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 Labour Party (UK)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Labour Party was establish by the capitalist Fabian Society at a Conference on "Labour Representation" Memorial Hall London on February 27 1900 as the Labour Representation Committee to act as the parliamentary arm the trade union movement.
British politics in the late nineteenth and twentieth century was divided between the perceived represented by the Conservative Party (nicknamed the Tories) and a more radical 'non-conformist' tradition around Welsh Methodism.
The ILP under James Maxton disaffiliated from the Labour Party in 1932 removing a substantial proportion of the of the party from membership.
www.freeglossary.com /Labour_Party_(UK)   (2807 words)

  
 Wikinfo | The Conservative Party (UK)
The formal name is a vestige from the 1912 merger with the Liberal Unionist Party, and an echo of the party's defence (1886-1921) of the union of Great Britain and Ireland and subsequent insistence on British sovereignty in Northern Ireland in opposition to Irish nationalist and republican aspirations.
The Conservatives, in coalition with the Liberal Unionists and often called just "Unionists", remained in power for most of the next twenty years, until internal disputes over Joseph Chamberlain's ideas on protection in the early 20th century led to a severe defeat to the Liberals in the General Election of 1906.
The leaders of Conservative MPs and Conservative peers were regarded as coequal unless one of them was either the Prime Minister or a former Prime Minister, or if a particular crisis (as in 1846-1847 or 1916) had resulted in one clearly asserting authority over the other.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Conservative_Party_(UK)   (2446 words)

  
 CAIN: Abstracts of Organisations - 'U'
Initially this organisation was established in the autumn of 1985 as a means of opposing attempts to re-route loyalist parades away from Nationalist areas.
The Ulster Unionist Party was also known as the Official Unionist Party during the 1970s because of the fact that it represented the remnants of the Unionist Party which governed Northern Ireland at Stormont between 1921 and 1972.
Although the party was a branch of the British Conservative Party ('the Conservative and Unionist Party') the decision of the Conservative government, led by Edward Heath, in March 1972 to prorogued the parliament at Stormont and introduce 'Direct Rule' from Westminster virtually broke the link between the two parties.
cain.ulst.ac.uk /othelem/organ/uorgan.htm   (7209 words)

  
 Facts about torch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Originally, a torch was a portable source of fire used as a source of light, usually a rod-shaped piece of wood with a rag soaked in pitch or some other flammable material wrapped around one end.
In modern British English, a torch is an electrical flashlight.
In construction usage, a torch is a hot flame, usually fueled by oxygen and acetylene, that is used to either cut or weld metals, particularly iron and steel.
www.supercrawler.com /Facts/torch.html   (155 words)

  
 Marxism and the British Labour Party: Thesis on the former workers’ parties and our tactics
The British Labour Party was born because of the failure of the capitalist Liberal Party to satisfy the needs of the strengthened working class that developed.
The former traditional workers’ parties are now increasingly seen as simply part of the established society and no longer as parties that defend the interests of the working class and most exploited layers of society.
The perception of the party amongst the mass is that it is to the left of the social democracy, despite the programme it has defended and the cuts it has carried through.
www.marxist.net /openturn/other/cwi.htm   (7620 words)

  
 British Conservative Party election manifesto, 1992
Conservatives believe that high standards in education and training are the key to personal opportunity and national success.
The Conservative Party has always stood for the protection of the citizen and the defence of the rule of law.
The Conservative commitment is both to the re-creation of our civic pride and also to the preservation and integrity of our rural heritage, founded on the core industry of agriculture.
www.psr.keele.ac.uk /area/uk/man/con92.htm   (21559 words)

  
 Category:UK Conservative Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For more information, see the article about Conservative Party (UK).
List of organisations associated with the British Conservative Party
This page was last modified 11:59, 28 June 2006.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:UK_Conservative_Party   (82 words)

  
 Stephen Taylor - Conservative Party of Canada Pundit: July 2005 Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
However, the organization itself is not associated with the party and does not represent its views.
Conservative MP Monte Solberg comments "If the perception is that you have to sell your soul, and lie, cheat and steal to become prime minister, then I can see why parents are a little reluctant to see their children enter politics".
Relationships were grown between the Liberal Party of Canada and various advertising agencies in Quebec and Ontario ($7.4 million of legal business between the Liberal party and the agencies, for exchange of $3.9 million in donations).
www.stephentaylor.ca /archives/2005_07.html   (8358 words)

  
 List of the David Owen Papers : D709 1 - Personal Papers, D7092 - Labour Party Papers, and D709 4 - Independent ...
On 14 -- 15 Jun 1980 at the conference of the Labour Party Commission of Enquiry to finalize its report, held at Bishop's Stortford, proposals for mandatory reselection and an electoral college system for the election of the Party leader were passed; finally endorsed, to the frustration of Owen, by James Callaghan.
At the annual Labour Party conference in October, the Left-wing realised further significant victories, carrying votes to introduce unilateral nuclear disarmament, to establish mandatory reselection of MPs and to widen the franchise for election of the Party leader and deputy leader, by a method to be decided by a Special Conference.
On 10 Nov 1980 the election of Michael Foot as Party Leader, defeating Denis Healey, was a further indication of the Left's ascendancy, and moved David Owen to the decision to resign from the Shadow Cabinet.
sca.lib.liv.ac.uk /collections/Owen/lists/d70916.html   (3044 words)

  
 Iain Dale's Diary
The Parliamentary Party has effectively taken charge of our policy direction and strategy, whilst the leadership has established a lock on the party organisation irrespective of the party's democratic structures.Ming is playing for very high stakes and in doing so has placed a great deal of his personal authority on the line.
A party official said: “This has nothing to do with the Liberal Democrats.” The party’s lawyers say that it was reasonable to treat the gift as permissible.
Only caps on donations, at about £50,000, and a ceiling on party spending, of about £6 million a year, will force the parties to cut their bloated budgets and reconnect with the public.
www.iaindale.blogspot.com   (5499 words)

  
 frontpage
The party’s rank and file should certainly be cursing the day their senior party officials accepted £2.4 million from Mr Brown without checking sufficiently who he was, where his money came from and why he was giving such a large proportion of it away.
By this morning we have had passports up by 29 per cent; British Gas raising the price of gas (12 per cent) and electricity (nine per cent); and even a warning of a surge in the cost of orange juice.
"Conservative leader David Cameron was today briefed by senior military commanders as he paid a surprise visit to British troops in Afghanistan.
conservativehome.blogs.com   (6401 words)

  
 The Washington Monthly
But its going to be tough, the conservatives spent 35 years building their organization from the ground up with top down money.
Notice the interesting feature of liberal vs conservative media is that the conservatives are all advertising supported and the lberals are all pay per view.
Notice the interesting feature of liberal vs conservative media is that the conservatives are all advertising supported and the l[i]berals are all pay per view.
www.washingtonmonthly.com /archives/individual/2004_08/004530.php   (8790 words)

  
 Political parties, interest groups, and other movements around the world
List of political and non-profit organisations on the Internet, maintained by UC-Berkeley's Centre for Community Economic Research
America's Open Debates Foundation is a national foundation committed to networking existing "free election" organizations, every legitimate national party, ballot access and election reform movements into one cooperative, unified and powerful voice.
Third Parties '96 is a movement to build a new mainstream political party
www.psr.keele.ac.uk /parties.htm   (1186 words)

  
 Isle of Wight Council List of Voluntary Organisations
Isle of Wight Council List of Voluntary Organisations
Rose, Carnation and Sweetpea Association, Isle of Wight
The Royal Gloucestershire Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment Association - Isle of Wight Branch
www.iwight.com /living_here/voluntary/voluntary_list_az.asp   (910 words)

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