Prime Minister's Questions

1997 the general election has a 71.4% voter turnout compared to a low 59.4% in 2001 (Electoral Commission, 2016) this will show that the House of Lords still has no legitimacy if an electoral system was introduced. With this in mind, we can also question what electoral system would be introduced? If we use the system to elect MPs – First Past the Post (FPTP) – there are several issues with regards to disproportionality and systematic bias. However, Shell (2013, p. 35) suggests that legitimacy is…

With Australia’s newly elected Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull, the controversial debate of domestic violence has once again arisen with his one hundred million dollar policy announcement that blames the issue on gender inequality. The Daily Telegraph opinion piece titled “Demonising men won’t stop domestic violence”, written by columnist Miranda Devine argues against this idea. Using an evaluative and critical tone, Miranda contends to persuade readers into thinking “poverty is the cause of…

President. In Canada, the Prime Minister is not a part of the Constitution, rather the Governor General acts as the executive. By convention, however, the Governor General acts only on the advice of the Prime Minister who has the confidence of the House of Commons. The Prime Minister is able to achieve such support from the Members of Parliament, with a majority government, through party discipline – a power not available to the President. Party discipline also gives the Prime Minister immense…

White (2012) provides two measures to quantify the power of first ministers: their length of tenure and probability of being removed from office (p. 240). In comparison to other Westminster countries, Canadian prime ministers have the longest tenure, and not a single time has a prime minister has been removed from office (p. 240). Although these practices may seem arbitrary – they are democratic in essence. Democratic power can only be maintained through accountability, decisions made by…

The Minister's Black Veil is a parable that has to do with a minister who wears a black veil in order to represent everyone's secret sin or inner sorrow. The minister, Reverend Mr. Hooper, believes that everyone carries a sin or inner sorrow around with them that they do not make known to the people around them. He wears the black veil because although his sin is visible to everyone, everyone else carries their black veil in their hearts. Nathaniel Hawthorne in this parable wants to show that…

In the “The Minister’s Black Veil” Nathaniel Hawthorne changes an ordinary black veil into a powerful symbol representative of the intangible barrier that exists between individuals. The veil is worn by the minister, Mr. Hooper, as a physical display of the psychological barrier. The black veil stands for fear and mistrust, that every person deals with while dealing with their own veiled sins. There are four main ways in which the meaning of the veil can stand for: the assumptions of the…

This is true for both Morrie Schwartz and King Lear. In Tuesdays with Morrie firstly we see that Morrie gains wisdom through his physical suffering of ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease, which slowly takes over his body, eventually not allowing doing anything except blink or clucking his tongue. Slowly as the disease takes over his body we see that he begins to come to terms that he is becoming more and more dependent on people. “I’m an independent person, so my inclination was to fight all of this -…

(See next page for part 1) Question 1:Your boss, Dr. Williams, has been treating a very popular celebrity who has committed suicide.In respect to patient’s rights, the conversations that we have with patients are considered privileged communication. You are exposed to confidential information and you must be sure you do not violate the Physician-Patient relationship. | 10 points | Directions to complete Question 1:If you were called by a reporter and asked questions about the “celebrity…

an individual questions about their religious beliefs, there is no harm being done. No one is attacking the other’s beliefs, they are simply having a conversation about a fundamental element of each other’s lives. Religion is an essential pillar of society, it can define large civilizations and societies. So if one is able to question the religious beliefs of past societies one can also question the religious beliefs of individuals. One should not be hesitant when posing questions about the…

There may be a slight contradiction between conclusion and action plan. Both ask “what you could have done differently” with the action plan having the added “would you act differently next time”? I would suggest that both could be part of the same question and in doing this would further simply the cycle. It does not include shared experience. As a teacher sharing good practice is vital to both student and teacher to progress and develop. Sharing good practice has allowed us to address good and…