Part B Biography of Malaysian entrepreneur: Tony Fernandes Tan Sri Anthony Francis Fernandes CBE (born 30 April 1964; also known as Tony Fernandes) is a Malaysian entrepreneur and the founder of Tune Air Sdn. Bhd.‚ who introduced the first budget no-frills airline‚ AirAsia‚ to Malaysians with the tagline "Now everyone can fly". He has since founded the Tune Group of companies. In 2007‚ Tony Fernandes started a hotel chain‚ Tune Hotels‚ based on the no-frills concept. The first Tune Hotel was
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Politics Essay To what extent does democracy in the UK suffer from a participation crisis? (25 marks) There are a lot of ways in which citizens can participate in politics in the UK without necessarily having to vote for example: joining a political party‚ boycotting‚ and even signing petitions and fund raising. However‚ there is an argument that there has been a participation crisis over the past years in the UK. A participation crisis is when less and less citizens take part in political
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The main reason for conservative dominance in the years 1951 to 1964 was labour disunity?” Access the validity of this view I agree with this statement as the labour party leaders were ageing. The labour leaders were from the pre-war era therefore it meant that they were not in touch with the population. This led to labour disunity throughout the years as it caused Attlee to retire‚ he found that he couldn’t understand what the young wanted. For the public they left their trust with the labour party
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“The main reason for Conservative dominance between the years 1951-1964 was Labour disunity” assess the validity of this view. Labour disunity was undoubtedly significant and contributed hugely to the Conservative party’s ability to dominate politically throughout this period. However‚ it would be wrong to argue that divisions within the Labour party are alone responsible for this. Other reasons include poor Labour leadership‚ the strength of the Conservatives and affluence between the years 1951-1964
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How successful was the conservative party from 1918- 1928? As a party the Conservatives can be seen to have achieved considerable success between the years 1918-28. Before the war the party had lost 3 consecutive elections‚ whereas during the period 1918-28 they were in power for all but 10 months of those 10 years (First Labour Government January- October 1924). It can then be seen through their domination of power that they were very successful. However during the first 4 of those years‚ whilst
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Again‚ this is a first sort--just an overview that will further analysis. The United Kingdom is 23rd in world population‚ with about 61 million people. It is 6th in GDP‚ with about $2.9 trillion. And it is 4th in military expenditure‚ with about $61 billion per year. (Statistics as usual compiled from Politically‚ it seems as if the string has run out on Labour‚ and the Conservatives will in all probability take over in late spring of 2010. David Cameron‚ a pleasant man who sadly just lost a son
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What role does power play in politics? This essay will argue that power‚ in its various forms‚ is the vital component for politics‚ because political policy mainly changes things through the use of power. Heywood (2004)‚ suggests that politics is the process of decision-making‚ the allocation of scarce resources and the exercise of power and authority. The politics this essay will discuss is on a Formal level not on an individual one‚ and when referring to political systems this essay will
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Analytical Essay on Social Mobility Upon reading an excerpt of the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown’ speech on education and social mobility which he gave to an audience of teaching professionals in London in 2008‚ I have been inspired to pick this for today’s essay topic. Brown sees himself as a person who broke the mold and ascended beyond his peers. In the speech he mentions passing by people throughout his life that was bound by either visible or invisible barriers of different kinds‚ barriers
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Student number – 2217830 Should Labour embrace a blue future? In the 2010 general election‚ it was won by the conservative party who became the governing party of Britain with the help of the liberal democrats in the form of a coalition. This victory saw the labour party lose their first general election since 1997 and it the 2010 general election was seen as a very poor performance for the labour‚ this could be due to the fact that labour lost a vast amount of votes across all social classes
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Question 1 - Silvio Berlusconi has been the Prime Minister of Italy for three times. Berlusconi is the owner of the company Media Set. He also owns an advertising and publishing company and about 50 magazines. His brother is the owner of the Italian Daily‚ one of the most read newspapers in Italy. Next to that he is the owner of the soccer club AC Milan. You can say Berlusconi is all around the country and it is difficult not noticing his influence. The power of Berlusconi
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