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. This can be seen after the vote on tuition fees and the liberal democrats. Despite the fact that they had campaigned for this cause endlessly only 26 (including a few Conservatives) chose to vote against the bill. Whips play an important part in removing efficiency from Parliament. By having whips who ensure that MPs behave in accordance to the decisions of the executive both Parliaments ability to scrutinise and hold the executive to account is diminished, but also their role as representatives of their individual constituency is also compromised.
These two parties have developed policies on the basis of a vision of how they believed society should be organised. However over time, this battle has declined and this shows that in terms of policies the two parties are similar. Although the Labour Party, under former Prime Minister Tony Blair in the 1990s, stepped away from the socialist policies of earlier times, it differs with the Conservative Party on economics and taxes. The Telegraph reported that the Labour Party's manifesto supports cutting government office expenditures, as well as spending on consulting and marketing. The party also favours spending to modernise Britain's infrastructure and to support business in creating new jobs.
Scott martin – extended essay - liberal reforms Question – how successfully did the Liberal government (1906-14). Tackle the problem of poverty? Many historians argue the liberals effectively tackled the problem of poverty once elected in 1906 in their landslide victory. Once the party was elected however it was still very much in favour of its laissez-faire policy and social reform was not high in its parties priorities, it took significant time and pressure also some very notable individuals such as Lloyd George or Winston Churchill to change the course of Britain’s welfare system and unwittingly perhaps set up the foundations of the welfare state in the future. This essay will show how the liberals aimed to tackle the problem of
Source B is a secondary source, looking back from the perspective of a historian, onto previous events. This would make the source a less reliable representation, as the source maker was not actually present during the event, so is having to rely on already present evidence to construct his own arguments. The time difference would also effect the viewpoints put forward as to the reasons for Lloyd Georges introduction of the budget. Lloyd Georges speech, given at the time the budget was being evaluated by the House of Lords, would be used as a direct method of political propaganda, attempting to appeal to the masses to maintain political power for the Liberal party. However, source A suggests that’s the reasons Lloyd George introduced the budget was not for private, self-gratified reasons, but for the benefit of the majority of the British state.
Therefore this large influence was causing the SPD’s to grow considerably in the Reichstag, consuming the majority of seats in the parliament. Therefore the Reichstag was in left-wing position. This posed a threat to the right-wing position that the government was currently in. Therefore this implies political parties were becoming more influential in the parliament as the Kaiser could not overlook such a dominant party in the Reichstag. However it could be argued that Wilhelm II’s aims to crush socialism in response to Caprivi’s tolerance for Socialism in his years as chancellor disagree with this view as it suggests he is aiming for more of an autocratic state where he holds state control.
More dominant figures such as Thatcher and Blair have capitalised heavily on both strength of their personality and their parliamentary majorities. The creation of a more developed policy unit in Downing Street is effectively creating a "Prime Minister's Department". However it can be argued that the prime minister such as Tony blair, has not got a chance of effectively being a president, for example he prefered to dominate foreign and international affairs. The individuals of the UK, could argue that instead of focusing on other countries such as Pakistans, Afghanistan, he should of helped the UK more, improving and making it a better place to live in. An example of where this is present is, he distanced himself from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office so cut himself off from civil servants that could have questioned his views.
Nowadays both Labour and Conservative claim to represent people from the whole of society and moved further to the centre and policies have gradually become more similar. For most of the twentieth century, the Conservative party was truly conservative when it came to ideology; that is, rooted in pragmatism and the belief in gradual improvements through experience and existing institutions. This was known as paternalist conservatism which focused on pluralism and social inclusion, and they believed that whilst authority should be centralised the state should be benevolent and caring for the neediest. Whereas nowadays, they are commonly referred to as one-nation Tories who are committed to; a mixed economy, more significant state intervention where necessary, slow gradual change; evolution not revolution, support for the universal welfare state and increasing European integration. The Labour party was formed to represent the working classes when society had not yet started to provide for these groups.
Assess the impact of conservative parties and elites on German politics in the period 1918-1934. Conservative parties and elites had a significant impact on German politics in the period 1918-1939. From the establishment of the Weimar Republic to the beginning of Nazi power, conservative parties and elites have had a strong influence on German politics. These conservative parties and elites were primarily right-wing nationalists, who either just tolerated or rejected the idea of democracy. However despite this, these conservative elites had both positive and negative impacts on German politics.
Woodrow Wilson’s Development in American Business Interest Woodrow Wilson described him self as a conservative, yet did not believe that “government must keep its hands off the workings of the economy” instead he felt government should “legislate to protect workers welfare and to regulate corporations”(9). While at Princeton University, Wilson studied history and political science and envisioned detailed solutions to national problems. While president, he now had the power to solve the issues, which he felt needed reform. During this time the United States was changing into an economic super power, monopolies and trusts were controlling the economy and exploiting workers; there was an obvious need for reform. One of Wilson’s first concerns was to reduce tariffs.
The more liberal section of the party hold views in more environmental protection and those who seek to modernise the party, which was Cameron’s initiative, by promoting strong social justice. The Party are in conflict over the European Union, pro-union Tories are in conflict with the Euro- sceptics in the party over whether to call an in-out referendum, a division which has been continually worsening over the years leading to conservative MP’s defecting from the Conservatives to UKIP, for example Douglas Carswell defected to UKIP after saying he didn’t feel David Cameron ‘was serious about the change we need’