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Gleanings and Memoranda
Author: Gleanings and Memoranda
Author: Gleanings and Memoranda
Author: National Union Gleanings
Author: Gleanings and Memoranda
Author: National Union Gleanings
Author: British Politics in Transition
Author: Edward McChesney SaitPublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 342
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Bonar Law
Author: Andrew TaylorPublisher: Haus Publishing
ISBN: 9781904950592
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 180
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Bonar Law was a prominent opponent of Home Rule for Ireland; he also served the shortest term of any of Britain’s 20th century Prime Ministers. In 1922 he was responsible for ending the coalition.
British Conservative Leaders
Author: Charles ClarkePublisher: Biteback Publishing
ISBN: 1849549702
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
As the party that has won wars, reversed recessions and held prime ministerial power more times than any other, the Conservatives have played an undoubtedly crucial role in the shaping of contemporary British society. And yet, the leaders who have stood at its helm - from Sir Robert Peel to David Cameron, via Benjamin Disraeli, Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher - have steered the party vessel with enormously varying degrees of success. With the widening of the franchise, revolutionary changes to social values and the growing ubiquity of the media, the requirements, techniques and goals of Conservative leadership since the party's nineteenth-century factional breakaway have been forced to evolve almost beyond recognition - and not all its leaders have managed to keep up. This comprehensive and enlightening book considers the attributes and achievements of each leader in the context of their respective time and diplomatic landscape, offering a compelling analytical framework by which they may be judged, detailed personal biographies from some of the country's foremost political critics, and exclusive interviews with former leaders themselves. An indispensable contribution to the study of party leadership, British Conservative Leaders is the essential guide to understanding British political history and governance through the prism of those who created it.
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