The UK’s current democratic rule has been successful for a long period of time and changes in the constitution come about because of democratic pressure from the public. For example, the power of the House of Lords was reduced through the Parliament Acts. Another reason against codifying the UK’s constitution is that the documents would become legalistic. This is an issue as it would only be understood by lawyers and judges and not by the public who have significantly less political knowledge. As the UK doesn't have a written constitution then government decisions that are backed by parliament cannot be over turned by the judiciary, this again stops the constitution being reflective of the
While pressure groups may have unbalanced influence due to varying methods and funds, they are generally good at being a channel of representation between the people and the government, keeping the government in touch with the people. Their ability to provide representation for minorities in a way that political parties are unable too is also invaluable to the UK's democracy and so pressure groups do not undermine UK democracy in such a way that they are
This is where the term austerity Britain came from, this meant that the country had a strong self-discipline and moral strictness with simple living due to the rationings and a lack of luxuries. Considering these circumstances you would think that British people would lose all hope and morale for their country but these sources may suggest otherwise. We call this morale “wartime collectivist spirit” or could also be known as the “Blitz Spirit” which will be highlighted within the sources. Source 1 looks like it agrees hugely in comparison to Source 2 and 3. Source 2 shows mixed emotions about their being a wartime spirit, which couldn’t be said about source 3 which seems very doom and gloom and doesn’t share any light that is obvious to the eye about wartime collectivist spirit.
It holds this view as it saes that within the media there was “too little discussion of racial matters”. This could be due to it being a sensitive subject among the viewers and that they believe the views they hold are correct and that the ones they watch are unrepresentative and stereotyped. It also mentions how “to listen to some people is to believe there are no racial problems in the United Kingdom” which shows how it believes a minority view that is shown through tv programmes like Love Thy Neighbour might not give a true representation of the level of race relations and acceptance of other races. By using the sources and my own knowledge, I have come to the conclusion that since the Second World War race relations have improved due to British television. Source 13 highlights how even the young could acknowledge despite the differences in cultures white people are shown to be acceptant of other cultures in the media.
Most people have a basic understanding of obedience; however, many may fail to see the application and the impact of it in their own lives and in our society. Submission into conformity discourages the type of independence that is valued in our supposedly free-thinking world. Censorship is one of the major themes in Fahrenheit 451, and its impact is illustrated through submission in appearance, behavior and thought. This invites us to draw clear relationships between Ray Bradbury‘s novel and our current society. The association between appearance and social acceptance is already apparent in our lives.
It hasn’t all happened naturally. Our unique policy model of multiculturalism goes a long way to explain our success. But during the past decade or so, multiculturalism became something of a negative word. In many people’s minds, it seems to privilege cultural diversity over national identity. It seems to show separation rather than integration.
By the time it was 1763 most of the white colonies would say that they are loyal British subjects. However after 1763, mostly between the time periods 1775-76, these years saw the send of the relationship with Britain. The British should take some of this blame as they did introduce some rigorous polices after 1763. This was an unwanted change for the American Colonies, As Britain left them alone for so long but now are starting to change things. But there are other courses of the break out of the armed conflict not just polices of the British Government that are the colonies as not all of the polices where unreasonable.
This is amplified by the fact that the larger pressure groups can leave many smaller ones in their shadow. For example, the British Stammering Association is a small pressure group with a good cause but one that many people will not have heard of due to its lack of funds and support. Many say that pressure groups holding the government to account and challenging authority is a sign of a healthy democracy. After all, a democracy is a system of government where decisions are arrived at by majoritarian principles. If a certain group of people do not feel that they are being represented then a democracy has to be able to recognise them for anything to change.
Canada has 4 main regions-Northern, Central, Western and Atlantic. It's a different experience living in each area. Factors that affect one may not affect another. Therefore, growing up or residing in one place will shape the way you look and feel about the world around you, so much so, that a Canadian from a different area may have contrasting outlooks. For example, many citizens of Quebec feel a strong anger towards the rest of the country because of the predominantly British influence that Canada was founded on, and because French views are often downplayed.
The main communication problem that we had was that he was able to understand me but his verbal English was limited. Had we not have used the telephone interpreter then the consultation would have taken longer and the information may have been incorrect, which is not a good advertisement for the practice as well as for the patients health. Also, when the patient first came to live in England he didn't live in the north of England and he may have misunderstood some words due to different regional dialects and cultural differences. The other options I had considered were rescheduling the appointment for another where I would be able to have a face to face interpreter present. The reason that I opted for the telephone interpreter was because the patient may have had a medical problem that needed urgent attention from a GP and this way he was able to let me know his preference for futures appointments with the practice.