There are a number of reasons as to why the Labour Party won the 1964 election, however the main reason was because the Conservative Party had been weakened significantly over the previous 13 years. One huge failing of the Conservatives was the scandals it faced, such as the affair between John Profumo (the Secretary of State for War) and a high class prostitute who was also conducting relations with a Russian spy. This affair may have possibly lead to a breach of national security and worried many government officials at the time. The revelations of it also shocked many ordinary British people and helped put the party name into disrepute. Another failing of the Conservative Party was the Suez crisis of 1956.
The UK democratic system has many flaws which have been criticised for numerous reasons. Firstly, the UK holds elections every 5 years to elect a new prime minister. Lord Hailsham criticised the electoral system as "elective dictatorship" due to domination of single party over number of years as once the new prime minister is appointed to power he no longer considers the views of the people and makes the changes which he thinks are needed. An example of this is when the previous Prime Minister Tony Blair agreed to send British soldiers to fight in Iraq. Another example is when Britain joined a referendum by becoming a part of the E.U.
Domestic Policies: Bush retained many of Reagan’s cabinet. Collided with the Democrats in Congress over his nomination of former Senator John Tower as secretary of Defense – womanizer, heavy drinker, and brawler; the Senate rejected the cabinet appointment, the first such occasion since 1959. Legislative Agenda: Bush vetoed to keep the Democrats from making too liberal decisions for example raising minimum wage. Resolution Trust Corporation – liquidate the failed Savings and Loans and rescue the still-viable ones – gave $166 billion to close or merge bankrupt savings and loan firms. Treasury gave $500 billion to keep financial markets from being rocked by bad judgment of bankers and politicians.
Ray Nagin-New Orleans mayor Former New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin has been convicted of bribery, money laundering, and other corruption charges (Associated Press 2014). He allegedly took thousands of dollars, went on free vacations and trips, and was given truckloads of granite for his family business (Associated Press 2014). Ray was mayor after the hectic Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana in 2005 and destroyed most of New Orleans (Associated Press 2014). He had fought so hard for the federal government to help New Orleans in their time of need, yet he was making unethical choices governing the city. I find this very interesting and disturbing since, who is to know if his fight was for the people of New Orleans or for himself and his family.
Jimmy Carter was a poor president. Even hardcore Democrats after four years of his rule had had enough of him and cast their votes for conservative Ronald Reagan. His overblown Social Security expenses brought the federal budget on the brink of collapse. Inflation had reached one of its highest levels ever; gas prices jumped with scaring regularity. Carter's foreign policy was a weird mixture of Nixon's real politik and McGovern's naive idealism.
The Common Dissent After a thirty-year presidency, Porfiro Diaz’s centralized agrarian policies favoring the elite haciendas had caused formidable rebellions in the North and South of Mexico. Diaz established many new technologies and industries only to appeal to the greater European investors. These industries, such as mines and sugar plants, robbed the people of their land, dehumanized working conditions and cut minimum wages resulting in major dissent among the suffering middle class. By October of 1910, during Madero’s release from prison, militant rebellions led by local leaders erupted in the North and South states killing several units of Federal troops. Separated geographically, Poncho Villa in the North and Emiliano Zapata in the South contrasted in both their origin and military strategy, while
Ho Chi Minh began a campaign to fight a weakened France and seize independence through force. France's economy was shattered by the war and so by 1953, 80% of the money and material used by Bao Dai's troops came from the United States. Nonetheless, in early 1954 French were defeated at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu over many months when the fortress was overrun
Watergate captivated Americans and kept them wondering what the truth behind the Presidential scandal was. It took several years for President Nixon to be finally connected with and implicated as being part and behind the largest political scandal in history. On threat of impeachment, President Nixon finally decided to resign has President of the United States. The Watergate scandal went down in history as one of the largest Presidential and political scandals of all time.
In 1972, one of the largest scandals in United States history occurred. This constitutional crisis was called the Watergate Scandal. The Watergate scandal consisted of a series of court cases and the initial break in of the Watergate Hotel Democratic offices, it was also said to help President Nixon into re-election. There were many suspicions against Nixon and his government partners but the blame instantly was on the five men arrested for the break in. The Watergate Scandal trials occurred through 1972-1974, when Nixon, close to being impeached, eventually resigned from the presidency.
However, two weeks later the hotel where this conference was held has now become a luxury prison in which the country’s political and business elite are being held. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is crackdown on corruption that may change, or even hurt the country’s economy. However, this crackdown is very risky because it is hurting Saudi Arabia’s top private businessmen. By hurting these elite men, investment by them and their families could dry up, meaning many industries are vulnerable to collapse. Not to mention the economy has already fallen into recession due to low oil prices.