I. Introduction On June 24, 2016, the citizens of the United Kingdom voted in favor for their departure from the European Union. For the past forty years, the United Kingdom has been a member of this peaceful union which is comprised of twenty-seven other European countries. The union enacts Article 50, a law that allows these countries to exit the union at will. In the events that have followed the in-favor vote to depart from the EU, little action has taken place. The nations that form the…
The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system of government. Although Queen Elizabeth II has been the country’s Head of State since 1952, the “royal prerogative” of the monarchy has been progressively reduced in past centuries after events such as the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and the passing of the Representation of the People Act 1832. The monarch must still “appoint” a new Prime Minister after a general election and approve the enactment of all legislation, but…
politician, and British Army Officer. Winston became the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940, to 1945, and again in 1951 to 1955. His sphere of influence ranged throughout the entire British Empire during the two times he was prime minister. It included places such as the United Kingdom, Canada, India, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and numerous other territories. Though he retained majority of the power when he was Prime Minister, he did definitely share his authority with…
Throughout the second world war, the United Kingdom was kept stable due to their Prime Minister, Winston Churchill. Winston Churchill used powerful speeches a medium for encouraging his people. Despite being born into aristocracy, Churchill was still a self-made man. He portrayed leadership not only in governing his country, but in himself by overcoming obstacles including a speech impediment to not being particularly courageous. Churchill has gone down in history as a figurehead of hope, and…
Operation Ajax was a 1953 Iranian coup d'état supported by the United States with the goal of overthrowing a democratically elected government in Iran and replacing that government with a king. Operation Ajax should not have taken place because the Iranian people were not happy with this government, overthrew it, and replaced it with an Islamic fundamentalist theocracy that does not support human rights in Iran and considers America the Great Satan. Mohammad Mosaddegh was an Iranian politician…
in crisis, especially after US President Obama 's recent visit to the United Kingdom. They were so much troubled and feared that they descended into ad hominem against President Obama. Boris Johnson, the leader of the Leave campaign and mayor of London, suggested that President Obama had anti-colonial mindset obtained from his Kenyan father. Although the reference was made to the removal of the bust of British Prime Minister Churchill from the Oval Office, Johnson was angry because of his…
differences. Some appear to function better than others and some worse. Each government has its own way of operation and contrasts the United States in certain areas. The United Kingdom is the first government to be discussed. The Government of the UK is both a Monarchy and a Democracy, with the queen being the head of state who is largely ceremonial, and the Prime Minister is the head of government. His job is to make laws and is in charge of the country from the policy standpoint. The…
1949 the Liberal party of Australia won the federal election and Robert Menzies became Prime Minister. His tenure as Prime Minister lasted seventeen years and in that time Australia’s foreign policy and international relations with other nations becoming advanced, leading Australia into a new period of worldwide cooperation; under Menzies, Australia strengthened its ties with neighbouring pacific states, the United States and New Zealand, as well as showing commitment to working with the…
powers such as the Canada and the United Kingdom thrive with their parliamentary system while the United States of America has shown stability and power with their presidential system. While both parliamentary and presidential systems have benefits and drawbacks, parliamentary systems are evidently more democratic because it gives majority of its power to the people by allowing them to call for a vote of no confidence and not setting maximum limits to prime minister term periods. This paper will…
1. What are the factors that motivated United Kingdom exit European Union? What is unique about the United Kingdom from other members of the European Union? (Yixiao Xu) 1. Cressey, Daniel, and Alison Abbott. "Researchers reeling as UK votes to leave EU." Nature, 2016..doi:10.1038/nature.2016.20153. According to Nature, most scientists were against the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union. However, 52% of British people sill voted to leave. To analyze this outcome, we have to…