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British studies 4- Politics and Power (Margaret Thatcher (Key economic…

- - - - Associated with the upper classes
      - Industry as main source of party finance
      - Free market economy
      - Low taxation
      - Individualism
      - Eurosceptisism
      - Leader: Boris Johnson
      - Logo: Union-Jack Tree
    - - In 1640s/50s applied to supporters of the Irish Catholic Confederation
        
        When the Confederation supported the Stewart Monarchy, the word comes to mean Royalists at arms
        
        American Revolution Tories= Loyalists
    - - 1812 party becomes known as Tories
        
        1830s Conservative Party is beginning to be used
        
        1912 official: Conservative and Unionist Party
  - - - Pro- Eu
      - Tolerance
      - Multicultural
      - 2010-2015 coalition with conservatives
        
        Cameron(Con.)and Clegg
      - Logo: Bird of Liberty
      - Leader: Vince Cable (2017-)
        
        Tim Farron (2015-2017)
        
        Nick Clegg(anti-Brexit),lost seat 2017
      - Champion progressive ideas
        
        Green
        
        Social Justice
      - Won compromise on NHS policy(National Health Service)
      - Introduced pupil premium
      - Lost AV referendum
      - fixed-term Parliaments 2010(duration 5 yrs, came into power 2011)
        
        Overturned by Theresa May in 2017(Elections need to take place on the first Thursday in May every 5 yrs)
        
        Next election due to take place on 5 May 2022
    - - New Labour (1997-2010)Blair, Brown
        
        Tony Blair(New Labour)
        
        Policies(slides)
        
        New labours foreign policy
        
        Pro Europe
        
        Signed Maastricht “Social Chapter”
        
        Pro euro in principle
        
        Brown‘s five tests
        
        Stability guarantee for british economy
        
        Constitutional reform
        
        PM Question time now once a week 30 mins instead of twice a week
        
        Civil Contingency Act
        
        Override any law apart from human rights act and civil contingency act
        
        Devolution (1997) to extend power of scotland,ireland .. a bit(education,policies)
        
        Vote seeking especially in Scotland
        
        House of Lords Act 1999
        
        Abolished all but 92 hereditary peers
        
        New-Style Socialism
        
        Admires Thatcherite economics
        
        Rebuilding Health service
        
        New Labour Presaged by Neil Kinnock’s campaign against “Militant Wing”
        
        Welfare minded but controlled spending
        
        Economic prudence
      - Leader: Jeremy Corbyn (2015-)
        
        Former leader: Ed Miliband
      - Jeremy Corbyn (since 12 sept 2015 )
      - From Traditional Labour(1900)
        
        Marxist analysis
        
        Links with trade unions
        
        Support of working class and poor
        
        High taxation and high public spending
        
        National health service
        
        Nationalized industries
        
        Comprehensive schools
        
        Council housing
      - Arrival of Labour resulted in Liberal being Squeezed
      - New Election System OMOV passed on 1 March 2014
      - Union of socialists formed modern labour party
      - 1960s-70s in power under Harold Wilson
      - First majority government in 1945
    - - People’s budget passed!
      - House of Lords lost authority
        
        House of Commons more powerful now
- - - - Main Aim: Brexit
- - - - Sermon on the Mound (Church of Scotland 1988)
  - - - High in 1984 with 3.3 million
      - 1.6 million at start of her administration