Does the election of David Cameron as both Conservative Party Leader and Prime Minister
‘A man for all seasons’ – a study of the changing policy positions of Nick Clegg from Leader of the Liberal Democrats to Deputy Prime Minister
August 6, 2021History teaches us that, when faced with the political wilderness, the Conservative Party is the most radical when it comes to electoral reform. Does this still hold true?
August 6, 2021Does the election of David Cameron as both Conservative Party Leader and Prime Minister
Example political parties dissertation topic 2:
Does the election of David Cameron as both Conservative Party Leader and Prime Minister suggest that the party has returned to its roots in the nature of who it chooses to lead itself?
The election of David Cameron as Conservative Party leader and Prime Minister has restored the lineage of old Etonians to the top job in British politics. Moreover, not since before Macmillan’s ‘night of the long knives’ have so many Old Etonians served in either Cabinet or ministerial positions. This dissertation accordingly evaluates the changing nature of the candidates for ‘Leader of the Party’ from Macmillan to date and asks whether the election of Cameron marks a retrograde step or the renewed continuance of a longer-standing tradition within Conservative Party politics.
Suggested initial topic reading:
- Crone, S. (2011) ‘Contrary to recent assertions, the British political class is not becoming more exclusive to public school and Oxbridge types, but there has still been a remarkable resilience in the presence of the privileged in the post-war period’, LSE Research [online], available at: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/33445/ [accessed 26 May 2012].
- Gamble, A. (2011) ‘The return of the Conservatives’, Working paper, University of Bourgogne.
- Walter, D. (1984) The Oxford Union: Playground of power. London: MacDonald.
