritten. Though this essay focuses on one key aspect which Britain and Russia will be compared and contrasted on; political parties and the party
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‘Conservatives support Pragmatism over principle’ Discuss. Pragmatism essentially believes in a more practical behavior or form of policy‚ as opposed to an ideological principle. Conservatives traditionally favour pragmatism because it emphasizes the impact of applied ideas that have been tested over time- highlighting the importance of tradition (one major traditional conservative value. One-nation conservatives agree with the foundations of pragmatic ideas. Whereas the New Right was heavily
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kinds of political parties started up in order to safeguard the interests of different levels. One of the applications is the formulation of the Legislative Council (LegCo). Another assumption is that the major development in Hong Kong is the economic development. Hong Kong is reputed to be a worldwide international financial centre and ranked the first in the world of being the freest economy. So‚ Hong Kong relies much on the economic development. In addition‚ the party system in Hong Kong
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To What Extent Was The Conservative Government A Success In The Years 1951-1964? When Harold Macmillan said in 1957 that Britain had “never had it so good” it was easy to see why he spoke with such optimism. The period of Conservative dominance brought many benefits to the British people including the end of rationing‚ full employment and a boom in the economy. However‚ in labour’s 1964 manifesto they described this period as “thirteen wasted years”. It seems difficult to believe that both could
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When the Second World War ended‚ Winston Churchill (A Conservative‚ elected after the resignation of Neville Chamberlain) was regarded as a formidable war hero for his time as Prime Minister from 1940 - 1945. This is what made the 1945 general election results - which showed that the national government‚ which was dominated by the Conservative Party during Churchill’s time as Prime Minister‚ had lost the election to the Labour Party - surprising‚ because Churchill’s leadership was a major factor
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reason for conservative dominance in the years 1951 to 1964 was labour disunity?” Access the validity of this view I agree with this statement as the labour party leaders were ageing. The labour leaders were from the pre-war era therefore it meant that they were not in touch with the population. This led to labour disunity throughout the years as it caused Attlee to retire‚ he found that he couldn’t understand what the young wanted. For the public they left their trust with the labour party and put
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