Some characters
Tony Blair: That guy
Gordon Brown: Secy. Of Treasury, political rival
Jack Straw: Secy. Of State for Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Affairs 2001-2006,
had some job or other the entirety of TBs stay
David Blunkett Home Secretary 2001-2004
Chapter 17
Stirrings of Dissent
May-Sept 2006
Angry Epigram:
Blair emerged from one meeting with Brown during this period saying, 'We didn't get down to
any substance: all he would say is, When the F are you going to get out of here?'
Friendly (?) Epigram
Some PMs
David Lloyd-George (1916-1922) a big deal at the Versailles Treaty (good job, guys)
Stanley Baldwin (1923-1924, 1924-1929, 1935-1937) (C) Didnt agree to King
Edwards marriage
Ramsay MacDonald (1924, 1929-35) Boo!
Neville Chamberlain (1937-1940) A
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Robert Walpole PM 1721-1741, first resident at No. 10
Robert Peel 1830s, 1840s First PM to have a plan for running the government
William Gladstone 1890s, organized Liberals, first to head a party
David Lloyd-George 1916-1922, PM of coalition in WWI,
Surgery MP holding office hours in his constituency
First reading (title of the bill) Second reading (debate, vote) Committee (amends
bill) report all MPs examine the changes Third reading House of Lords
Commons Royal Assent
- Lords can amend, House migh
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Turnout way higher than American turnout (high of 84% in 1950)
o Dropped to the high 50s, low 60s in the last two
Labour domination, Dorf suspects it to rise with the next
competitive election
Both parties have about 30% of voters to depend on
Di
Elections
- Labours rise climaxes in 1945 with defeat of Winston Churchill
- Attlee: looked like the Dorf
- Began nationalizing everything (transportation, communication), National Health
Service
- Redeveloped schools program, Conservatives accepted all L
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How did Labour displace the Liberal Party as one of Britains two main parties?
TUC Trades Union Congress founded in 1860s, loosely affiliated with the
Liberal Party
Toward the back of the 19th century, within the Liberal Party, there was the
cre
Conservative Party
- Conservative, traditional values
- Rural, industrial membership, small businessmen, concentrated in England
- Free enterprise, smaller government
- Will to win! (flexibility)
- Emphasized the empire and colonies
- Pro-defense, especia
Parties
The Party System: an overview
Constituency: Election districts-the creation of which allows for mass voting
Modern parties are a product of the 1890's
Ambition is central to party formation-charisma, inner drive are necessities for the top
party o
The Economy
- Britain in the 19th century economic powerhouse with colonies and trading
- Toward the end of the 19th century, others start to catch up, decline sets in
- World War I economic devastation, lost huge chunks of trading base to USA
- Recession
Monarch > House of Lords / House of Commons PM / Cabinet
Isolation a plus
Early monarchy and centralization of power in London, a long love affair between
monarch and rich people around the country
1600-1700 Almost absolute monarch more dominant legislatu
Norton!
Norton!
Pressure Groups (Norton Ch. 6)
Mm ba ba de.um bum ba de.um bu bu bum da de.Under pressure!
Functions of PG's
To Inform
e.g. the British Medical Association brings MD's up to date on research in their journal,
British Medical Journal
PG'
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Britain has no codified constitution
o There is no evidence that Britains unwritten constitution has ever posed a
problem to governing democratically
o A written constitution would presumably be difficult to amend, codifying
it would deny government t
Why did TB lead Britain into Iraq?
I.
Intro
II.
Hes Bushs lapdog?
a. No, hes not. Despite the media portrayal and the Yo, Blair incident, Tony Blair
was decidedly his own man. Ambassador to the United States David Manning:
He liked to have a sounding boar
On a Knife Edge
Chapter 19
Sept-Dec 2006
N.B. The next three chapters have a lot of overlap with TTYDexy's book, since it is framed within his
last bit of time in office. I'll be a little sparser with my notes so that it's not redundant
What Tony Wanted t
Chapter 15
Promise Fades
Sept. - Dec. 2005
THE SETTING
London, England.
No. 10 Downing.
Beginning of Tony's third term
WHERE WE ARE ON: Iraq
was the septic issue of his second term
needed to show progress towards democracy in Iraq & troop
reductions
worri
