To What Extent Would the Wide Use of Referendums Improve Democracy in the UK? The wide use of referendums would make an improvement to democracy in the UK. A reason why it would be so beneficial is that referendums highly encourage political participation. Over recent years‚ political participation has not been at it’s highest‚ with people expecting a mere 55% turnout at the next vote‚ referendums could be just what are required to engage the public in politics. The Good Friday referendum is
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alcohol and the increase of poverty – all of those things have certainly added to the situation.” – Education Specialist‚ George Mason University‚ Dr. Vicky Spencer‚ speaking at a public lecture in Barbados earlier this year. Bullying exists in every society. Though we would wish it different‚ there are too many people who still demonstrate that ugly side of human nature. More recently in Western “civilisations”‚ bullying has lead to violence against innocent people‚ particularly those who are
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The Approach Paper to the Tenth Five Year Plan aims at stepping up the growth rate of GDP to eight percent per annum over the Plan period 2002-2007. It also proposes to establish specific monitorable targets covering economic‚ social and environmental dimensions of human development. These include targets on reduction in poverty ratio‚ access to primary education‚ raising literacy rate‚ decline in infant mortality rate and maternal mortality rate‚ raising employment growth rate‚ improving coverage
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A Place Where I Would Like to Live I like the saying: “The grass is always greener on the other side.” To me‚ it means that we tend to believe that life in places different from our residence is for some reasons better. Considering this‚ I have tried to be content with the place where I resided throughout my life – a regular city in the center of the United States. However‚ due to various circumstances which would take too much time to describe here‚ I started to think about changing my life and
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Shaving is a part of many people’s daily skin care regimen. However‚ shaving every day can be a tedious process. If you want to stop shaving and save time on your skin care regimen‚ then you may want to consider professional hair removal. However‚ in order to get the most out of hair removal‚ there are some things that you will need to avoid doing before and after. Below is a list of things you should avoid before and after hair removal: Before You may need to make a few changes in your skin care
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Mrs Birling is Mr Birling’s social superior (Priestley tells us this in the stage directions) and we see that when Mrs Birling tells Mr Birling off when he said that the food was good in front of Gerald‚ as upper class families do not address their help. This tells us that Mrs Birling takes social etiquette very seriously- believing that a good reputation will improve her family’s status. It also tells us that even though Mr Birling is head of the household‚ Mrs Birling’s social background makes her
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Promoting equal opportunities for service users and carers Example: If encounter a disabled patient that needs to take a bed bath you and he/she cannot manage to give bath to his/herself‚ first of all you need introduce yourself to them‚ and explain why you are going to give them a bath and make sure to close the door/curtain for their privacy and always put a cover them if you are going to give them a bed bath. Example: in some schools there are disabled people who are willingly to learn and achieve
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Eighth Five Year Plan of our country runs through the period from 1992 to1997. Prior to start of the plan‚ there was a period of economic instability in India and hence no five year plan was implemented during 1991-1992. In 1991‚ India faced a crisis in Foreign Exchange (Forex) reserves‚ left with reserves of only about US$1 billion. Thus‚ under pressure‚ the country took the risk of reforming the socialist economy. P.V. Narasimha Rao was the twelfth Prime Minister of the Republic of India and
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Ellie Dixon How far would you agree with Nick’s view that Gatsby is “worth the whole damn bunch put together” I believe that when comparing the worth of the characters Nick assessed their ability to be moral‚ loving and selfless. Despite Gatsby’s involvement in ‘bootlegging’ and his life being built around lies‚ Gatsby possesses a worth that the other characters lack; a dedication to another human that is selfless‚ loving and hopeful‚ his determination to peruse his dreams also adds to his worth
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happening‚ there was a need to keep pushing. Discovering Alex’s death had such an impact on his life that he gave up his beliefs and morals. Maybe there was a need to grip onto Alex before he suddenly left for his voyage‚ the humbleness in every action he made‚ or maybe even his vulnerability. Each character shows a different reason for showing interest‚ but every story seems to resemble each other. Undeniably Alex was the kid no one could ever
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