The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Muriel Spark The following entry presents criticism on Spark’s novel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961). For further information on her life and works‚ see CLC‚ Volumes 2‚ 3‚ 5‚ 8 and 18. One of Spark’s best-known and most critically acclaimed works‚ The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961) centers on morality‚ manipulation‚ and betrayal at a school for girls in Edinburgh‚ Scotland‚ during the 1930s. Praised for its structural complexity‚ the novel juxtaposes past‚ present
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TUESDAY 9 APRIL 2013 WWW.THEDAY.CO.UK Britain’s ‘Iron Lady’ prime minister dies Margaret Thatcher‚ the first female prime minister of the UK‚ has died aged 87. Her vision and determination has left an indelible mark in Britain and beyond – for better or for worse. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS HISTORY Shaping the nation: Margaret Thatcher at her desk in Downing Street‚ 1987 © Getty Images ance on powerful trade unions. Thatcher was elected on a promise of radical change; and she kept her word
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therefore having to form a coalition with the Liberal Democrats. One argument for is that the cabinet includes more than one political party‚ this means that the Prime Minister has to confer‚ with other MP’s and with the other party in the coalition‚ on all matters. This limits the patronage and decision-making power of the Prime Minister‚ and that he/ she has to share their power with another party‚ in order to come to a decision that both parties are happy with. An example of this was when the Conservatives
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has the Prime Minister become that some have argued that he or she is effectively a president. The Prime Minister is the most important person in British politics. The Prime Minister appoints his cabinet and makes the final decisions on major issues. The Prime Minister cannot become a President as the UK system would not allow it but in the recent years‚ people have criticised that our Prime Ministers have increasingly become more of a presidential figure in Parliament. Some of the ministers that
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Prime Minister Winston Churchill delivered the speech The Few on August 20th of 1940 as World War II began to erupt across Europe. This speech was given to help motivate British troops who were about to sent to fight for their country. Churchill describes the differences between the Great War and World War II in terms of British losses and resources they have taken into the first year of fighting. The speech begins by Churchill explaining the similarities and differences that World War II has with
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Do you know anything about Prime Ministers? This prime minister didn’t rule a country‚ but ruled the “Underworld” in the late 1800s and early and middle 1900s. Frank Costello wasn’t a normal mobster who ruled with force‚ but he ruled with his intelligence. He was affiliated with many famous mobsters. He owned different casinos and had his nose in everything alcohol during prohibition. Though he was associated with many illegal crimes he only went to jail two times and one was when he was 15
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1.0 INTRODUCTION The first Prime Minister of Malaysia‚ Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj spearheaded the effort for independence‚ leading a delegation of ministers and political leaders of Malaya (now Malaysia) in negotiations with the British in London for Merdeka‚ or Independence. Tun Abdul Ghafar Baba also fight toward independence by follow the order from his superior. He is a very friendly and humble in leading and implementing ideological party affiliation. 2.0 BACKGROUND 2.1 BIODATA Tun
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than an excuse to reward crony BJ Nottage for his party-switching antics. Prime Minister Perry Christie last evening announced several adjustments to his cabinet in addition to giving a ministerial position to Senator BJ Nottage. Dr Nottage‚ the former leader of the Coalition for Democratic Reform‚ rejoined the Progressive Liberal Party at the PLP convention last year. He will now replace Senator Dr Marcus Bethel as Minister of Health with the added responsibility of National Insurance. "This is
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William Pitt became Prime Minister in 1783 at just 24 years old. He came to power soon after the American War of Independence (1776-1783). Britain’s status as a superpower had been undermined by this loss‚ and she was now isolated in Europe. The war had left Britain with huge national debt‚ and the dramatic fall in exports to America meant that her finances were also in an awful state. It was in this climate of political instability that Pitt became Prime Minister of Britain. He faced huge opposition
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Politics Homework To what extent does the Prime Minister dominate the political system in the UK? (40 marks) In recent years there has been an increasing debate over whether the executive‚ and within that the Prime Minister‚ dominates the political system due to the increasingly so-called ‘presidential style’ of leadership‚ as can be seen with the development of TV debates between party leaders‚ mirrored very much on the US debates. The Prime Minister can be seen to dominate due to ‘spatial leadership’
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