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1997-2001 The Advent of Cool Britannia - Coggle Diagram
1997-2001 The Advent of Cool Britannia
introduction
Blair 1st mandate
Con humiliated
spinning years
ctrl info°
use press to serve them
Death of Diana
unpopular reforms passed
Modern politics
news lose informative value
Alastair Campbell
head of comm°
Transformed UK in less than 4y
"New Labour, New Britain"
A. THE THIRD WAY
common sense
pragmatism
inclusiveness
stakeholder socT
ppl role to play
more democ
left == right? Party Values?
B. 1997 : INDEPENDENCE FOR THE BANK OF ENGLAND
set interest rates on their own
Brown understood market worried about N.L
"you can trust us"
Modernization of the system
new reputation for N.L
C. 1998 The Incorporation of the EUROPEAN CONVENTION on HUMAN RIGHTS into British Law
04/11/1950 COUNCIL OF EUROPE (//U.E)
EUROPEAN CONVENTION for the Protection of HUMAN RIGHTS + Fundamental Freedoms
recognize individual rights under international law
47 states
1998 HUMAN RIGHTS ACT
incorporates rights of ECHR into domestic Brit Law
Everyone access to justice in country
D. 1998
DEVOLUTION FOR THE REGIONS OF THE UK
1997 2 referendums approved devolution of pow
massive transfo° as soon as lab in pow
1998 Scotland Act
Scottish Parliament + 1st Minister
taxing pow
Wales Act
Welsh Assembly
less extensive, x taxing pow
1999 SEWEL CONVENTION
LDN Parliament x legislate w/o consent
unwritten rule
abandoned during brexit
Northern Ireland
1972-1997 direct rule
98 Good Friday Agreement
pow sharing assembly
diffct to sustain
suspended in feb 2000
May 2000 fct°
Oct 2002 suspended
IRA disarmament dissatisfaction
8 MAY 2007
direct rule officially ends aft alm 5 years
2017-2020
without an executive
governing parties DUP+ Sinn Fein
split in better row
January 2020
return of pow sharing agreement
E. 1999 : ELECTED MAYOR FOR LDN
Decentralization of pow
Greater LDN Authority Act
Thatcher had deleted it
established a mayor of LDN
1st Ken Livingstone
LDN assembly
25 members
F. 1999 REFORM OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS
remove hereditary peers from HoL
keep 92
Life peers appointed on advice of PM
G. 2000 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT
give citizens right of access to info° in pub offices
BUT also regulation of Investigatory Powers Act
and 2000-2006 Terrorist Act
H. MODERNISATION OF WELFARE STATE
tackling unemployment
3 jobs oppoT
if refused all x welf state
pbm during 2nd Mandate
I. 2000 RACE RELATIONS AMENDMENT ACT
1999 Macpherson Report aft murder Stephen Lawrence
Police institutionally racist
70 recommendations
amendment to Race Relation Act of 76
duty on pub bodies to promote race equality
1999 Immigration + Asylum Act
fight illegal immig°
2010 Equality Act
discrirmination law of 65 + 68 + 76 + 2000
European question in view of New Labour's pragmatic approach
A. MAKING EUROPE A POLITICAL ASSET
ptcal
need more pro-eur platform to get lib-dem voters
financial
more business partners
N.L
more indep from T.Us = soc chapter UE
B. BLAIR's DEFINITION OF UK IN EUROPE
1995 Royal Institute of International Affairs
Brit constructive engagement in Eur
pragmatic reasons
get new partners
UK need financial support
reforming europe
"bureaucratic + wasteful"
C. THE EUROPEAN RAPID REACTION FORCE
DEC 1999 Helsinki Council
controversial decision
humaintarian tasks
Nato?
D. ENLARGEMENT
pragmatic reasons
dilute calls for federalism
signed soc chapter
soc protections good for T.Us
euro?
eco doing well
x widespread support
Brown refused
Blair pro-eur
EXTRAORDINARY FIRST MANDATE