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Chapter 14 Parties and Groups

Xiao Huiyun December, 2007

Political

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Main Parties

the Conservative Party

the Labour Party

the Liberal Demacrats

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Other Parties

the Conservative Party

– Scottish Conservatives – Welsh Conservatives – Conservatives in Northern Ireland

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Other smaller national parties

– Green Party life on Earth is under immense pressure, the environment around us is threatened with massive destruction take responsibility to lead a healthy lifestyle for human being

–Ulster Unionist Party

nationalism remains a threat to the peaceful co-existence of the people of NI remain Northern Republic of Ireland as part of the UK –Sinn Fé in seeks the establishment of a new Ireland merge Northern Ireland with the Republic of Ireland

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Other smaller national parties

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Alliance Party Cooperative party Democratic Unionist Party Liberal Party Plaid Cymru Scottish National Party United Kingdom Unionist Party Social Democratic and Labour Party Uk Independence Party…

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Party in power

the Labour Party—in power

– The 1997 election campaign saw the Tories in decline, the new Labour won – On 7 June 2001 Tony Blair led Labour to a second successive victory in a General Election, winning by another landslide _In June,2005 a third victory for Labour

the Conservative Party—in opposition

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The multi-party system

The multi-party system : as the title suggests, this is a system where more than two parties have some impact in a state’s political life Within Westminster, the Tories and the Liberal Democrats provide a healthy political rivalry. Sartori defines a multi-party system as one where no party can guarantee an absolute majority In theory, the Labour Party, regardless of its current parliamentary majority, could lose the next general election in Britain.

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The Conservative Party

Emerged in 1830s from the ‘Tory’ grouping in Parliament Later 19th C. concerned with defending traditional institutions such as the monarchy, the aristocracy and the Empire After 1918 constantly adapted its policies to suit prevailing trends in British society In 1930s started to shed its aristocratic image and was led by businessmen In 1950’s accepted Labour policies such as nationalisation and the welfare state (consensus politics from 1951 to 1979) Under Thatcher moved towards a set of policies aimed at business, the consumer, and the upwardly mobile, becoming associated with the business and commercial sections of society – the ‘New Right’ conservatives The New Rights upheld family values but had a free market approach to the economy John Major stressed welfare provision as necessary in the process of privatisation

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The Labour Party

Formed in 1906 from Labour Representation Committee with financial backing of trade unions to represent interests of working class 1n 1918 made firm commitment to ‘common ownership of the means of production’ 1924 first Labo

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