Although we are currently in a coalition the government still has a majority through the combination of Conservatives and Liberal Democrats. This therefore often renders opposition as a form of scrutiny meaningless and also means that it is difficult for the executive to be held to account. Party loyalty is also very strong. The power of prime ministerial patronage renders many MPs excessively docile and loyal, hence the term ‘lobby fodder’. With the rise in the professional politician many prefer to remain loyal in order to gain power and move up in the hierarchy as opposed to become a rebel who remains in the back benchers.
During that time social class played a big influence in the way people would vote. People were seen being either middle or working class, depending on the jobs that they had and also the amount of education they had, which proved to make a difference between the social classes and the preferred party of people in those classes. Most people would go for their party that seemed to have their best interests. Same of the working class would vote for the Labour party and the majority of middle class would vote for the Conservatives. An average of 90 per cent of voters supported these two major parties.
It also means that generally we are governed by one party, which increases stability; for example, since 1900 there have only been three coalition governments in power. This also means we are represented by one set of policies rather than two different sets. However, the first-past-the-post system can be seen to distort the results, as the government in power will almost never have the majority of votes. For example, in the 2005 election Labour had 35.2% of the votes and they still won, because they had more seats than the other parties. Furthermore, the actual turnout was only 61.4%, so they were only representing around a third of the population.
Compassionate reasons where one of the underlying reasons many historians argue upon the realise of the report on poverty from booth and rowntree in their study of the English town York , a town not normally associated with extreme poverty they found 29% of the population were well below the poverty line. Another reason was the very real fear workers were discouraged by the poor conditions and governments and may later turn against the government and form mass strikes or in serious cases rebellion or join the communist groups within Britain. Political self interest was high on the liberal’s agenda many historians argue. The franchise was being extended to the average man slowly and the liberals realised the average man did not benefit much from the government’s approach to peoples life’s and with the rise of the labour party and other parties many historians argue that it was out of desire to be re-elected that the liberals slowly brought about this change in reform. They didn’t get a majority government in 1910 like they did in 1906 which led them to think that social reform was the way to gain votes.
Source 4,5 and 6 all talk about weather how the leaders were different and how they had different ideas. Source 4 talks about how the personalities were a key feature in Labours victory. However, it goes on to say that ‘a lot of significant long-term factors were working in Labours favour’ some of these factors were: rising living standards and the welfare state that had created the conditions for a ‘social revolution’ source 4 partially agrees with source 5 as source 5 talks about how Wilson was so popular as he was from a better class. By this the source means Wilson came across as an ordinary man whereas the conservatives didn’t. Reasons that back up source 4 are that Labour promised to sort out Britain’s economic problems.
5 December 2012 Social Class in the U.S Society in the United States can be divided into several different social class groups. A social class consists of those people in a community who are somewhat similar in their economic status, their attitudes and beliefs, and their educational attainments, their ways of living, the regard in which others hold them, and their power or lack of power to influence community affairs. In the United States, Americans try to avoid thinking in terms of “low class” and “high class”, but there is no escaping the fact that some people are economically and socially better off than some other people. (p.214) According to our textbook, stratification appears to be unavoidable. It is the grouping of people according to differences in income, occupation, power, privilege, manner of living and others.
How has Aurora Textile performed over the past four years? Be prepared to provide financial ratios that present a clear picture of Aurora’s financial condition. Exhibit 1 shows Income statement of Aurora Textile Company for the fiscal years 1999-2000. As mentioned in the introduction, Aurora had remained main efficient plants by reducing inefficient operations, but its sales show downward trend and in 2002, it decreased about 40% to compare performance in 1999. Due to the fact that Asian and other foreign textile manufacturers have been exported aggressively and consumer preferences are requiring higher-quality products with minimum defects, like other firms, Aurora tends to produce small amount of yarns produced with minimal period and provide to customized markets.
The turnout for the 2010 election was 65.1% of the population, compared to the 2005 turnout of only 60%, meaning an increase of 2 million voters. This suggests that the government is more representative of the public as more people expressed their opinions and had a say as to who would run the country. Another reason why it can be seen as more representative is that with two parties in power, two groups of people are having their view, opinions and issues put forward and debated with a higher chance of success. This is opposed to one party having a majority, with one part of the population having their opinions getting across. Arguably, it is the majority
Professionals are described by Savage as having an intellectual identity, this is from a successful education. They will have good qualifications, will have cultural assests and good knowledge. Managers on the other hand are less qualified than professionals, they have had to work their way up through the ranks in the company. Managers is seen as less secure today because of globalization,
However, from this data, we can make dangerous generalisations and typical stereotypes. Our perceptions are usually based on pace, vocabulary and stereotypes. R.P is associated with upper class and although only a small minority use it, it represents power, prestige and privilege. It is heard all over the country and is used in dictionaries and on the BBC. Power is seen as dominance, which is why most politicians speak in R.P/ Before the 18th century there wasn’t a standard accent.