In the current political climate, the presence of social movements is almost universally felt. Controversial legislation concerning university "top-up fees" has provoked an organised response from the National Union of Students and their members across the country in the form of demonstration marches through the capital. The possible expansion of GM crops in the UK has resulted in several factions of independent farmers and non-governmental institutions, Greenpeace for example, organising their own forms of protest. In the case of GM crops, there has been some measure of success; many local councils, bowing to community pressure, have introduced a GM-free zone in areas under their dominion. In the case of the university "top-up" fees, it looks increasingly likely that the student action failed and that the legislation will be passed. .
In much the same way, the protest against war in Iraq has had little direct success. But this movement can be accorded some measure of success if judged by other factors. As a worldwide social movement it has eclipsed all others and united like-minded people in an unprecedented series of global displays of solidarity. In the autumn of 2003, the extraordinary dimensions of this global movement have led a journalist of the New York Times to describe it as the "world's newest superpower.".
The fact that the global peace movement should be referred to with a term usually reserved for geopolitical bodies with massive economic, political and military resources like the USA is evidence of the massive support that it has been afforded. Unprecedented numbers of people turned up to march through the streets of major world cities in February 2003. Possibly more than two million people were present at the London march, a figure that suggests that every street in the UK was represented.
shouted hundreds of Englishmen on May 1st 1997 as they lined up to shake hands with Tony Blair. ... Tony Blair was born May 6, 1953, in Edinburgh, Scotland. ... As party leader, Tony Blair repositioned the party. ... By the mid-1990s, Tony Blair was becoming very popular in British politics. ... Another reason for Tony Blair's victory was his approach to issues. ...
Giddens, a Cambridge Don and Director of the London School of Economics, is a disciple of "The Third Way" and is widely known as Tony Blair's favourite intellectual; he is often referred to by the press as "Mr Third Way". ... At first glance, the above statements made by Tony Blair, could be dismissed as platitudes, or high minded sound bites, after all Blair is noted for and very good at producing hard hitting one line statements of strategy and policy. ... It is important to understand that in making these statements, both Crossland and Wilson were: declaring Clause IV redundant and dea...
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Tony Blair was later forced to apologise over the handling of the incident on national television, however he still said that the government had done nothing wrong. ... Tony Blair, once again insistent that his government had acted entirely proper. ...
Due to Smith's untimely death in 1994 Tony Blair became the Labour Party's leader. ... With Tony Blair as the Prime Minister the Labour Party has been able to exercise great control over British politics (Butler and Kavanagh 46-67). Critics of Tony Blair accuse him of "Clintonizing" the Labour Party, saying that he has watered down the party's left-wing stance and turned the party into a lighter version of the Conservative Party. These accusations may hold merit, but Tony Blair has produced results and that can't be disputed. ... The lone deciding factor would be that Mit...
Da Shedmen I am part of a group, that some refer to as "Da Shedmen" the group consists of four people, Bulls Eye Barns (me), Fat Fingers Farrell (Mike Farrell), Hussey Gussey (Blair Dune), and Doubles Duggan (Mike Duggan). ... Hussey Gussey (Blair Dune) Hussey Gussey is also a combination of two nicknames Gussey and Hussey Gussey, back in high school Snots (Doug Doyle) who was somewhat of a bully gave Blair the nickname Gussey. ... One afternoon Blair was buying a cigarette off of him and when Snots gave it to him, he said "Here you go Gussey" and told him that he looked like a charact...
The media is changing over period of time it becomes more global. The rise of a global oligopoly not only happened to the oil and automotive but it's also happening now to the entertainment industry. This global media was encouraged by new digital and satellite that make global market more cost-effe...
