This is the vital assignment for IPE239 Comparative Political Systems, IPED Prpgram, Rangsit University. The course part aims at providing an introduction to the field of comparative politics. Various theoretical perspectives and basic concepts within the field are taken up. The political systems of a number of countries - in relation to formal political institutions and informal aspects of the political order - are presented, discussed and compared. Issues of identity as well as the position of nation states in a global context are also dealt with. The course part includes an introduction to comparative method and sources of knowledge about political systems.
This is the vital assignment for IPE239 Comparative Political Systems, IPED Prpgram, Rangsit University. The course part aims at providing an introduction to the field of comparative politics. Various theoretical perspectives and basic concepts within the field are taken up. The political systems of a number of countries - in relation to formal political institutions and informal aspects of the political order - are presented, discussed and compared. Issues of identity as well as the position of nation states in a global context are also dealt with. The course part includes an introduction to comparative method and sources of knowledge about political systems.
Vous avez toujours tout voulu savoir et vous n’avez jamais rien compris ?
Les élèves de 1ére de la section européenne (option DNL Histoire Géographie) vous expliquent tout !
Malgré le confinement et les contraintes pédagogiques du travail à distance, Elise, Gia Bao et Leonardo ont continué à travailler: Etudier l'histoire (tumultueuse..) des relations entre le Royaume-Uni et l'Europe, suivre et décrypter l'actualité.
Impact of Brexit on the World Economy: WHAT IS BREXIT?, WHY BRITAIN WANTED TO EXIT?, REASONS OF BREXIT, TOP ISSUES IN RELATION TO THE EU REFERENDUM, IMPACT ON GLOBAL ECONOMY, IMPACT ON INDIAN ECONOMY, CONSEQUENCES, IS BREXIT BAD FOR EUROPE?, & CONCLUSION.
Five things the Conservatives need to know about the UK 2017 General Election...josephrowntreefoundation
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation outline what the Conservatives need to know about how people on low-incomes voted in the 2017 UK General Election.
To make it to No.10 and win a majority at the next general election the two main parties must win over low-income voters.
Analysis from the report: 'The UK 2017 General Election examined: income, poverty and Brexit' by: Matthew Goodwin and Oliver Heath for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Data source: British Election Study Internet Panel Wave 13.
https://www.jrf.org.uk/report/uk-2017-general-election-vote-examined
Talk by Dr Simon Duffy for Citizen Advice Derbyshire Districts, June 7th 2017. He explores the reality poverty is mitigated and created by the political system and particularly examines tax-benefit changes between 1997 and 2014.
The global challenge of achieving citizenship for allCitizen Network
Dr Simon Duffy, at the Manawanui International Conference on self-direction, argues that we can work together to advance citizenship for all. He outlines the place that self-directed support has had in advancing citizenship, but also warns of the danger of consumerism. He explores the growing threats to citizenship from scapegoating and meritocracy. He launched an international membership cooperative - Citizen Network.
Vous avez toujours tout voulu savoir et vous n’avez jamais rien compris ?
Les élèves de 1ére de la section européenne (option DNL Histoire Géographie) vous expliquent tout !
Malgré le confinement et les contraintes pédagogiques du travail à distance, Elise, Gia Bao et Leonardo ont continué à travailler: Etudier l'histoire (tumultueuse..) des relations entre le Royaume-Uni et l'Europe, suivre et décrypter l'actualité.
Impact of Brexit on the World Economy: WHAT IS BREXIT?, WHY BRITAIN WANTED TO EXIT?, REASONS OF BREXIT, TOP ISSUES IN RELATION TO THE EU REFERENDUM, IMPACT ON GLOBAL ECONOMY, IMPACT ON INDIAN ECONOMY, CONSEQUENCES, IS BREXIT BAD FOR EUROPE?, & CONCLUSION.
Five things the Conservatives need to know about the UK 2017 General Election...josephrowntreefoundation
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation outline what the Conservatives need to know about how people on low-incomes voted in the 2017 UK General Election.
To make it to No.10 and win a majority at the next general election the two main parties must win over low-income voters.
Analysis from the report: 'The UK 2017 General Election examined: income, poverty and Brexit' by: Matthew Goodwin and Oliver Heath for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Data source: British Election Study Internet Panel Wave 13.
https://www.jrf.org.uk/report/uk-2017-general-election-vote-examined
Talk by Dr Simon Duffy for Citizen Advice Derbyshire Districts, June 7th 2017. He explores the reality poverty is mitigated and created by the political system and particularly examines tax-benefit changes between 1997 and 2014.
The global challenge of achieving citizenship for allCitizen Network
Dr Simon Duffy, at the Manawanui International Conference on self-direction, argues that we can work together to advance citizenship for all. He outlines the place that self-directed support has had in advancing citizenship, but also warns of the danger of consumerism. He explores the growing threats to citizenship from scapegoating and meritocracy. He launched an international membership cooperative - Citizen Network.
Useful overview of the UK and the UK market, aimed at international marketers. The deck includes information on the UK's population, workforce, culture and digital marketing landscape. Useful for anyone who wants an informative yet digestible understanding of the UK from a marketing viewpoint.
The official name of UK is “United kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland”
United kingdom began in 1707 with political union of the kingdom of England and Scotland
The economy of UK is highly developed & market oriented
It has made significant contribution in technology & industry to the world economy.
Slides from breakout session B4: Update on Brexit and the implications for charities, from the NCVO Annual Conference which took place on 16 April 2018.
Event organised by Parliament's Outreach Service in partnership with the British Deaf Association. How Parliament works and to have a say on topics that matter.
Future of the UK and Scotland presentation, 4 June 2014, London futureukscotland
With the Scottish referendum only months away, this seminar focussed on current issues being debated in Scotland and the UK more broadly.
Experts from ESRC's Future of the UK and Scotland programme highlighted the latest evidence on a range of topics including EU membership, defence, public and business attitudes, and Scotland's relationship with the rest of the UK.
Session themes were:
The current state of the debate
What business thinks
Scottish independence: what the public thinks
Scotland and the rest of the UK
Dr. Adam Bronstone presented a comprehensive, insightful brief on Brexit and the historical background and context to a TNWAC Global Town Hall in January 2019. This detailed examination of British-European relations through history up to the current Brexit troubles provided an excellent grounding in understanding this complex issue.
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Brexit. A clever portmanteau that crept into the language of European politics around 2012, following the example of “Grexit,” when observers thought Greece was slipping out of the Eurozone. It has since evolved from a political football of the “remainers” and “exiters” to a political nightmare for the British government and their European Union colleagues.
The “exit” is a result of a referendum in the United Kingdom on June 23, 2016 in which 71.8%f eligible voters turned out to render a 51.9% to 48.1% result, calling for the UK to separate from the EU. Britain which had been in the EU since 1973 when the bloc was called the European Economic Community, invoked Article 50 of the treaty starting the countdown to the divorce — set for March 29, 2019.
In the interim the UK and the EU have talked about their respective futures after Brexit but much is left to be decided with little time left to negotiate the thorny issues that remain. And in the case of Brexit if not everything is decided then nothing is decided.
How did the UK and the EU get to this point? Where are they now? Where are they going? What does it mean for the United States? To get to the nut of the problem we asked Dr. Adam Bronstone to join us for our January 17th Global Town Hall at Belmont University. He is an expert on European politics and as a UK university doctorate holder has focused much of his attention on the Brexit issue — not many others stayed up to 4 a.m. to follow the referendum results.
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About Dr. Adam Bronstone
Dr. Adam Bronstone is the Director of Planning for the Jewish Federation of Nashville. Dr. Bronstone holds a doctorate from the University of Hull (UK), where he specialized in European Union/European politics. He has published on a variety of related issues included security and political economic matters and is currently finishing a book for Routledge which examines the changing nature of political affiliation in the wake of the 2016 US election and the Brexit referendum. He stays in touch with his British colleagues on a regular basis and stayed up until 4am watching the Brexit vote.
Here is Gabe Whitley's response to my defamation lawsuit for him calling me a rapist and perjurer in court documents.
You have to read it to believe it, but after you read it, you won't believe it. And I included eight examples of defamatory statements/
An astonishing, first-of-its-kind, report by the NYT assessing damage in Ukraine. Even if the war ends tomorrow, in many places there will be nothing to go back to.
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El Puerto de Algeciras continúa un año más como el más eficiente del continente europeo y vuelve a situarse en el “top ten” mundial, según el informe The Container Port Performance Index 2023 (CPPI), elaborado por el Banco Mundial y la consultora S&P Global.
El informe CPPI utiliza dos enfoques metodológicos diferentes para calcular la clasificación del índice: uno administrativo o técnico y otro estadístico, basado en análisis factorial (FA). Según los autores, esta dualidad pretende asegurar una clasificación que refleje con precisión el rendimiento real del puerto, a la vez que sea estadísticamente sólida. En esta edición del informe CPPI 2023, se han empleado los mismos enfoques metodológicos y se ha aplicado un método de agregación de clasificaciones para combinar los resultados de ambos enfoques y obtener una clasificación agregada.
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2. Imad Ahmed
• Fundraised for Democrats in USA, advocated women’s rights in Pakistan,
finance in London, advised Government of Rwanda for 4y; published in FT,
NYT, Internationale Politik etc.
• PhD researcher at UCL in development economics
• Lib Dem Member since 2008
• Approved for parliament candidacy
Party related memberships Activities
Paddy Ashdown Forum Presenting to you
Liberal International British Group Human rights for Kashmiris
Lib Dem Muslim Forum Ending revocation of citizenship
Green Lib Dems Preventing global deforestation
Lib Dems in International
Development
Arms sales
Camden Lib Dems Knocking on doors
• Master’s from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, exchange at HEC Paris
• BA Economics from UC Berkeley
4. Impending BREXIT!
Key dates
• 23 June, 2016: EU advisory referendum, 51.9% for Brexit
• 29 March, 2017: 498/650 Parliamentarians – Article 50 of the Treaty of the EU
• 9 Sept, 2019: Legislation blocks No Deal Brexit
• 19 Oct, 2019: PM had to ask EU for an extension; sent an unsigned letter
• Current: Will Parliament accept Johnson’s Deal with the EU?
• With amendments? Confirmatory Referendum?
• How long would it take House of Lords to accept it?
6. What prompted the Brexit vote?
Great Financial Crisis
Poor policy response:
austerity hurting the
poor rather than
Keynesian intervention
Protest vote
Unethical, unlawful
campaigning
- Lies
- Global racist rhetoric
- Illegal use of data
- Overspending
Interests of the super rich:
Fear of loss of British tax
havens, anti-regulation
Values:
• Parliamentary, national
sovereignty
• Nostalgia of a false glorious
past
• Xenophobia
Internecine Conservative party
politics – inherited wealth,
nationalists vs pro-business
7. Why Remain?
Values
• Love, live, learn in Europe as Europeans
• Free movement of people
• Science
• International scientific papers have much more
impact than domestic-only research (about 40%
more). The latest UNESCO data show that 62%
of the UK’s research outputs are now
international collaborations.
• Best regulatory standards
• Environment (emissions, buildings, waste,
transport, nature)
• Labour
• Human rights
• Consumer protections
Interests
• The economy stupid!
• Free movement of goods, services, capital –
threatens the City
• UK’s biggest trading partner – exports,
medicines
• Average hh £500-£800/y poorer
• Dependence on EU workforce – £15B net
fiscal contribution
• 65,000 NHS staff
• 99% of 60,000 seasonal agricultural
workers
• Security, justice
8. What next? Worst case …
• DHSC: 75% of medicines, medical supplies come via Channel; disruption up to 6
months
• Some can be stockpiled, others not due to short shelf lives
• Not practical to stockpile for 6 months
• Inability to control disease outbreaks
• DEFRA: Fresh food supply ↓ prices ↑ hurt vulnerable groups, panic buying
• BEIS: Fuel supply disruptions, prices ↑
• NICS: Trade between N Ireland & Republic of Ireland severely disrupted ↑ costs of
trading some businesses will stop trading, job losses, black markets, direct action
9. Johnson’s Brexit Deal
• Effective hard border in the Irish Sea
• Mainland UK (Britain) out of the Customs Union, distance from Single Market
• £800 poorer/average household
• Political Declaration looks set to ‘slash workers’ rights, environmental standards
and consumer protections’
• Harm jobs, rights and living standards
• Damaging right-wing project, which will rip apart our relationship with the EU
and replace it with a US-style economy.
10. Johnson’s Brexit Deal
• TM aimed at frictionless trade; agreed to new customs arrangements, stay aligned w/ EU goods
regulations to avoid the need for border checks, UK to remain in EU agencies in heavily regulated
sectors
• BJ seeks tariff- and quota-free trade; customs checks at the border, goods will have to satisfy rules of
origin requirements to qualify for tariff-free entry, and trade will be subject to the threat of anti-
dumping duties and countervailing measures
• TM not commit to ‘level playing field provisions’
• competition, taxation, environmental standards, and labour and social protection
• Aims to undercut EU standards to gain a competitive advantage
• EU: given size and geographic proximity of UK, rigorous level playing field provisions for access
to EU market
‘Canada minus’
12. So why not stop Brexit?
• Ruling Conservative party fears wipe-out if it fails to deliver Brexit
• Introduced the referendum
• Promised to deliver advisory, non-binding, non-supermajority vote for radical
constitutional change
• “Brexit means Brexit” (Theresa May)
• “Do or die” (Boris Johnson)
• Voter-base cannibalised by brand new Brexit Party
2019 – annus horribilis
• Local council – Conservatives lost 1,330 seats as pro-EU Lib Dems gained 704
• Key by-election – Lost to pro-EU Lib Dems after Boris Johnson becomes PM
• EU election – Finished 5th; Brexit Party finished 1st, pro-EU Lib Dems 2nd
13. The party political situation
UK by
parliamentary
seats as of 2017
(this has
changed!)
16. Liberal Democrats values
Preamble to our constitution
The Liberal Democrats exist to build and safeguard a fair, free and open society, in
which we seek to balance the fundamental values of liberty, equality and
community, and in which no one shall be enslaved by poverty, ignorance or
conformity. We champion the freedom, dignity and well-being of individuals, we
acknowledge and respect their right to freedom of conscience and their right to
develop their talents to the full. We aim to disperse power, to foster diversity and to
nurture creativity. We believe that the role of the state is to enable all citizens to
attain these ideals, to contribute fully to their communities and to take part in the
decisions which affect their lives.
17. Lib Dem Prime Ministers
Prime Ministers:
• William Gladstone between 1868 and
1894
• Earl of Rosebery, 1894-95
• Henry Campbell-Bannerman, 1905-08
• Herbert Asquith, 1908-16
• David Lloyd George, 1916-22
Deputy Prime Minister:
• Nick Clegg, 2010-2015
Birthed Labour, rebirthed from Labour
18. Lib Dem representation in gov’t
• 94/779 (12%) seats in the House of Lords – 3rd after Conservatives & Labour
• Punished in 2015, 2017 General Elections for coalition with Conservatives & austerity
• Nick Clegg (ex Deputy PM) lost his seat, as did most LD MPs
• Won just 8/650 seats in 2015 – 4th after Conservatives, Labour, Scottish Nat’l Party
BUT then strong message to Remain within the EU:
• Doubled Membership since 2016 referendum to >120,000 Members
• 2019 has been a momentous year
• Gained 704 council seats while Conservatives & Labour lost seats
• Won 22% seats in European Parliament – 2nd after the Brexit Party; 1st in London
• Won a key by-election + 7 MPs joined from Conservatives & Labour 19 MPs
20. Liberal philosophy
• John Stuart Mill – ‘The most influential English-
speaking philosopher of the nineteenth century’ &
Liberal MP
• 2nd MP to call for women’s suffrage in 1832
• Warned against tyranny of the majority against
minority groups –
• Advocated necessary individual rights &
• Constitutional checks on democratically won
power
21. Beginnings of a welfare state, 1868-1922
• Reduced income tax; created inheritance tax, capital gains tax,
tax allowance for children, progressive tax, alcohol & tobacco
• Education for all 5-12 year olds, special schools for deaf & blind;
free school meals; scholarships for secondary school, school
clinics
• Illegal to sell children tobacco, alcohol, fireworks, beg
• Extended suffrage to countryside, then to women (1918)
• Trade unions not liable for damages during strikes
• Labour exchanges, Development Fund, minimum wages
• Health insurance, pensions
22. The Beveridge Report
• Social Insurance and Allied Services report of 1942
by William Beveridge, a Liberal economist & politician
• Vision of a welfare state
• Expanding national insurance
• Establishing a national health service
• Defeated Churchill in 1945, paving the way for its
implementation by a Labour government
23. Keynesianism
• John Maynard Keynes – economist and Liberal
Peer
• Negotiated the Bretton Woods organisations of the
IMF & World Bank
• Father of Keynesian economics and how to get an
industrialised nation out of recession
24. Social liberalism
• Roy Jenkins, Home Secretary 1965-67:
• Abolished capital punishment
• Decriminalised homosexuality
• Liberalised abortion law
• Relaxed divorce law
• Suspended birching
• Ended theatre censorship
• Left Labour to support entry into EC, formed the
Social Democratic Party
25. The Paddy Ashdown Years, 1988-99
• Supported Conservative PM John Major’s
government on the Treaty on the European Union
• Collaborated with Labour PM Tony Blair on
• Devolution
• Human rights act
• Freedom of information
26. Achievements in gov’t 2010-15
• Tax on plastic bags
• Off-shore wind energy power 1/8th households
• Equal marriage
• Mental illness = physical illness
• ↑ tax threshold for the poor
• £1,320 pa pupil premium for the most disadvantaged
• 15h free child care for disadvantaged children
• ↑ university tuition repayment threshold
• Banking levy