How successful was the conservative party from 1918- 1928? As a party the Conservatives can be seen to have achieved considerable success between the years 1918-28. Before the war the party had lost 3 consecutive elections‚ whereas during the period 1918-28 they were in power for all but 10 months of those 10 years (First Labour Government January- October 1924). It can then be seen through their domination of power that they were very successful. However during the first 4 of those years‚ whilst
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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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‘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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How successful was Peel as leader of the Conservative Party to 1841? It is undeniable that between December 1832 and the election of 1841‚ under the leadership of Peel‚ the Tory party enjoyed a revival in terms of its popularity and organisation‚ under the leader ship of Robert Peel. Although some historians believe that this success can mainly be attributed to the actions of Peel‚ such as the Tamworth Manifesto‚ strong evidence‚ argued by reputed historians such as Eric Evans exists to suggest
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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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Republican party a fiscally conservative party? (30) The term Fiscal Conservative is broad term used to describe the group of Republican’s whose ideologies fall in line with traditional right wing economic and fiscal policy. This can be furthered to those who are associated with the Tea Party movement on the populist right and it is important to remember that the majority of Republicans are fiscally conservative in some sense. Furthermore‚ it can be noted that most fiscal conservatives fall under
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Why‚ and to what extent‚ have conservatives placed their faith in pragmatism rather than principle? Pragmatism is the idea that one should take a flexible approach to politics; using an understanding of what is best for the people and what will bring stability‚ it also is about what is most wanted by the people. An example of this was the post war consensus when consecutive conservative governments didn’t cancel any of the widespread reforms brought in by the labour government of 1945-51. Principle
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“The Labour Party is the party of devolution.” Is this a reasonable statement to make? Devolution is defined as “the transfer of power to a lower level‚ especially by central government to local or regional administrations” (oxforddictionaries.com). It can also be defined as “the transfer of power from a superior sovereign to a subordinate parliament or assembly.” (Tonge 2010). Within a devolved state‚ the sovereign power retains the technical power to suspend the devolved government. Since Labour
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Heath as leader of the Conservative Party between 1965 and 1974? Edward Heath led the conservative party through a difficult and revolutionary period in British politics from the years 1965 to 1974‚ punctuated by the joining of the ECC in 1973‚ prolonged damaging strikes‚ high levels of inflation‚ and many monumental U-turns through the period of his office. The concept of change is most notably seen right from the offset of his leadership as he was the first conservative leader to be elected democratically
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with the view that Conservative economic policy was a success in the years 1979-1983? The Conservative government saw its high and lows from the year 1979 to 1983 however overall it was a success‚ however this success was only due to the fact that the Conservatives brought about some extreme changes in relation to their economic policy. One of these extreme changes was Thatcher’s adoption of the monetarism. Sources 7 and 9 take into consideration the view that the Conservatives economic policy was
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