Ramsay Macdonald's Betrayal of His Party in 1931 In 1931, Ramsay Macdonald resigned from his position as leader of the Labour Party and Prime Minster of Britain, to take up a position a few days later as the leader of the new National Government set up to run the country, and thus becoming the countries leader again. Many have claimed that he betrayed the Labour Party by leaving them so he could join another party in a better position; in other words he was motivated by personal ambition. This theory can only be proven if it was known whether or not Ramsay Macdonald knew if he was going to remain Prime Minister at the time when he resigned Labour from power. One view of Ramsay Macdonald's resignation is that he resigned from the leadership to save the party. He realised that he could take the party no further for the time being, and pre-empting future embarrassments resigned the party from power to save face and keep their reputation intact. It is obvious his main thinking behind this was the rising unemployment in Britain, which was on the verge of spiralling out of control at the time. Not forgetting that Ramsay Macdonald was one of the founding members of the Labour Party and so presumable would not want to see it fail, this argument seems feasible. However, this view is not widely accepted by many modern historians. Historian Norman Lowe accuses Macdonald of being: 'vain, ambitious and out of touch with the grass-roots of the party' Ramsay Macdonald can only truly be judged as a traitor if he knew before the National Government was formed that he would be heading it. We can look at the facts to determine the truth. Macdonald would have known his name would be mud, and in a job like an MP where reputation is everything, crossing the floor so dramatically would surely have been a last resort to gain power. But was it his only resort? Historian David Marquand feels Macdonald didn't know he would remain Prime Minister at the time he resigned Labour from power, but was:
Holmes, P, Introducing Politics for AS Level, London: Polity Press, 2008. [Chapter 8, sections 5, 6 & 7]
credible candidates. It may still be possible to engage in democracy in a meaningful way;
Great leaders are found on both sides of history, the good side and the bad. Winston Churchill and Adolf Hitler were both good leaders, even though they were on different sides of the war. Churchill and Hitler, although very different were both effective leaders because they evaluate and understand the other side’s strengths and weaknesses and are underestimated. Understanding the strengths and weaknesses of the opposing side is important during war because it means that one is able to use his opponent’s weaknesses against him during war, whether it is military or political. For example, Hitler was very good at using his opponents’ weaknesses against them, and this is evident by how fast he was able to invade Europe. The magnitude of Hitler’s
“The Candidate” is a prime example to the inside of a campaign and the inside of an election. Elections do not only include the candidate themselves but the campaign manager, the supporters, the nominee’s family and the media crew. During “The Candidate” democratic nominee John McKay uses many strategies in order to “not” win his election for senator of California. Going into this campaign McKay was in hopes that he would not win the election, as time passed his view of the election changed as did his strategies.
Yes it may be that people in these types of positions needed to be recognized so they try to look for every possible way to make a name for themselves, the uncertain way of doing so. Politics seem that they'll do just about anything to get where they are at and if satisfying the potential people who can get them to where they need are able to stick along with them and then slowly become part of a corrupted system. My thoughts on how politically there is systems which are corrupted should be viewed on the positions that cause false/wrong information as being put in such high power can really put an effect on peoples lives that the people who are in charge might not even know/care for the situation that has been caused, brining bigger problems to the table even amongst themselves. That's why keeping a close eye out for positions that come with this type of system should require a view on their process that everything that is being caused. If the "boss rule" were tried to be used among today's society it seem a little harder for that kind of access to be
Canada initially did not want to get involved in another war. On september8 , 1939, Prime minister Mackenzie King ecided to call a special session of Parliament to decide Canada's response. Only the CCF was against war, and so on the 10th of September, Canada declared war on Germany. Canada was not prepared for the war, the population was less enthusiastic, but nevertheless they still got over 50 000 volunteers. Aboriginals were among the highest percentage than any other group in Canada. African-Canadians were originally rejected but were later accepted. Canada agreed to host/administer a rtaining plan led by British instructors who would train pilots and other flight personnel. Air fields were built in the prairies and the program was
Known as one of one of the founding fathers of Canada, Sir John A. Macdonald helped shape our country into what it is today. During the early 1800s, significant people and events aided the development and growth of Canada. Born on January 11, 1815, Macdonald worked tirelessly to join the provinces of Canada together into one country. He was the first prime minister of Canada, fought for confederation and will continue to be remembered for his contribution to Canadian history. Sir John A. Macdonald is significant to Canadian history because he created the North West Mounted Police, initiated the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and helped Canada achieve confederation and come together as a country.
Canadian politics has a tendency to be defined by the respective political parties and the different patterns of the party's competition. Carty et. al says, in order to make sense of Canada, you must first make sense of its party politics. At the same time, though, Jane Jenson and her colleague Janine Brodie have stated that the political parties are known to be the main actors when it comes to Canadian politics. Of course, there is some sort of doubt that these political parties of Canada run a central role when it comes to discourse. Therefore, the only way to have a better understanding of present-day Canadian politics, it is necessary to look towards Canada’s political systems of parties, the definition and structure of it, how each party system grew over the years, as well as its functions for the answers that could possibly be valid to this.
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have ridings to watch over, and re-elections to worry about. The MP’s would be hard
In 1984, the focus idea lies in beliefs and how they can be broken down. Throughout the 1940’s and 1980’s, Germany and the Soviet Union were at war with other countries due to their communist leaders. Europe and the United States had free and democratic system that other nations loathed and didn’t covet to understand. Hitler and Stalin had total power over the people’s dos and don’ts. Whatever the people believed in, the leader’s followers would endeavor to break it down: they desire the people to accept them and never question their way of ruling their country.
The development and implementation of John A. Macdonald’s National Policy was able to accomplish it’s three main goals: completion of the Canada Pacific Railway, the increase in tariffs and import duty to protect resources and industrial interest, as well as expanding immigration to the West of Canada. However, this period of success was also met with many disadvantages as well. The policy put forth for western immigration was discriminatory to francophone Canadians, causing massive emigration to the United States. In addition, the only areas to benefit from the National Policy were the heartland areas from Windsor to Montreal, causing regional innequality in Western Canada and the maritime provinces.
George Orwell creates a dark, depressing and pessimistic world where the government has full control over the masses in the novel 1984. The protagonist, Winston, is low-level Party member who has grown to resent the society that he lives in. Orwell portrays him as a individual that begins to lose his sanity due to the constrictions of society. There are only two possible outcomes, either he becomes more effectively assimilated or he brings about the change he desires. Winston starts a journey towards his own self-destruction. His first defiant act is the diary where he writes “DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER.” But he goes further by having an affair with Julia, another party member, renting a room over Mr. Carrington’s antique shop where Winston conducts this affair with Julia, and by following O’Brien who claims to have connections with the Brotherhood, the anti-Party movement led my Emmanuel Goldstein. Winston and Julia are both eventually arrested by the Thought Police when Mr. Carrington turns out to be a undercover officer. They both eventually betray each other when O’Brien conducts torture upon them at the Ministry of Love. Orwell conveys the limitations of the individual when it comes to doing something monumental like overthrowing the established hierarchy which is seen through the futility of Winston Smith’s actions that end with his failure instead of the end of Big Brother. Winston’s goal of liberating himself turns out to be hopeless when the people he trusted end up betraying him and how he was arbitrarily manipulated. It can be perceived that Winston was in fact concerned more about his own sanity and physical well-being because he gives into Big Brother after he is tortured and becomes content to live in the society he hated so much. Winston witnesses the weakness within the prole community because of their inability to understand the Party’s workings but he himself embodies weakness by sabotaging himself by associating with all the wrong people and by simply falling into the arms of Big Brother. Orwell created a world where there is no use but to assimilate from Winston’s perspective making his struggle utterly hopeless.
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The Labour party has had a long and tenuous history in British politics and has helped shape Britain into the great nation it is today. Whether it was the post-war majority government of Clement Atlee deriving from the ‘bowls of the trade union movement’ or the so called new labour government under Tony Blair, the Labour party have been integral in the progression of modern British politics and has a long and interesting history.