alternative to the Labour government‚ a change‚ so after Callaghan’s government was destroyed by economic crises‚ rising unemployment‚ hostile trade unions and political misjudgements the Conservatives had a landslide victory with 43.9% of the vote. Before the Conservative rise to power with Thatcher‚ the Labour party had experience many troubles during their time in government‚ perhaps this is why the Conservatives won the General election. However was this win purely down to the conservatives and their
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Why did the Conservatives lose the 1906 election? Before the 1906 election around 1895-1902 the conservative party were massively successful and the strongest government party around. This was because they had Lord Salisbury as a leader who was seen as a leader for both middle class and working class people in Britain; the liberal party was weak as they were fighting themselves over Ireland home rule which meant that the conservatives had an advantage as it meant that people were not voting for
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24 March‚ Parliament was prorogued and on the following day the Parliament first elected in 1780 was dissolved. The election was fought very much as a national campaign around the questions of the fall of the Fox-North government and whether or not Pitt should continue in office‚ rather than a series of local campaigns‚ which was more common for 18th century British elections. Thanks to a combination of patronage and bribes
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While the 1924 Labour government was undoubtedly one of the most important developments in party politics‚ there were other factors that contributed to the change from Liberal vs Conservatives in the 1880 to Labour vs conservative with Liberal’s downfall by 1951. The 1924 Labour government was arguably a significant development as it was the first time Labour won an election‚ proving they had progressed from a small independent party to a real opponent of the Conservatives. This was significant
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Political Parties and Unfair Elections The Civil War and the Vietnam era of the 1960s forever changed the political party systems of our country. Those two time periods and the issues involved led to America embracing a two-party system‚ which is intact to this day. Due to the two-party system‚ it is extremely difficult for a candidate to be elected if he is not a member of either the Democratic or Republican party. This is not a situation that our founders would have encouraged‚ as they "disliked
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Homework: Liberal electoral chances In 1906‚ the Liberal party won a landslide victory against the Tory party. Various factors played into this success: the ideas and concepts introduced by so called New Liberalism‚ combined with the public’s weariness at the Conservatives‚ who had been in power continuously from the 1880s. By 1906 the Tories had introduced a series of rather unpopular decisions‚ laws‚ and policies; a key example is the Boer War of 1899-1902. The Boer War was expected to be an
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with the Conservative Party polling 43.9% of the vote; thereby winning 339 seats (up 62 since the last election). It is due to these figures‚ therefore‚ that historians such as Eric Evans believe that it was the strength of the Conservatives under their new‚ forward-thinking leader‚ Margaret Thatcher that led them to victory. However‚ when one looks at the context of the time itself‚ it seems apparent‚ as Marr sums up‚ that ‘it was likely that the current social climate left the Labour Party in an unfavourable
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How successful were the Labour Government reforms of 1945-51 in improving social and economic conditions? From 1945 to 1951‚ Clement Attlee was prime minister of the Labour Government. He aimed to improve the Social and Economic Conditions. The main aims to improve the social conditions were: to create a fairer society and improve the lives of ordinary people‚ build on the recommendations of the Beveridge Report‚ and slay the five giants (Want‚ Disease‚ Squalor‚ Ignorance‚ and Idleness). The main
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‘Opposition parties don’t win General elections‚ Government lose them’ How valid is this view in relation to the 1906 British General Election? The Liberals lapped on the conservatives weaknesses‚ and used that to their strengths. The leadership of Campbell-Bannerman proved as a success by throwing out accusations towards the Tories‚ like their methods of barbarism and ‘Chinese slavery.’ They also had young‚ dynamic MP’s and the gaining of Winston Churchill. The liberals opposed the tariff
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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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