Resignation

convention that once the cabinet arrives at a decision, then every member of the cabinet must support that decision regardless of any disagreement beforehand. The ministers are then held collectively to be accountable to Parliament. The Prime Minister has head of the Cabinet is questioned during the Prime Minister’s question time making him accountable for the collective decisions of the cabinet. A Minister has no choice but to resign if he or she is not able to adhere to this convention. The resignation of Clare Short, Secretary of State for International Development in 2003, was due to disagreements with her colleagues over the Iraq war. b) Accountability to Parliament Collective responsibility ensures that ministers are accountable to Parliament through the availability of the no confidence motion. The Government must resign if it loses a ‘confidence vote’ and the support of Parliament. This goes to the very heart of accountability and has occurred on multiple occasions. The resignation of the James Callaghan Government in 1979 after a vote of no confidence and the consequent general election is an example. Collective responsibility has been undermined by the fact that not all important decisions of national policy are taken in full cabinet. For example the budget proposals are settled by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in consultation with the PM and not by the full cabinet. The convention of collective responsibility permits to hold to account the executive as…

voice these concerns. As a result of this experience, Wignut also had a harder time expressing the problem to Dr.Forsyth and solving it with his team. Because of his social skills, Benson continually received positive evaluation on his performance even though it was observably interrupting the team dynamics and performance; evidently, Benson’s conscientiousness traits and social skills made it impossible for Wignut to resolve the team problems. • Forsyth’s and Wingnut’s interactions The…

When Chief of Staff to the President of Waco Community College Bristol Allen abruptly resigned, many were left wondering why she resigned mid-year. After being praised for her contributions in diversifying the college’s faculty and staff, and improving its academic standing among other Texas community colleges. The news of her resignation came as a shock to the community of Waco. As I began the interview of Mrs. Allen I realized that she was still very positive about her time at WCC but there…

Kierkegaard highlights one important difference between the knight of infinite resignation and the night of faith: the knight of faith goes one step farther. In his own words, both kinds of people have passed though the mindset of the Aesthete into that of the Ethical and transcended by means of a leap of faith into the religious. Even the knight of faith experiences the view of the knight of infinite resignation, but he can move one step farther by virtue of the absurd. The knight of infinite…

Even though three presidents faced impeachment charges, only one president left office. Richard Nixon, the thirty-seventh president of the United States, a man in the public eye for many years as both a U.S. representative and Senator (“Richard”), was a well-educated and around sixty when he resigned from the position as president. On the evening of August 8, 1974, Nixon delivered his resignation speech over a public broadcast from his Oval Office to the people of the United States. The…

SHREVE — Changes are coming to the village’s leadership as the mayor resigned effective Monday and the administrator is leaving May 30. Bruce Biggs submitted his resignation letter Monday at the village hall, effective as of noon. And, Administrator Kim Arwood will be resigning May 30. The Daily Record left messages with Biggs and Arwood seeking comments, but those calls were not immediately returned. A public records request was made Wednesday morning for the resignation letters, and copies…

Fear and Trembling and Nietzsche’s The Gay Science are examples of cases that can be served by one placing them in dialogue with each other. When one considers Kierkegaard’s knights of faith and infinite resignation,…

she smiles slightly, with tears in her eyes (Kalatozov 1957). Veronika’s character seems to an intriguing case for this analysis, and while she could be characterized as the heroine of the film, her presence and situation may call that into question, as Denise J. Youngblood explains. Youngblood states in Russian War Films: On the Cinema Front 1914-2005, that Veronika does not completely qualify as the heroine of the film, as she is too passive throughout the majority of the film, and is more…

John Donne’s “Death Be Not Proud” and Anne Finch’s “To Death” personify the abstraction of death through their manipulation of apostrophe and figurative language. Their vivid descriptions extend beyond a mere conversation with death, revealing their inner thoughts toward the inevitable demise of every human. Though examining the same theme, Donne and Finch develop vastly different tones. Donne’s tone of defiance juxtaposes Finch’s tone of resignation, cultivating these through the use of…

the German soldier, might lose its meaning. Hence, her memories serve a purpose similar to the cell in which she was confined in as punishment for her affair. Even after she grows older, is physically freed from the cell, and goes on to marry and have children, she still finds comfort in her undulating grief. This coexistence of repose and anguish is the kind of serenity that a Knight of Resignation…