Conservative Party

Operating under the fear of loss of job security, and that the party’s leader chooses who is able to speak on each matter in legislature has caused for paranoia to overcome the member’s. This came about in the early 1980s when Jeanne Suave suggested for parties to provide the names of those who will be addressing the House of Commons in advance as a time-saving matter during Parliament . The leader has the final say in who is approved to speak on behalf of issues in Member’s statements. However,…

Canada, both now and in the past, has been able to have a significant impact on many aspects of Afghan life and on Afghanistan as a whole. This nation managed to do this by working hard in order to increase the number of participants enlisted in Afghanistan's armed forces. Canada also put forth endless hours and incorporated many different departments in helping with the mission in Afghanistan. On top of that, this country broke down the resistant barriers of the terrorist groups, Afghani…

Clark, Joe. “What’s Right and Wrong with Democracy in Canada.” Election Law Journal 3, No. 3 (2004). http://journals 2.scholarsportal.info.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/pdf/13510347/v16i0003/485_poppsatsodr.xml. Joe Clark provides a few reasons for why he thinks Canada is not a strong democracy. In his article, he briefly describes five key flaws in the Canadian political system. For example, Clark points to the fact that Canadian federal politics lacks competition. Second, he makes the claim…

David C. Docherty’s (2002) scholarly journal: The Canadian Senate: Chamber of Sober Reflection or Loony Cousin Best Not Talked About, responds to the continual controversy and debate of the usefulness of the Canadian senate. Docherty’s (2002) article analyzes the current Canadian senate and argues that the senate is a failing Canadian institution because of two democratic deficiencies: the undemocratic nature of senator selection and the inability of senators to represent provinces properly.…

The 2015 General Election saw the Conservatives win an overall majority, 12 seats ahead of the Labour party and was said to be the most unpredictable election in a generation. With scores of the population having turned away from traditional styles of voting, a nation of swing voters emerged (Cowley and Kavanagh). Whilst it is true to say that social class and age remain fundamental components, it could also be said that more modern short term factors such as issue voting and the media have…

the lectures in class; however, I did not know how it would actually play out. Before the simulation game I did some brief research on the Scottish National Party, and I quickly figured out that we were an outlier in English parliament. So realistically the SNP would its own coalition. I went in with the mindset that no one, even the Labour Party, would want to create a coalition with all us. In a realistic simulation I would have been correct, however this was not the case. Taylor came in with…

honesty in our politicians and legislature. Living in a conservative family in…

This essay will address Labour Parties electoral performance in the 2010 and 2015 General Election. There are several factors that affected Labours performance in both the 2010 and 2015 General Elections. For example; the economy, the growth in power for the SNP, party identification, introduction of challenger parties, leadership Add more factors. Considering that Labour are formally a left-wing party means that they tend to care more about society than the economy. As a result, Labour have…

short, Tony Blair proposed top up fees. Top up fees meant different universities could charge top up tuition fees in accordance to the level of funding needed for different courses. This proposal caused uproar and even protests and lead to Labour party making a new manifesto in 2001 going against the idea. Despite this many big changes were made to higher education in 2004. The Higher Education Act meant that tuition fees were to be replaced by loans paid back on an income based term. Only once…

Political parties are not strictly or permanently based on the political ideologies they are sometime names after. It is true that some begin with the idea of representing a specific ideology, but over time the influence of outside forces and the need to stay relevant in the eyes of the voting population and large organizations, among other things can and often does cause changes and these changes lead to an overall shift in the political parties policy and the founding ideology. The liberal…