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The main complaints came from liberal reformers within Parliament who wanted to see changes. Thomas Macaulay, a liberal member of Parliament, claimed that ”People live longer because they are better fed, better lodged… and better attended in sickness(Doc 5). Liberals pressing for reform was one of the reasons that Parliament started passing a series of Factory Acts. The Act of 1833 banned hiring children under nine years of age, and required…

is a federal political party in Canada devoted to the protection of Quebec's interests in the House of Commons of Canada, and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was formed by Members of Parliament who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative Party and Liberal Party. BQ founder Lucien Bouchard was a cabinet minister in the federal Progressive Conservative government of Brian Mulroney. The BQ seeks to create the conditions necessary for the political secession of Quebec from…

When Thatcher was elected in 1979, there was the lowest amount of female MPs elected into parliament for nearly 30 years; this highlights the fact that having a women in power does not necessarily mean the political role of other women will also increase (Richard Cracknell, 2014, p. 9). Additionally, Thatcher appointed “only one woman to her Cabinet…

governments worked because of 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…

subvert the principles that envelop democracy. The organisation of the masses into cohesive entities where political power can be aggregated is one of the most important functions carried out by political parties as it feasibly allows the average member of the populace to participate in the democratic political process. Accountability of the ruling government is a key fixture of modern liberal democracies and political parties provide a basis through which a viable alternative government is…

Because of the threshold, stakeholders that cannot gain 10% of overall national voters cannot be heard in the parliament and they missed a vital chance to express themselves to the wider public in an easy and prestigious manner. As mentioned there are some ways to go around this rule, but they’re difficult and expensive. For example according to regulations, independent…

unnecessary and could have been removed without much harm. The real reason England pressed taxes on the colonies was so Britain could keep an army stationed there. Actually, Parliament was not so much concerned with the army as with the fifteen hundred officers stationed in America. Many of these prominent men either sat in Parliament themselves or had numerous friends and relatives who did. Nevertheless, these officers needed an army, so Britain elected to keep forty thousand troops stationed…

Reichstag, granting him power to rule Germany. However, his stand in Germany was not strong enough. In the March1933 election, NSDAP only won around 43.9% of the German votes . It was not the majority. They still needed NSVDP’s help to control the parliament. Opposition parties, like SPD and KPD, on the other hand, gained the second most votes after NSDAP. Therefore, the election signaled Nazi Germany to consolidate power because oppositions were still strong. More laws in favor to the Nazi must…

The American Revolution was one of the greatest historical events that occurred in American history. But many don’t know the obstacles that occurred through, leading to this event. From dumping tea to getting Independence took many obstacles. This started from Taxation without representation and the Sugar Act in 1764 to 1766. Then was the Stamp Act of 1765, the Sons of Liberty formed and Declaratory Act from 1765 to 1766. When the Stamp Act of 1765 was repealed, the King started the Townshend…

parliamentary democracy in the United Kingdom, pre modern party system, is where large bombastic speeches could change the entirety of the direction of a nation. The composition of Parliament, specifically the House of Commons, in Canada has never been through the golden age of parliamentary government, where no member had a distinct party affiliation. Basic analysis of the underlying political framework leads to indisputable electoral bias towards political parties. This evident bias has led…