Introduction John McAllister Schofield was a West Point graduate in 1853 he was a former U.S. Secretary of War and a Commanding General of the United States Army. There were only two things I knew about Major General John M. Schofield before writing this paper, that is that Schofield Barracks is named after him, and his “Definition of Discipline.” Researching Schofield, you will discover that he was not well liked by his superiors, but dig further into his life and you will discover that he was beloved
John Jay was born in New York, New York on December 12, 1745. John was the sixth of seven children who survived to adulthood in the Jay family. Shortly after his birth however they moved from Manhattan to Rye in order to provide a better life for his elder siblings, two of which were blind and another two suffered from mental handicaps. John Jay accomplished a lot when he was alive, some of these things include serving as the first chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, drafting New York’s first
In the Life of John Lennon John Lennon was a gifted and talented artist, so unique and phenomenal that millions of American youths followed him and the Beatles during the 1960’s. Even after the Beatles disbanded, his fan base continued to follow him. John was an extraordinary composer and wrote hundreds of songs by himself and with his fellow Beatle’s band member, Paul McCartney. While John is primarily known for his singing, he also staged peace demonstrations in hopes to impact the day’s youth
John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men tells the story of two friends, George Milton and Lennie Small and their struggle as migrant workers in California during the great depression and dustbowl era. The pair had escaped from an incident in Weed, California where Lennie, a mentally handicapped but gentle man, was wrongly accused of rape when he touched a woman’s dress because of his obsession with petting soft objects. One of the major themes from the novel is that having a dream brings friendship
explore three functions of the Prime Minister. One of the major functions of the Prime Minister concerns appointments and dismissals. The Prime Minister has the power to appoint all Ministers, and subsequently promotes, demotes and dismisses them, allowing the PM the power to decide who does
INTRODUCTION John Major as a successor to Margaret Thatcher was always going to find life difficult. He says himself he rejected any talk of his creating 'Majorism' as Margaret created 'Thatcherism', claiming instead that "The Conservative Party does not belong to any one individual" . His priorities (at least initially) as he saw them were clear; inflation, inflation, inflation. Further to that, he aimed to reduce unemployment, although not through artificial job creation, but by preserving a climate
The general election of June 11, 1987 was the third victory in a row for Margaret Thatcher and the Conservatives. She was the first leader since the Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool to win three successive elections. However this was a major turning point in the conservative party. The Conservative government had survived the industrial disputes with the mine workers (1984-85) and the print unions (1985-86), the 1986 Westland problems had been put aside with the loss of Michael
first was Margaret Thatcher, who came into power in 1979, and resigned in 1990. Then came John Major in 1990, and lost the vote in 1997. Tony Blair became Prime Minster in this year and has successfully stayed in power for two full terms so far. These Prime Ministers all have very different leadership styles. Having said this, the radical policies of Margaret Thatcher, were still continued through Major and Blair. Margaret Thatcher made less use of her cabinet than her predecessors. Detailed
as they received only 13.1% less votes than Labour at 31.3% but they only got 165 seats in the Commons (making a loss of 171 seats from ’92). The main feature of this election was the fact that constant hostility to the Conservatives played a major part in getting them thrown out of office. In marginal constituencies the Conservatives had managed to gain a fair majority of them in 1992 but in the 1997 an election person had enough of them and in many of these seats there was on average a
thinking was called "Rolling back the frontiers of the state" by Margaret Thatcher. This therefore means that the state should play a smaller role in the day to day lives of ordinary people. New-Right Conservatives also believe in deregulation of major industries. During t... ... middle of paper ... ... have been given. The third way refers New Labour. It would seem that one way is Old Labour, another way is Conservatism, and the third way is New Labour. New Labour pretty much threw away a
Thatcher and Thatcherism It is now twenty years since Margaret Thatcher was elected Prime Minister of Great Britain, and over eight years since she left office. So this seems a good opportunity to look back at what Thatcher and Thatcherism may have achieved, and what may be the lessons for today. I must start with a disclaimer. I'm the British High Commissioner and normally speak on behalf of the British Government in Australia. But I hope you will realise that in addressing a subject
The conservative party has been in existence since the 1670s and was first called the ‘Tories’, a term used by the Scottish and Irish to describe a robber. This party is a right- wing party which believed in conserving the tradition and the king, as the name entails. David Cameron, the current party leader became the leader in 2005. He is also the present prime minister of Great Britain and he has made a lot of changes since he became the leader of the party. In this essay, I will talk about the
Introduction With the campaign ‘New Labour Because Britain Deserves Better’, it appeared that the new look of the Labour Party was so promising that most Britons have poured their votes for the Labour Party, and Tony Blair and his family moved to stay at the 10th Downing Street. It is said that the New Labour won the election, because they have tried to understand what British people wanted. Like it or not, the New Labour has simply followed Margaret Thatcher’s achievements. Moreover, Tony Blair
government Butler is correct when he says; Tony Blair's decision had 'significant implications'. This is reminisant to when Margaret Thatcher took Britain to war in the Falklands (1982) because she consulted no-one in her decision. Although there is one major difference, the Falklands Island War, or more importantly the victory of this war boosted Thatcher's popularity rather than suffering a loss of popularity like Tony Blair. Another similarity between Blair in Thatcher is there 'special relationships'
The opening sentence qualifies Blair’s attempt explain his own feelings in order to match those of the British public. “I feel like everyone else in this country today - utterly devastated.” This is a personal statement headed by the personal pronoun ‘I’; it is short and emotive due to the use of intensifiers ‘utterly, devastated.’ At this point Blair’s hand pull apart, palms parallel to the heavens. This would suggest that he is in despair; speechless. The Prime Ministers frank admission combined
In 1997, Tony Blair of the labour party won the United Kingdom’s general election on the ideology, goals and a party manifesto of a ‘new labour’, a revision, an update and a reform of the old labour party, bringing new radical politics to the 20th century - although some believe that labour only won the election due to the British publics increasing hate for Thatcher and the conservatives. The term new labour was a reflection on how the labour party was trying to reform itself and depart from the
However, though very hard to spot, one of the biggest strengths in Thatcher’s speech is her use of emotion in her rhetorical appeals. Throughout the speech, she appeals to the humor in the situation to lighten up the mood and continues to show how much she cares for and understands her people and wants them to know that she is going to be there to help them regain their economic stability. “And we actually like each other” (Margaret Thatcher, “The Lady’s not for Turning”). Thatcher refers to her
Paparazzi and Their Contribution to Princess Diana's Death It was only last August that the familiar world of U.S. evening television programming was interrupted by a terse bulletin, stating only Princess Diana of Wales had been injured in an auto accident in France. However, moments after the first bulletin, a second news flash interrupted, ominous in the complete lack of details, gravely stating that an update on the Princess Diana’s condition was coming. The update, as promised, came, succinctly
Decline of the Green Party The UK Green Party's 15% vote share in the 1989 European Elections was the best result achieved by any Green Party (ever), but whilst Green candidates from countries across Europe were elected, Britain's 'First-past-the-post' voting system denied the UK any Green representation. Under a fully proportional system, the Greens would have returned 12 MEPs. More than anything else, the continued
Since the 1950s there has been a rise in the power of the Prime Minister, specially Crossman in 1962 and Benn, who in 1979 referred to “a system of personal rule in the very heart of our Parliamentary democracy”. As Britain has remained the “world’s most successful representative democracy”. The role of the executive has significantly increased at a great deal since the end of World War 2, however, the outward dangers of a supplementary individual hegemony attached to the Prime Minister shouldn’t