Why Labour Won the 1945 Election There are many reasons why labour gained their unexpected landslide victory in the 1945 general election‚ both due to the party itself and external influence. First amongst these causes was the effect that the nation’s experience of war had on their political views. In the last election in 1935 the socialist policies of labour had scared the public into thinking that if the party ever won a majority then they would create a communist state. The war showed
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Pg. 188‚ #2 Douglas J. Futuyma on the limits of science: [[S]cience seeks to explain only objective knowledge]‚ [knowledge that can be acquired independently by different investigators if they follow a prescribed course of observation or experiment]. [Many human experiences and concerns are not objective] and (so) [do not fall within the realm of science]. (As a result)‚ **[science has nothing to say about aesthetics or morality]**….[The functioning of human society‚ then‚ clearly requires
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representation is a better suited system. A majoritarian system works on the basis that there is always a clear winner after an election and thus the ruling party enjoys the great majority of parliamentary seats in order to ensure that they have a large degree of autonomous power (Norris‚ 2001: 301). The party with the majority seats can create a “manufactured majority” in plurality elections by exaggerating the number of seats which they were awarded (Norris‚ 2001: 301). The number of seats awarded in this
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Man: The Social Animal Brian Greaney Political Science 230 Prof. T. Mullins April 18‚ 2011 John Locke and Thomas Hobbes were two main political philosophers during the seventeenth century. Hobbes is largely known for his writing of the “Leviathan”‚ and Locke for authoring "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding." Included in their essays‚ both men discuss the purpose and structure of government‚ natural law‚ and the characteristics of man in and out of the state of nature. The two men’s
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Daniel Post-Jacobs Shay’s Rebellion Essay Regarding Shay’s Rebellion‚ Thomas Jefferson and John Hamilton would both have been against it albeit for different reasons. Jefferson would oppose the rebellion because of his faith in popular-rule. Hamilton‚ a strong believer in an elitist-government‚ would have opposed the rebellion simply because he would not have thought that the Shaysites were any different from the rest of the public who are uninformed and prone to acting out of their own passions
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Rosalia Steffi Longjam’s Speech for Election in India Fellow Citizens‚ 76 years back‚ at the stroke of the midnight hour India awoke to her freedom. However we have miles to go and miles to go before all the dreams of our founding fathers translate to reality. Today we stand at the threshold of the 21st century and as Indians we all have an awesome responsibility to fulfill - in part a backlog of efforts yet to be applied. India can and indeed become a global giant. Who amongst us would not
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Propaganda In Elections Have you ever seen a TV commercial portraying a disastrous automobile accident‚ and then you reminds you to wear your seatbealts?!?! Believe it or not‚ that’s using a technique in propaganda called the fear appeal. Propaganda is more widespread than people picture. Propaganda is being used for everything from the baby food you feed your child to the TV commercial you laughed at yesterday night. There are many techniques that a propagandist can use to seduce you. Some
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The mysterious election of 1800 The election of 1800 was one of‚ if not‚ the most mysterious and most exciting presidential elections in the history of the United States. The election was a great clash of powers between the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans who believed the winner could possibly set the path of America’s government‚ possibly forever. The Democratic-Republicans believed if the federalists won they would destroy the republic‚ and get rid of liberty that the American people
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Dumbledore of one of my favourite books‚ Harry Potter. Was my ‘direct speech’ properly-written? *stereotypical-cheerleader-giggle* Being a democratic country‚ we are given the opportunity to choose our country’s leaders in a marvel called ‘election’. But in a country where officials use their position for graft and corruption and enjoy a monopoly of political power to the disadvantage of rival leaders called “political dynasty”. Some of them even resort to unfair if not illegal means to keep
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these‚ what seems to be‚ never-ending bills. In 2007‚ McGuinty even promised the people of Ontario that he would not hike taxes anymore by signing a contract with the Taxpayers Federation. However‚ soon after he was seen at the Ontario Provincial Election 2007 campaign commercial admitting to breaking his promise to not raise taxes. Many people are out of work and can barely make ends meet. So when Dalton McGuinty decided to merge the PST and GST to make the Harmonized Sales Tax‚ it is the people
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