The Coalition Government of Cameron + Clegg / The First Year of the 2nd Cameron Premiership / The Brexit Years
2010-2020

  1. 2010-2015 :The Coalition Gov of C+C

2015-06/16 Cameron's surprise second mandate

Brexit Years 2016-2020

Coalition agreement?

"for stability and reform"

covered how policy would be commissioned + agreed

How appointments would be made

how the principles of collective responsibility would be carried out

Nick Clegg

Deputy PM

responsibility for delivering the commitments on constitutional reform

The LIB-DEM held none of the major spending departments

18 Cons

5 Lib Dem in Cabinet

59 Cons // 12 L-D junior ministers

Differences of positions

LibDem

prevented implementation of boundary changes

May 2011

referendum on reform of electoral system

Separate statements on proposals to implement the Leveson report into regulation of the media

2013

Proposals for a referendum on UK's continued membership of the EU

March 2015

Financial Secretary to the Treasury

"alternative economic plan"

Austerity Programme

Comprehensive spending review

deep budget cuts

pub sector job losses

pay freezes

tax rises

strong opposition

funding cuts to higher education + rise in the cap of univT tuition fees

Clegg + L-D

break pre-election pledge

Social DiffT

++ Unemployment

Multiculturalism?

August 2011

Riots + looting in LDN + o/ large cities

Health, social, welfare reforms

2012

Health + Social Care Act

modernising NHS

putting clinicians at the centre commissioning

allowing providers to innovate + empowering patients

Welfare Reform Act

by 2013 considerable changes benefits initiated

Child benefit became means tested

Personal Independence Payment (PIP) introduced

Universal credit started in pilot areas of the UK

Bedroom Tax (under occupancy penalties)

++ State pension age

Work on a Welfare reform + Work Bill

became an act in 2016

2 other important reforms

2011 Sovereign Support Grant

replaced civil list

2013

same sex marriage

Constitutional q° ? Role of the L-D?

referendum on the reform of the electoral system in May 2011

Rejection of the AV system

Yes 32%

NO 68%

Consequences for L-D?

2011

Fixed term Parliaments Act

2012

HoL Reform Bill abandoned

2013

Electoral boundary changes abandoned

Succession to the Crown Act stopped primogeniture

2014

referendum on scotland

Nicola Sturgeon replaces Salmond

44% yes// 55% NO

The European Pbm

2013 Bloomberg speech

announce referendum in 2017 if still in pow

2014

divisions over immig° limits

Romania + Bulgaria

European elections

big wins for UKIP + 2 conservative party defections to UKIP

euroskeptic

founded in 1993

The other difficT

2011

News of the world closes after phone hacking scandal

2012

Levenson Report

culture, practice + ethics of the press 2012

The G.E of 2015?

The Labour Party?

Before Brexit?

The Northern Powerhouse Partnership

Continued withdrawal from the Welfare State

Chancellor announces introduction of National Living wage

Welfare reform Act 2016 passed

23/06/16 Brexit

Referendum q°

Should the UK remain a member of the EU or leave the EU?

NO 51% //YES 48%

A. July 2016-June 2017 Theresa May's rise

B. June 2017-July 2019 Theresa May's decline and fall

C. July 2019- 13 DEC 2019 Boris + Brexit

July 2016

Theresa May becomes leader of Cons party

odd circumstances

only one standing

13th First speech as PM

fight "burning injustices" that hold people back

"country that works for everyone"

But Brexit will dominate her 3 years in pow

has 2 years to accomplish Brexit

Cut ties w key figures from previous gov

B. Johnson appointed Foreign Secretary

DexEU?

Party Conf OCT 2016

came under pressure to say when she would trigger article 50

29 March 2017

JAN 18 2017 Lancaster Speech

set out the plan for Britain + 12 priorities to negotiate Brexit

G.E of June 2017?

Lost allies, surrounded by enemies

totally undermined, out of touch

March-June 2017

4 terrorists attacks

LDN + Manchester

signed MAY 2010

Should have been B. Johnson + M. Gove but had a fight

O/ candidate = interview mistake

proof she would do what country wanted

New Department in charge exit EU

challenged in court by civilian

Gina Miller

Parliamentary democ

MPS should decide right moment for article 50

T.May unsure what she wanted

Hard or soft Brexit?

played in favor EU

won Court case

Hard Brexit

Reject

Single Market

Free Union

"No deal for Britain is better than a bad deal for Britain"

"the new Iron Lady"

restricted arena for negotiation wn Article 50 procedures

March 2017

Triggered article 50

2 years to negotiate divorce (cost)
but not yet terms of the deal

sequencing

negotiator Michel Barnier

May desperately trying to find a plan

Big mistake

G.E

catastrophic manifesto

had to back track

wanted to make elders pay more for care // Old = voters of Cons Part

no majt for cons

had to negotiate with DUP

Harsh cons from N.Id

22 March

Westminster

22 May

Manchester

3 June

LDN Bridge

19 June

Finsbury Park

36ppl D / 200 injured

"enough is enough"

"defeating this ideology is one of the great challenges of our time"

14 June 2017

Grenfell Tower fire

72 PPL D

T. May did not meet survivors

Corbyn did

Sept 2017

Florence Speech

Weak PM

went back on Lancaster Speech

Soft + Hard Brexit

UK close to EU but free

"europe à la carte" again

Atrocious consequences

OCT 2017

Party conference

disaster

sick

prank

decor falling off

DECEMBER

important find a compromise for northern ireland

no hard border btwn northern ireland and repu of ireland

"the backstop"

David Davis warned would not work

Cabinet agreed

JULY 2018

meeting at Chequers

present vision for brexit

soft brexit

several resignations

David Davis, Steve baker, Boris Johnson

"180 degree pivot"

Oct 2018

Party Conference

ABBA Dancing queen

cringe

December Brussels Summit

EU x understand what Britain wanted

How to get agreement voted in parliament

antiquated procedure to get ministers to produce documents

show impact of Brexit depending on deal

Chequers plan

-2.5% growth

No deal

-9.3%

19/01/19

Divorce deal voted by 432 to 202

worst defeat in modern British History

x allowed to resign

Corbyn

calls vote of no confidence

May survives

Withdrawal agreement bill

defeated 3 times in parliament

appeal to lab part

no success

MAY 21 2019

last roll of dice

promised a new deal

immediately rejected

MAY 24 announces she will quit

During her 3 years

Chilcot report

Iraq war + Tony Blair

+++ Univt tuition fees cap

over 9000£

students grants crapped

Corbyn

challenged + re-elected leader of his party

stronger majt in 2016

23 JULY 2019

Jeremy Hunt // B. Johnson

DUDE

Deliver Brexit, Unite the country, Defeat Jeremy Corbyn, Energize the country

lucky to have parliamentary holidays to get ready

August 28

requested Q to prorogue Parliament

Parliament return date

Oct 14

time to prepare a deal

Brexit deadline end of the year

Gina Miller returned

took gov in court

prorogation illegal

won

September

Opponents to no deal Brexit + members of opposition + 21 rebellious Cons MPS

vote in favour of allowing HoC to take ctrl of legislative body agenda

328-301 vote

Defeat Johnson

expelled 21 voters from Cons PARTY

HoC forced Johnson to delay Brexit

until 31/01/2020

if by 19th OCT

x submitted a deal for Parliament's approval

TENSION

renegotiated agreement w EU

Similar plan to Chequers' but

backstop plan replaced

N.Id aligned w EU for at least 4y

extension of deadline

31/01/2020

No deal brxit off table

Lab Party agreed G.E

DEC 12

G.E "Get Brexit Done"

best result for Cons since 1987 : 365 seats

01/20

Changes

No free movement

point based immigration system w EU

no big annual payments towards EU budgets

Business trading w EU lot more paperwork

Johnson's One Nation conservatism

// Cameron + May

based on finding solution to reduce gap poor rich

traditional values

// Corbyn

refused N.LABOUR

Johnson profited it

April 2020

Sir Keir Starmer

LibDem

Sir Ed Davey Aug 2020

From 1918 to 2018

Huge transformations

Eco decline

US Leaderhsip

Indus/ Diplomatic decline

Empire == Commonwealth

Post 1945 rebirth

Welfare State

new pact citizen- state

Collectivism// Liberalism

Reorganisation of politics

++ Lab

Further democ + end of class based politics?

Britain's role in the world

from isolation to interdependence

"special relationship" unbalanced

Britain in Eur

reluctant partner

Brexit

Future of the Union?

Scot + Irleand?