elections * Conservatives have never really been tied to a single ideology, Labour before 1997 focused wholly on socialism and derivatives of it. This meant the Conservatives were able to adapt more easily: Churchill accepted the welfare state, whilst Thatcher was able to reposition the Conservatives towards the right wing of the party * Pre 1997, Labour tended to always focus on the working class; the Conservatives were seen to be focusing and appealing more to the nation as a whole. Even the radical
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"How far were conservative scandals the most important reason for their defeat in 1964"! Intro: * The conservative government had involvement in a number of scandals * They also faced social and economic problems * The labour party had its own strengths * The failure of Home as prime minister * Brief intro discussing the above and what is going to be argued for and against Conservative Scandals: * The conservative scandals included: The Profumo affair (briefly say what it
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The Reader’s Digest condensed version of The Road to Serfdom The Road to Serfdom FRIEDRICH A. HAYEK The condensed version of The Road to Serfdom by F. A. Hayek as it appeared in the April 1945 edition of Reader’s Digest The Institute of Economic Affairs First published in Great Britain in 1999 in the ‘Rediscovered Riches’ series by The Institute of Economic Affairs 2 Lord North Street Westminster London sw1p 3lb Reissued in the ‘Occasional Paper’ series in 2001 This condensed version
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Lady’ and the two leaders prided themselves on their respective, united, foreign policies. * Some commentators have praised Thatcher for bringing Russia (then known as the Soviet Union) to heal. But it was the emergence of a moderate leader in the Kremlin, Mikhail Gorbachev, that came a distance to making peace with the west after years of distrust. * Thatcher and Reagan, it is fair to say, didn’t make any real concessions. It was the softer tone of Gorbachev that took Russia out of the
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On June 11, 2004, Margaret Thatcher, Great Britain's former Prime Minister, stood before the American people with great sorrow in her delivery of former President Ronald Reagan's eulogy. She explains how great the loss is that everyone has encountered as evidenced by establishing her own credibility, Reagan's sense of humor, and overall the accomplishments he had made throughout his lifetime. Thatcher presents to us Ronald Reagan's great sense of humor and how it affected the people he was around
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Rebecca Jane Rigby 12JPO Sociology - Essay Write a rejoinder to Margaret Thatcher’s claim that ‘there is no such thing as society’ Everyone has their own definition of what they feel is society. The common characterization being that it is a community of people living in a particular region and having shared customs, laws, and organizations. There are a wide range of societies within our country which collectively form our British society. We are a formation of various races, religions and
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Everyone has their own definition of what they feel is society. The common characterization being that it is a community of people living in a particular region and having shared customs, laws, and organizations. There are a wide range of societies within our country which collectively form our British society. We are a formation of various races, religions and classes and it has been this way for as long as we can remember. Having dissimilarity in our country is what defines us as a group as
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Respectable which the writer is Colin Cram, managing director of March1 Ltd stated his views on the role played by Mrs. Thatcher who is the Britain’s former prime minister. She is widely known as a major contributor in transforming the public sector procurement as she managed to bring it to the whole new level as by selecting committees and established National Audit Office (NOA). Margaret Thatcher’s government positioned a certain basis for the procurement system where the transformation is from being
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Margaret Sanger Leader in Women's Health Vickie Doscher Hampton University Margaret Sanger Leader in Women's Health The early twentieth century was a turning point in American history-especially in regards to the acquisition of women’s rights. It was a time of grave social conflict and human suffering. As Margaret Sanger found out, women, especially those who were poor, had no choice regarding pregnancy. Margaret Sanger devoted her life to legalizing birth control and making it universally
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than others. Interestingly, the United States was one of the slowest countries to embrace birth control. In fact, a law — the Comstock Act — was passed that criminalized the advertising and distribution of birth control. And despite the actions of Margaret Sanger, Planned Parenthood (and its forerunner, the American Birth Control League) and other birth control advocates, the Comstock Act remained on the books well into the 20th century. Although many of the above-mentioned individuals are regularly
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