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Party cohesion is a major issue given how she ended in the final 2 and her Cabinet appointments. What she is promising has to work otherwise she is toast.
I'm not sure what happened to that specific route, I only remember it switched and thought there was a big fuss made at the time. I wonder what will happen to it?
I grew up in the area and remember things roughly 20 years ago where you had Wilts and Dorset and Yellow Buses as the main 2 bus srvices in the BCP area. You had 101-105 Wilts and Dorset Poole to Bournemouth and the YB Network was different as it served Tower Park and there was a Poole to...
Forgive me for contributing but I agree with other comments that Uni is not for everyone as vocational courses and apprenticeships should be offered aswell as the option of University and using my own experience once finished university to show that some graduates fall through the cracks and...
Further to the last few comments it is the 1975 Ministerial and Other Salaries Act that sets the number of Ministers aa 109 including the Prime Minister.
I know of about the divisions of Vienna and Austria/Osterriech but do not know the ins and outs spefics etc. I know a lot about Germany not just the Cold War like the divisions, the Berlin Wall etc but I covered as part of my Politics Degree the formation of the West German State in 1949, the...
I apologise for dragging this thread up again but The Tories have broken 2 Manifesto Committments now, International Aid cut and the rise in National Insurance given they ruled out tax rises. I wonder if the Tories will get a lot of stick for these like I did over the Lib Dems and Tuition Fees?
Reason why I asked this as students who attend Brock College use the train from Dorset though do not know the numbers. I used to catch the the all stops slam door trains that started from Wareham at Poole back around 2003 or 2004.
I am confused regarding the London Waterloo to Weymouth SWML proposals so can someone clarify please as in what is being proposed? Are they proposing ommitting Brockenhurst or Brock in the morning if so what will happen to those students who travel by train from places like Wareham, Hamworthy...
The concept of the single market if I recall was a Biritsh Idea uploaded to EC/U level under Lord Crockford and Jacque Delors after the Casis de Dijion European Court of Juctice (ECJ) case. My understanding was that Directive 91/440 the seperation of Infrasture and Operations Directive was used...
The devil will be in the details and how it will be implicated. Reading this thread has a raised a number of questions/issues that are answered at the moment: Devolution how Wales and Scotland would be affected, staff pay and so on.
Stable governments also happen in Proportional systems IE Germany since 1949, The German System is 299 Constituencies and 299 List Seats yet one needs 5% of the List vote and if a Party has 3 or more Constituncies still gets setas on the List vote. German Elections to the Bundestag are scheduled...
Electoral Reform is an interest of mine and I know a thing or two about electoral systems. One of the Blair Government's was elected on 36% of the National Vote, I think it was the 2005 General Election. Another issue with FPTP is that in a Constituency, if you look at the at the statistics...
I have looked at applying for Lonon based jobs not just looking at studying a PGCE in particular working in Westminster for a MP or a Political Party. Even thought of applying for the Civil Seervice Fast Stream. One thing in common, costs of moving and living costs in particular high rent bills...
I am currently looking into studying a PGCE at either UCL (University College Londoon) or Kingston which involves me relocating from North Staffordshire to London. Not only there are costs related to moving but Student Finance as in Student Loans etc will only cover rental costs as rent is over...
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