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 in Britain
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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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‘The Conservatives’ inability to economically modernise Britain was the main reason why Labour won the 1964 election.’ Assess the validity of this statement (45) The 1964 election changed the British political landscape forever as a thirteen-year Conservative dominance crumbled at the hands of Harold Wilson and his youthful Labour Party. Historians‚ such as Rowe‚ postulate that there are a plethora of reasons to why Labour won the 1964 election‚ most prominently because of the Conservatives’ inability
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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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1945 -2000 progressive mindset started at state level‚ and went to nat level with TR election ideology-->political party framework TR’s Square Deal Wilson’s New Freedom Trueman Fair Deal JFK-New Frontier LBJ-Great Society public policy-->legislation legislative response is necessary for dealing with problems Conservative Rxn Nixon Reagan Gingrich 1994-Content with America Contemporary Republicanism Progressives trying to correct society to create a better quality of life health
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of it‚ a Labour government was elected for a short period of time (1929-1931). At its head was Ramsay MacDonald. When he resigned‚ a Conservative government was then elected. To put an end to this crisis‚ this Conservative government made many cuts‚ including on unemployed people’s benefits‚ and raised the income tax which drove to worse living conditions for the population. Before the second world war‚ the Labour party had only governed twice but only for a short period of time. The party didn’t seem
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democratic institutions. Minor tinkering with the rules and regulations concerning the administration of elections has been common‚ including amendments to the laws governing election broadcasts‚ financial disclosure‚ or constituency redistricting. In the post-war period countries have occasionally switched electoral formulas between d’Hondt and LR-Hare‚ adjusted the effective threshold for election‚ and expanded their assembly size (Lijphart‚ 1994). Yet until recently wholesale and radical reform of
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Explain why the Conservatives lost the 1906 elections. (12 marks) One reason contributing to the Conservative defeat was due to the social conditions of Britain and the Conservatives failure to improve these shocking conditions. For example‚ the Boer War highlighted that 69% of recruits were deemed unfit for service because of the extent of malnutrition present in British society which revealed the severe effect of poverty in the cities and the desperate need for social reforms. The Bore war also
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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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The 2004 election was a hotly contested battle between incumbent George Bush and challenger John Kerry. Bush and Kerry were nominated by their parties to compete in the presidential election. Bush focused his campaign on portraying himself as a tough leader who could firmly make decisions‚ which was important to voters due to the new war on terror. Kerry centered his campaign around creating jobs and improving health care‚ as well as keeping America safe. After the first debate‚ Kerry was leading
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