Conservative Democrat

Every Wednesday, current Prime Minister, David Cameron, meets in the House of Commons for half an hour to answer questions from Members of Parliament. These questions are meant to address current events both international and domestic, and have come to be known as Prime Minister Questions (PMQs). All Members of Parliament must write their questions for the Prime Minister on the Order Paper several days prior to the PMQs. Once submitted, the questions are then sorted through, scrambled, and…

The electoral and party systems have important implications in the Canadian political system, but their impact runs deeper than simply forming a new parliament every time an election takes place. The relationship the systems share has political and social impacts. Author Alan C. Cairns discusses the functions of the two systems and the effects they have on the electorate in his article “The Electoral System and the Party System in Canada, 1921-1965*.” The electoral system used in Canada is…

The first exposure of his liberal perspective comes into view when he further describes the campaign’s slogan as “the same loaded language as the conservative political activists”, immediately giving the readers the conclusion that he is of the opposing side (Sirota 760). And while the target is more directed towards the same political party he is in, the choice of words within this paragraph makes his…

community. While a high number of people identify as Jews, few have a strong connection to the religion or culture, belong to any Jewish communities, or do many mitzvot or rituals. The authors also claim that non-Orthodox movements - especially Conservative and Reform Judaism - are contributing to this continuity challenge. Cite relevant statistical material contained in the article. A whopping 72% of non-Orthodox Jews intermarry. Less than one-third…

“Ordinary Democratization: The Electoral Strategy That Won British Women the Vote,” by Dawn Langan Teele, outlines the path to women’s inclusion in voting. The reading conveys how the struggle, in which the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies formed a coalition with the Labour Party, eventually lead to women’s suffrage. By doing this, suffragists allowed women’s suffrage to be included in the 1918 Representation of the People Act. This path was not easy as it took years of hard work,…

On the 15th of June 2010 David Cameron’s delivered a prepared statement as an apology for the events of Bloody Sunday. A very challenging statement for a conservative PM to make as he had the challenge to make his speech very convincing to two groups of people, at the same time, with very different opinions on this very sensitive issue. This statement is a great example of the benefits of using a scripted language as opposed to spontaneous language. Mr Cameron was able to effectively use…

I personally would have archived my goal of becoming first minster of Scotland if we aligned with the Conservatives; however, I am glad that we did not. If the SNP made a coalition with the Conservatives, both parties would have suffered greatly in the next election cycle. Aligning ourselves with Labour was the safest bet. Just we just fell short. I did like the fact that SNP followed the minimal distance…

Margaret Thatcher, Often referred to as the Iron Lady by the Russians was the Prime Minister in Britain from 1979 to 1990. She was look upon by the British people with both respect and hate, either way she had a strong and successful career. Thatcher was not merely unpopular, she was very polarizing – some liked her, other disliked her. There are many reasons for why the British people hated and respected her. In the movie Pride, it is very clear why many people disliked her. Her economic…

She was the best known for the destruction of Great Britain traditional industries. In Margaret’s second term from 1983 to 1987 she had many conflicts. One of the conflicts was a bomb attempt that was meant to kill her at the Conservative Conference in Brighton. Margaret Thatcher began her third term in 1987. Wince this was her last year she was more determined than ever as prime minister of Britain and motivated than ever before. There were many improvements to Britain, but…

According to some theorists, modernity is a limiting factor of religion. Modernity is a key factor in the secularization theory. Many believe that with advances in science, technology, urbanization, and globalization, religion has no place in the modern world and that Americans are becoming increasingly secular (Lippy, 2013, p. 18). However, when I attended a Jewish Havdallah service, the “insiders” to the Jewish faith were able to use modernity to their advantage, but were still able to…