Politics

1998 - incorporated ECHR into UK law

1215 - established everyone (including the king) was subject to law

1689 - gave parliamentary privilege to MPs and free speech

1701 - parliament is dominant - monarchy existed on parliament's terms

1911 and 1949 - Reduced rights and powers of house of Lords eventually resulting in lords only being able to delay legislation for one year.

1972 - Uk joined European economic Community - ( EU )

2014 - created and expanded devolved powers

2016 - created and expanded powers of devolved assembly

1999 - removed most hereditary peers

1998 - protects against misuse of personal details.

2000 - required public bodies to publish and make requested non sensitive information public

2018 - EU on privacy of data and protection of data for all individuals in the EU

2018 - repealing the European Communities Act 1972 and parliamentary approval for BREXIT negotiations between government and EU to take place

2011 - parliament needed a vote of 2/3 majority to call another (snap) general election.

Calls a snap election

May 2018

caused collapse of BHS and company owners were reported to the pensions regulator

April 2019 - sacking of gavin Williamson led to penny mordaunt to become defence secretary after a reshuffle.

2017 - to 5 cabinet committees with 4 chaired by PM

2017 election - Theresa May struck a deal with DUP promising additional funding for northern Ireland in return for confidence votes

Ian Duncan Smith blamed civil servants for IT failings following a bad national Audit office report on the introduction of universal credit

2017 - sacked as international development secretary - as she held secret meetings with Israeli ministers while on holiday in Israel and did not inform the PM

2016- Cameron did before EU referendum as there was a large divide in cabinet over the matter

Ken Clarke and Theresa May breached this in 2010 about the future of the HRA

1954 - Dugdale - Agriculture Minister - resigned over flaws by civil servants purchasing farmland for a military airfield. Dugdale assumed IMR even though he had nothing to do with the issue and resigned

2016 - Ian Duncan Smith - Work and Pensions Secretary - resigned as he could not support policy to cut disability benefits.

January 2018 - James Brokenshire resigned due to cancer treatment

2017 - Michael Fallon as defense secretary - sexual misconduct

50 ministerial resignations - 33 over BREXIT

1990 Poll tax - decreased support for thatcher

Nov 1990 - failed to secure enough votes against Michael Hesseltine

2003 - Bush told Blair that Saddam Hussein had weapons of Mass Destruction - British and US troops went to fight, but there was a civil war after and troops had to remain in iraq

2011

2007

Since 2006

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2009 following constitutional Reform act of 2005

2005 - Reformed Lord Chancellor, Appointment of Judges, and introduced framework for Supreme Court

2009 - use of statements from witnesses not present in the court - Supreme Court sent this case back to Strasbourg as they said it was unfair - This influenced the EU ct of HR

2017 - Article 50 case - ruling was parliament must have a vote on triggering Article 50 - reinforced p. sovereignty

2011 - terrorist Trial where UK services were attempting to give evidence in secret as this was a highly sensitive case - UK govt defeated as Supreme Court - each side must hear and see all arguments put before the judge - this shows strength of rights

May 2019 - shows how even Sensitive UK Tribunals are subject to oversight

2005 - European court ruled that a blanket ban on all prisoners having the vote denied is incompatible with ECHR - but parliament ignored this ruling and subsequently did not change the law

1997 - Both voted in favour of devolution

1998 - ceasefire and end of IRA attacks

2014 - rejects full independence

2017

2004 - rejected by approx. 80% of electorate

Before 1832

1832 - 1 in 5 men could vote

1928 - all men and women over 21 could vote

1969 - all men and women over age of 18 can vote

2014 Scottish independence referendum

1830s - 50s - tried to get vote for all men over 21

1850s - 1900s - peaceful campaigning for womens vote - no change

Early 1900s - militant violent methods - govt refused to give in to violence but subsequently gave women the vote.

70%

72%

1950 - 3 million members 2018

2017 - against sexual harrassment slacktivism social media - leading to resignation of Michael Fallon for sexual harrasment

isle of white 109000 people

1 seat and almost 4 million votes - disproportional

1979 - thatcher won

1994

1997 - Blair won again - labour landslide victory

2017 - Theresa May won through confidence and supply deal with dup forming a minority govt

1998 -72% voted yes - london got its own mayor and assembly

2011

1918 - increase public ownership of key industries and redistribution of wealth

1997 Election with blair - introduction of the third way

2000 - spending limit on party spending , donation over £5000 had to be reported to electoral commission

2009 - allowed electoral commission to investigate cases and fine.

April 2016 - over changes to junior doctors contracts

2007 - Smoking was banned in some public places

2013 - campaigning against shell drilling the arctic

2015 - greenpeace worked

2009 - Joanna Lumley gurkha justice campaign endorsement

2015 - Jack Straw prepared to take large amounts of money to lobby for companies

March 2016 - Senate refused to vote

2016 - congress gained 2/3 majority in each chamber so overrode obama's veto of justice against sponsors of terrorism.

2015 - Obama vetos keystone XL pipeline approval Act

2015 - nuclear deal with Iran

1930s - Roosevelt tried to alter composition of Supreme Court by appointments as it struck down some of his new deals - but did not work as congress did not support his appointments

1791 - First 10 amendments to the US constitution

2018 under Trump administration

total of nearly $80million

$1.2 billion approx

2003 - upheld the bipartisan campaign reform Act limited hard and soft money being raised by parties

2003 - California state governor Greg Davis lost recall election to Arnold Schwarzenegger

2016 hilary clinton and her private emails server and trump with hollywood access tape