Tony Blair

Their lack of enforceability confuses the public on decision of matters by government. For instance, former PM Tony Blair under the convention of CMR and royal prerogative by Queen hid the reason of armed forces invading and occupying Iraq in 2003 which turned out to be illegal according to UN and asserted by former deputy PM Nick Clegg . Conventions are ill-defined…

Furthermore there are other methods to measure the success of a constitution such as the separation of powers. In the UK the constitutional reform act certainly tried to implement a separation of powers. The Supreme Court in the UK took over the existing role of the Law Lords as well as some powers of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, and removed the functions of Speaker of the House of Lords and Head of the Judiciary of England and Wales from the office of Lord Chancellor which…

been done. The saying “All men are created equal” had an empty meaning when even Thomas Jefferson whom wrote the quote, owned slaves, which was during that time. Again, so why apologize now? An empty apology is a pointless apology. Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain apologized in 1997 to the Irish, Pope John Paul II apologized to Jews, Pope Francis apologized to victims of sex abuse, etc. However, at the end what difference did it make? Yes, we all own our past and to an extent we should…

twentieth century (Louw, 2010) due to the massive success within the era of US Presidential Bill Clinton and his former spokesman Mike McCarry. The term of spin doctor has been popularized for the political campaigns of Barack Obama, John F.Kennedy and Tony Blair who later earned the highest executive authority of states. Spin doctor is defined as attempts to influence how media works by using politicians as the core messages (Grattan, 1998). Spin doctor is began to introduced extensively and…

The forms that power takes differ through history and according to place. Discuss. Power has the capacity to influence and control the human mind; it is a pandemic, which invades every crevice of our modern capitalistic society. Historically, power in its countless forms convinces and manipulates ideologies, thus the control that power provides, can benefit or harm a society depending on the minds or intuitions which choose to exercise it. The stereotypical characteristics of power, such as…

tested benefits having different experiences at school to their non benefit peers. In 1999 the Prime Minster of England, new labours Tony Blair gave the Beveridge Lecture at Oxford University. He set out his historic aim “Ours is the first generation to end child poverty forever, and it will take a generation. It’s a 20-year mission, but I believe it can be done.” Tony Blair asserted child poverty would be eradicated by 2020; halved by 2010; and cut by a quarter by 2004. The eradication of…

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said, “Sometimes it is better to lose than to win and do the wrong thing.” It is human nature to desire something so much that one becomes overambitious and will do anything to get what he wants. Similarly, in The Tragedy of Macbeth, Macbeth does everything in his power to get what he wants, including things that are manifestly evil. Shakespeare’s motifs of hallucinations, prophecies, and violence help develop the theme that acting on impulsive human…

In an Essay written by William T. Cavanaugh, he realized that many scholars were unable to define and distinguish religion from secular nations. He questioned why religion had only recently been separated from political institutions, by providing the example of the Aztec religion. He stated “Is Aztec ‘politics’ to blame for their bloody human sacrifices, or is Aztec ‘religion’ to blame?” He suggests that although many argue that Religion plays a major factor in the cause of conflicts shouldn’t…

British prime minister,Tony Blair once said “Sometimes it is better to lose and do the right than win and do the wrong thing.” In The Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta are not exactly assassins and do not want The Hunger Games to change that about them. So, the all throughout the Games Katniss and Peeta never pursue or assassin people for the entertainment of the capitol because they see as disgraceful and even evil in a way. They never even killed anyone unless it is a life or death situation…

In order to understand what can be considered an intelligence failure, it is important to understand the meaning of the word intelligence. In the world of the intelligence community the term intelligence simply refers to information policy makers need to make informed decisions on how to keep the nation safe. According to the Central Intelligence Agency there are four types of intelligence: Current intelligence, which is used when looking at day to day activities; estimate intelligence, which…