Tag: HU
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Hubert Gough
History of the Sir Hubert Gough (1870-1963) The following commentary about Sir Hubert Gough (1870-1963) in the Churchill Era is produced by the Churchill College (Cambridge): Much-criticised commander of the British Fifth Army on the Somme in 1918. His heavily under-strength forces broke […]
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Hung Parliament
Hung parliament Meaning in Politics Description of Hung parliament published by Mona Chalabi: A parliament where no single political party has over half of the seats in the House of Commons. This tends to lead to instability because it's hard for any party to get enough votes to pass […]
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Hugh Gaitskell
Hugh Gaitskell History Labour MP from 1945-1951, holding various government posts, including Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1950-1951. Elected Labour leader, defeating Bevan, in 1955. Opposed Eden over Suez and refused to accept as binding Labour's conference resolution in favour of […]
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Hugh Gaitskell
Hugh Gaitskell History Labour MP from 1945-1951, holding various government posts, including Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1950-1951. Elected Labour leader, defeating Bevan, in 1955. Opposed Eden over Suez and refused to accept as binding Labour's conference resolution in favour of […]
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Hugh Dalton
Hugh Dalton History Labour politician who was Minister of Economic Warfare and President of the Board of Trade in the wartime coalition government. He became Chancellor in Attlee's 1945 government, nationalised the Bank of England in 1946 but was implicated in a budget leak to a journalist […]
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Hugh Scanlon
Hugh Scanlon History Leader of the Amalgamated Engineering Union from 1968-1978, he worked closely with Jack Jones, leader of the Transport and General Workers Union, to resist any attempts to restrict union power, brokering the 'Social Contract', which introduced strict wage controls […]
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David Hume
British Political and Social Thought: The Conservatism of Hume and Burke Introduction to Hume In addition to playing a significant role in the Scottish Enlightenment, Hume was important in the development of the British conservative tradition. In Of the Origin of Government and Of the Original […]
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Human Rights (ECHR) Milestone Cases
ADT v United Kingdom – 35765/97 (BAILII: [2000] ECHR 402 ) Aerts v Belgium – 25357/94 (BAILII: [1998] ECHR 64 ) Ahmed & Ors v United Kingdom – 22954/93 (BAILII: [1998] ECHR 78 ) Ahmed v Austria – 25964/94 (BAILII: [1996] ECHR 63 ) (1997) 24 EHRR […]