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The Coalition Government of Cameron + Clegg / The First Year of the 2nd…

- - - - signed MAY 2010
  - - - prevented implementation of boundary changes
      - March 2015
        
        Financial Secretary to the Treasury
        
        "alternative economic plan"
    - - referendum on reform of electoral system
    - - Proposals for a referendum on UK's continued membership of the EU
  - - - deep budget cuts
      - pub sector job losses
      - pay freezes
      - tax rises
    - - funding cuts to higher education + rise in the cap of univT tuition fees
    - - break pre-election pledge
  - - - August 2011
        
        Riots + looting in LDN + o/ large cities
    - - 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
  - - - Rejection of the AV system
        
        Yes 32%
        
        NO 68%
        
        Consequences for L-D?
    - - Fixed term Parliaments Act
    - - HoL Reform Bill abandoned
    - - Electoral boundary changes abandoned
      - Succession to the Crown Act stopped primogeniture
    - - referendum on scotland
        
        Nicola Sturgeon replaces Salmond
        
        44% yes// 55% NO
  - - - announce referendum in 2017 if still in pow
    - - divisions over immig° limits
        
        Romania + Bulgaria
      - European elections
        
        big wins for UKIP + 2 conservative party defections to UKIP
        
        euroskeptic
        
        founded in 1993
  - - - News of the world closes after phone hacking scandal
    - - Levenson Report
        
        culture, practice + ethics of the press 2012
- - - - Should the UK remain a member of the EU or leave the EU?
        
        NO 51% //YES 48%
- - - - Theresa May becomes leader of Cons party
        
        odd circumstances
        
        only one standing
        
        Should have been B. Johnson + M. Gove but had a fight
        
        O/ candidate = interview mistake
      - 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
    - - proof she would do what country wanted
    - - New Department in charge exit EU
    - - came under pressure to say when she would trigger article 50
        
        29 March 2017
        
        challenged in court by civilian
        
        Gina Miller
        
        Parliamentary democ
        
        MPS should decide right moment for article 50
        
        won Court case
        
        T.May unsure what she wanted
        
        Hard or soft Brexit?
        
        played in favor EU
    - - set out the plan for Britain + 12 priorities to negotiate Brexit
      - 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
    - - Lost allies, surrounded by enemies
        
        had to negotiate with DUP
        
        Harsh cons from N.Id
      - totally undermined, out of touch
      - no majt for cons
    - - 4 terrorists attacks
        
        LDN + Manchester
        
        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
    - - Triggered article 50
        
        2 years to negotiate divorce (cost)
        but not yet terms of the deal
        
        sequencing
        
        negotiator Michel Barnier
    - - Big mistake
        
        G.E
        
        catastrophic manifesto
        
        had to back track
        
        wanted to make elders pay more for care // Old = voters of Cons Part
  - - - 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
    - - meeting at Chequers
        
        present vision for brexit
        
        soft brexit
        
        "180 degree pivot"
        
        several resignations
        
        David Davis, Steve baker, Boris Johnson
    - - Party Conference
        
        ABBA Dancing queen
        
        cringe
    - - EU x understand what Britain wanted
    - - 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
      - Withdrawal agreement bill
        
        defeated 3 times in parliament
        
        appeal to lab part
        
        no success
    - - calls vote of no confidence
        
        May survives
    - - last roll of dice
        
        promised a new deal
        
        immediately rejected
        
        MAY 24 announces she will quit
    - - 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
  - - - Jeremy Hunt // B. Johnson
      - DUDE
        
        Deliver Brexit, Unite the country, Defeat Jeremy Corbyn, Energize the country
      - lucky to have parliamentary holidays to get ready
    - - 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
    - - 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
    - - Lab Party agreed G.E
        
        DEC 12
        
        G.E "Get Brexit Done"
        
        best result for Cons since 1987 : 365 seats
    - - Changes
        
        No free movement
        
        point based immigration system w EU
        
        no big annual payments towards EU budgets
        
        Business trading w EU lot more paperwork
    - - // 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
- - - - US Leaderhsip
    - - Empire == Commonwealth
    - - Welfare State
        
        new pact citizen- state
      - Collectivism// Liberalism
    - - ++ Lab
      - Further democ + end of class based politics?
    - - from isolation to interdependence
      - "special relationship" unbalanced
      - Britain in Eur
        
        reluctant partner
        
        Brexit
      - Future of the Union?
        
        Scot + Irleand?