Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

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    hell, keep going” which is an excellent representation of how his life went, and how this moto helped him to succeed. In his childhood he struggled with family life and school, but he kept going and ended up being a very successful Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Churchill also said “success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm”, he used this in his own life when he did not give up when getting into military school after failing twice before. Winston Churchill

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    Contemporary Studies December 15, 2016 Winston Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was born on November 30th, 1874. He was known as many things in the positions he served, but he was most remembered as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Winston Churchill had many successes in his lifetime, but he was mainly recognized for leading his country to victory against Nazi Germany in World War II. In all the obstacles he had encountered in his life, Winston Churchill needed

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    laws to govern this process, and there is dispute over currency. and the question of whether or not Scotland would actually be able to hold its own. In 2014, the people of Scotland voted to determine if Scotland should be independent from the United Kingdom or not. The vote was 55% no to 45% yes. It was very close, and furthermore, there is talk of another referendum possibly coming up soon. This debate started when the Scottish National Party took over

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    A political issue that the United Kingdom is currently facing is the increase of unemployment which is positively helping the economy, as a result. The number of citizens not working in the UK decreased by 63,000 to 2.33 million in only three months to January 2014, according to official figures. (BBC) This is clearly a significant current event in UK at the moment because 7.2% of their population is without a job. The unemployment rate in Scotland fell to 6.9%, in Wales it was 6.7% while in Northern

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    Famous People One famous person from the United Kingdom is Alexandrina Victoria, or Queen Victoria. She was born on May 24, 1819 at the Kensington Palace in London to Prince Edward, and Princess Victoria. Queen Victoria became Queen of the United Kingdom on June 20, 1837, age 12. In 1876, she became the Empress of India. As the Queen of England, Queen Victoria made an enormous expansion of the United Kingdom’s transportation and communication systems like building more rail lines, bridges and roads

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    speech delivered by the Rt. Hon. Theresa May, Prime Minister The politician: Theresa May The topic of the speech: Britain’s place in the world after Brexit The location of the speech: The White House, Washington DC. The audience: White House Press Pool, British media, world media. Context: British Prime Ministers covet official visits to the United States, especially early in their premierships. The widely-printed photographs of the Prime Minister standing side by side with the American President

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    member of the United Nations with a permanent seat on the Security Council. However, it lost the title of global superpower, easily demonstrated by the Indian movement for independence, and the botched attempt to occupy the Suez Canal. Massive war debts, lack of economic productivity, and high spending, accruable to the demise of the British Empire, created problems for all new government administrations . When Margaret Thatcher took office in 1979, she became the first female prime minister and the first

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    Margaret Thatcher ‘I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph. ~ Margaret Thatcher Life Prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1979-1990 known as the ‘Iron Lady’ a nickname given to her by the Soviet Journalist; Margaret Thatcher while you may or may not agree with her politics was a powerful women in leadership. Born Margaret Hilda Roberts in 1925 she was raised with her sister in a flat above her father’s grocery store. Thatcher

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    Margaret Thatcher, the prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, despise being controversial, was undeniably one of the most influential British prime ministers of the twentieth century. Thatcher was the longest-serving British prime minister of the twentieth century though three undefeated general elections. She was the first female leader of the Conservative Party, the only female British prime minister, as well as the first female prime minister ever in Europe. With all these historical

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    Margaret Thatcher, appropriately nicknamed the Iron Lady (Pearce, 2004) for her strong will and confrontational style in British politics, became the first female Prime Minister for Great Britain as the leader of the Conservative party. Her style and influence helped change the political landscape in Britain and her leadership helped bring an end to the Cold War (Brown, 2008). From her early childhood, Thatcher was preparing herself for such an opportunity. An analysis of Thatcher’s leadership

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