...There are four submarines each with the capability of carrying 16 nuclear missiles. The missiles can hit a city 7,000 miles away and travel at speeds of up to 13,000 miles an hour.Trident is more than 1,000 times powerful than the bomb that hit Hiroshima. The UK Trident programme was declared publicly in July 1980, and patrols began in December 1944. Since then Trident has been the only British nuclear weapon system in service. The purpose of Trident is to provide Britain with security and prevent an attack on Britain and its allies with weapons of mass...
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...To what extent has New Labour abandoned its socialist ideologies? Socialism is an ideology that rejects the work of the individual and instead prioritizes the work of the collective and believes the products of the work by the collective should then be distributed equally. Socialism corresponds with equality of outcome which means that it stifles the opportunity for progress or wealth and Winston Churchill considered it “the equal sharing of misery”. In order to combat this negative image, Tony Blair implanted the third way; an amalgamation of the better elements of socialism and capitalism. However, in order to achieve this amalgamation, Blair had to reject several socialist beliefs. Prior to Blair’s leadership of the Labour party in 1994, the Labour party was exclusively a party for the working class and had been since its start in the 1900s. Founded out of trade unions and the socialist parties of the time, it was essentially a parliamentary pressure group at first, campaigning for the rights of what they believed were the majority. Because it was a party born out of industrialization, it is understandable that it would focus on conditions for the workers it represented which, particularly in the 1900s, were very poor. The Labour Party in England followed the doctrine of evolutionary socialism, perhaps because it identified there was efficiency in a capitalist market as well as the moral vision of socialism. Evolutionary socialism believed in gradualism and corresponded with...
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...Unit 5: Perceptions in science- Science, commerce and politics Groups and organisations influencing science. 1) Identify at least 5 political groups and pressure groups, which may have an influence on science. The Conservative Party are a political party who won their way through to win and become the government party of England. This strong influential political group, is very powerful amongst the British public and their significant and dominate leaders, help run the country and especially the main leader of the political group- David Cameron who it’s the main leader is known for being the public speaker amongst the groups. Within this strong dominating political group, it is evident that this particular political group has a huge influence upon science. The conservative party, have the control to decided how much attention a particular topic should have, they also have the power to decide how much money each scientific development requires. For example one of the aims of the Conservatives is to help within the National Health Service, and one of the parties strong inspirations, it that they will be donating £6 billion, towards healthcare, to improve the standards of hospitals and treatments. Therefore, this political group has a huge influence on science, mainly due to the amount of power and control the party have themselves and also due to the fact that they have the correct group of people who have specific knowledge and the background information related...
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...Parliament Westminster parliament is bi cameral which means 2 chambers: House of Commons (originally commoners) and House of Lords (originally aristocrats). Parliament is the oldest legislator in the world; it is the mother of parliaments. House of commons is made up of 650 MPS, government are trying to reduce it to 600. House of Lords is around 800. Until 19th century, both houses were roughly equal. But as the 19th century goes on , votes are often given to more and more men , the house of commons requires more status and the house of Lords has less status. The last prime minister to come from the house of Lords in 1902. Parliament act of 1911 removed the power of vetoe. The Lords could not longer vetoe an act of parliament, only delay 2 years. 1949 that 2 years was reduced to 1 year and that’s where it remains. Salisbury convention - the lords will not even delay a bill for which the government have a mandate. Conflict between house of Lords and house of commons is very rare. Rare examples, 2005 – fox hunting, the parliament act was pushed through banned, commons pushed it through. Autumn 2011- the lords rejected Osbornes working tax credits party. The Lords debate bills but more importantly they offer any perspective of bills, they are a revising chamber. Over 800 Lords, the vast majority of them are life peers. Lord Sacks is an independent Lord , he is not under a party. Some Lords who are supporters of particular parties...
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...Edexcel AS Politics Edexcel AS Politics ExamBuster 2009 Introduction to Unit 1- People and Politics Understanding the Examination and Exam Technique Choosing your questions In this unit you are presented with four questions. They are of equal value and each question covers one of the four sections of the specification. These are: Democracy and political participation Party policies and ideas Elections Pressure groups There is no significance to the order in which questions appear. Each question is divided into three sections (a), (b) and (c). When choosing which questions to do, the following principles are recommended: It is almost certain that you will be better off choosing your strongest question to do first. You should choose questions on the basis of how well you can answer the section (c) part. The (c) part carries 25 of the 40 marks available for the whole answer. Do not choose a question simply because you can do part (a) especially well. The (a) question is only worth 5 marks. It would be illogical to choose your strongest (a) part if you cannot do well on section (c). If you cannot decide between several (c) parts, i.e. you can do more than one equally well, make your choice on the basis of part (b) which carries 10 marks. But remember, it is the (c) parts that will determine most what your overall mark will be. So, when you first look at the exam paper, look at the (c) sections first. Assessment Objectives Each question is divided into three sections,...
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...Barbados Barbados is a North American sovereign island country located in the Caribbean. The capital of this state is Bridgetown. This state raised its head as an independent state in 1966 after being a Colony of the British Empire for almost 350 years. Category | Fact | Category | Fact | 1.Size | 439 Square km | 4.Religion | Christianity | 2.Population | 277,821 | 5.Currency | Barbadian Dollar | 3.Language | Barbadian | 6.GDP Rate | $16,653 | The main resources of Barbados are Petroleum, Fish, Natural gas, Sugarcane etc. The national symbols of Barbados are Neptune's trident, pelican, and Red Bird of Paradise flower (also known as Pride of Barbados). In Barbados Queen Elizabeth II is the Head of the State and represented locally by Governor General which is at present Elliott Belgrave. These two heads are advised by the Prime Minister of Barbados who is also the Head of the Government on matters of Barbadian state. The current Prime Minister of Barbados is Freundel Stuart. ...
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