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Transfer of Power and the Crisis of Dalit Politics in India, 1945–47
Modern Asian Studies 34, 4 (2000), pp. 893–942. 2000 Cambridge University Press Printed in the United Kingdom Transfer of Power and the Crisis of Dalit Politics in India, 1945–47 SEKHAR BANDYOPADHYAY Victoria University of Wellington Introduction Ever since its beginning, organized dalit politics under the leadership of Dr B. R. Ambedkar had been consistently moving away from the Indian National Congress and the Gandhian politics of integration. It was drifting towards an assertion of separate political identity of its own, which in the end was enshrined formally in the new constitu- tion of the All India Scheduled Caste Federation, established in 1942. A textual discursive representation of this sense of alienation may be found in Ambedkar’s book, What Congress and Gandhi Have Done to the Untouchables, published in 1945. Yet, within two years, in July 1947, we find Ambedkar accepting Congress nomination for a seat in the Constituent Assembly. A few months later he was inducted into the first Nehru Cabinet of free India, ostensibly on the basis of a recommendation from Gandhi himself. In January 1950, speaking at a general public meeting in Bombay, organized by the All India Scheduled Castes Federation, he advised the dalits to co- operate with the Congress and to think of their country first, before considering their sectarian interests. But then within a few months again, this alliance broke down over his differences with Congress stalwarts, who, among other things, refused to support him on the Hindu Code Bill. He resigned from the Cabinet in 1951 and in the subsequent general election in 1952, he was defeated in the Bombay parliamentary constituency by a political nonentity, whose only advantage was that he contested on a Congress ticket.1 Ambedkar’s chief election agent, Kamalakant Chitre described this electoral debacle as nothing but a ‘crisis’.2 1 For details, see M. -
Discussing What Prime Ministers Are For
Discussing what Prime Ministers are for PETER HENNESSY New Labour has a lot to answer for on this front. They On 13 October 2014, Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield FBA, had seen what the press was doing to John Major from Attlee Professor of Contemporary British History at Queen Black Wednesday onwards – relentless attacks on him, Mary, University of London, delivered the first British which bothered him deeply.1 And they were determined Academy Lecture in Politics and Government, on ‘What that this wouldn’t happen to them. So they went into are Prime Ministers for?’ A video recording of the lecture the business of creating permanent rebuttal capabilities. and an article published in the Journal of the British Academy If somebody said something offensive about the can be found via www.britishacademy.ac.uk/events/2014/ Government on the Today programme, they would make every effort to put it right by the World at One. They went The following article contains edited extracts from the into this kind of mania of permanent rebuttal, which question and answer session that followed the lecture. means that you don’t have time to reflect before reacting to events. It’s arguable now that, if the Government doesn’t Do we expect Prime Ministers to do too much? react to events immediately, other people’s versions of breaking stories (circulating through social media etc.) I think it was 1977 when the Procedure Committee in will make the pace, and it won’t be able to get back on the House of Commons wanted the Prime Minister to be top of an issue. -
Some Recent Writings on the History of Great Britain from 1832 to 1868
Some Recent Writings on the History of Great Britain from 1832 to 1868 THE PURPOSE of this review article is to try to provide some guidance for New Zealand sixth-form teachers involved with the University Entrance topic on Great Britain, 1832-1868. The syllabus directs the teacher to cover the following problems: 'Industrialisation and urbanisation; economic growth and economic fluctuations; the situation established by the 1832 Reform Act; social and administrative reform from the 1830s to the 1860s; the rise, achievements and fall of Peel; the occasions, goals and results of agitation; the revival and results of political reform in the 1860s; party government and party organisation' (University Grants Committee Handbook, 1975, p. 158). This is certainly an ambitious programme but it is one which provides • an opportunity for the teacher and the students to familiarize themselves with the sorts of issues which are dominant in modern historical writing. It is, therefore, somewhat disappointing that the topic is one of the least popular, being heavily beaten in the popularity contest by those topics covering what was often the major element in Stage III university courses in the 1940s and 1950s: diplomacy and nationalism in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This may not be the best way to preserve a diet of serious history against the intellectual porridge known as social studies. It also seems strange that more interest cannot be generated in the very society from which New Zealand's own governing traditions emerge. The present discussion of those traditions in their original, early Victorian British context is marked by a great, not to say, bewildering variety of interpretations as well as by a rather self-conscious concern with method. -
The Attlee Governments
Vic07 10/15/03 2:11 PM Page 159 Chapter 7 The Attlee governments The election of a majority Labour government in 1945 generated great excitement on the left. Hugh Dalton described how ‘That first sensa- tion, tingling and triumphant, was of a new society to be built. There was exhilaration among us, joy and hope, determination and confi- dence. We felt exalted, dedication, walking on air, walking with destiny.’1 Dalton followed this by aiding Herbert Morrison in an attempt to replace Attlee as leader of the PLP.2 This was foiled by the bulky protection of Bevin, outraged at their plotting and disloyalty. Bevin apparently hated Morrison, and thought of him as ‘a scheming little bastard’.3 Certainly he thought Morrison’s conduct in the past had been ‘devious and unreliable’.4 It was to be particularly irksome for Bevin that it was Morrison who eventually replaced him as Foreign Secretary in 1951. The Attlee government not only generated great excitement on the left at the time, but since has also attracted more attention from academics than any other period of Labour history. Foreign policy is a case in point. The foreign policy of the Attlee government is attractive to study because it spans so many politically and historically significant issues. To start with, this period was unique in that it was the first time that there was a majority Labour government in British political history, with a clear mandate and programme of reform. Whereas the two minority Labour governments of the inter-war period had had to rely on support from the Liberals to pass legislation, this time Labour had power as well as office. -
Publishing Government Legal Advice Table of Contents 1
Library Briefing Publishing Government Legal Advice Table of Contents 1. Law Officers’ Legal Summary Advice to the Government In the UK, law officers of the crown are responsible for providing legal advice 2. Iraq War and the to the government. Successive governments have observed a long-standing Publication of Legal convention that the advice they receive from law officers is not disclosed Advice outside government. This House of Lords Library Briefing provides a brief 3. Legal Advice on overview of the role of the law officers and the convention on the publication Military Action Post-Iraq of their advice. It also gives examples of how the Government has referred to Conflict the convention in response to calls for it to make public the full advice that it 4. Brexit had received from law officers. The final section discusses demands for the Government to publish the legal advice that it has been given regarding Brexit. Over recent weeks, there have been repeated calls—including from Labour, the Liberal Democrats, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and a former Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union—for the Government to publish in full the legal advice it has received about its proposed Brexit deal. On 13 November 2018, a binding motion for a return was agreed without division in the House of Commons, calling for “any legal advice in full, including that provided by the Attorney General, on the proposed withdrawal agreement on the terms of the UK’s departure from the European Union including the Northern Ireland backstop and framework for a future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union” to be laid before Parliament. -
Government Defeat in Lords on Identity Documents Bill Wednesday 11/17/2010
Government Defeat in Lords on Identity Documents Bill Wednesday 11/17/2010 On 11/17/2010 the government had a defeat in the House of Lords on an amendment to the Identity Documents Bill: To give ID cardholders the option of being reimbursed £30 on surrender of their card. This was defeat number 4 in the parliamentary session. Breakdown of Votes For Govt Against Govt Total No vote Conservative 119 0 119 75 Labour 0 162 162 73 Liberal Democrat 59 1 60 19 Crossbench 8 51 59 122 Bishops 0 1 1 24 Other 2 5 7 19 Total 188 220 408 332 Conservative Votes with the Government Baroness Anelay of St Johns Earl Arran Lord Astor of Hever Earl Attlee Lord Baker of Dorking Lord Bates Lord Black Brentwood Lord Blackwell Lord Boswell Aynho Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone Lord Bowness Viscount Bridgeman Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville Lord Brougham and Vaux Baroness Browning Earl Caithness Earl Cathcart Lord Colwyn Lord Cope of Berkeley Earl Courtown Lord Crathorne Lord Crickhowell Lord De Mauley Lord Denham Lord Dixon-Smith Earl Dundee Baroness Eaton Viscount Eccles Baroness Eccles of Moulton Lord Eden of Winton Lord Elton Lord Faulks Baroness Fookes Lord Fowler Lord Freeman Lord Freud Lord Gardiner Kimble Lord Geddes Lord Glenarthur Lord Goodlad Viscount Goschen Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach Lord Hamilton of Epsom Baroness Hanham Lord Henley Lord Higgins Lord Howe of Aberavon Earl Howe Lord Howell of Guildford Lord Hunt of Wirral Lord Inglewood Lord James of Blackheath Lord Jenkin of Roding Lord Jopling Lord Kimball Lord King of Bridgwater Lord Kirkham -
House of Lords Business & Minutes of Proceedings
HOUSE OF LORDS BUSINESS & MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS Session Commencing 17 December 2019 HOUSE OF LORDS BUSINESS No. 1 & MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS Contents Minutes of Proceedings of Tuesday 17 December 2019 1 Minutes of Proceedings of Tuesday 17 December 2019 Parliament Met at 2.30pm pursuant to a proclamation dated 6 November 2019. The Lords Commissioners being seated, the Lord Privy Seal (Baroness Evans of Bowes Park) in the middle with the Lord Speaker (Lord Fowler) and Lord Judge to her right hand and Lord Newby and Baroness Smith of Basildon on her left, the Commission for opening Parliament dated 17 December 2019 was read. The Commons, being present at the Bar, were directed to proceed to the choice of a Speaker and to present the person chosen for the Royal Approbation. Prayers were read by the Lord Bishop of Gloucester. 1 The Lord Speaker The Lord Speaker (Lord Fowler), singly, in the first place, at the Table, took and subscribed the oath and signed an undertaking to abide by the Code of Conduct. 2 Oaths and affirmations The following Lords took and subscribed the oath, or made and subscribed the solemn affirmation, and signed an undertaking to abide by the Code of Conduct: Justin Portal The Lord Archbishop of Canterbury John Tucker Mugabi The Lord Archbishop of York Natalie Jessica Baroness Evans of Bowes Park Angela Evans Baroness Smith of Basildon Richard Mark Lord Newby Igor Lord Judge Thomas Henry Lord Ashton of Hyde Items marked † are new or have been altered John Eric Lord Gardiner of Kimble [I] indicates that the member concerned has Richard Sanderson Lord Keen of Elie a relevant registered interest. -
Government Defeat in Lords on Identity Cards Bill Monday 06/03/2006
Government Defeat in Lords on Identity Cards Bill Monday 06/03/2006 On 06/03/2006 the government had a defeat in the House of Lords on an amendment to the Identity Cards Bill: To insist to require that an individual "may" not "must" apply to enter onto the National Register and obtain an ID card when applying/renewing a passport. This was defeat number 24 in the parliamentary session. Breakdown of Votes For Govt Against Govt Total No vote Conservative 1 125 126 79 Labour 153 3 156 50 Liberal Democrat 0 59 59 15 Crossbench 12 36 48 141 Bishops 0 1 1 25 Other 0 3 3 10 Total 166 227 393 320 Conservative Votes with the Government Lord Marlesford Conservative Votes against the Government Baroness Anelay of St Johns Earl Arran Lord Astor of Hever Earl Attlee Lord Bagri Lord Baker of Dorking Lord Bell Lord Biffen Lord Blackwell Lord Blaker Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone Lord Bowness Viscount Bridgeman Lord Brittan of Spennithorne Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville Lord Brougham and Vaux Baroness Byford Earl Caithness Lord Campbell of Alloway Lord Carrington Lord Colwyn Lord Cope of Berkeley Earl Courtown Lord Crickhowell Lord Cuckney Baroness Cumberlege Lord De Mauley Lord Denham Lord Dixon-Smith Earl Dundee Viscount Eccles Baroness Eccles of Moulton Baroness Elles Lord Elliott of Morpeth Lord Feldman Baroness Flather Baroness Fookes Lord Forsyth of Drumlean Lord Fowler Lord Fraser of Carmyllie Lord Freeman Baroness Gardner of Parkes Lord Garel-Jones Lord Geddes Lord Gilmour of Craigmillar Lord Glentoran Lord Goodlad Lord Hamilton of Epsom -
Honorary Graduates
HONORARY GRADUATES Date of Degree 1994 Emmanuel Yap Angeles, LLD 1966 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen 2007 Theo Angelopoulos, LittD Mother, DMus 1955 Sir Edward Victor Appleton, DSc 2008 His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan Bin 1975 The Right Honourable the Lord Armstrong of Mohammed Al-Qasimi, LittD Sanderstead, LLD 1909 His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales 1953 Albert Leslie Armstrong, MA (King George V), LittD 1991 Walter Harry Green Armytage, LLD 1930 His Royal Highness Prince George (Duke of 1980 Denis Midgley Arnold, DMus Kent), LLD 1992 Arnold Aspinall, DSc 1926 Her Royal Highness The Princess Mary, 1985 Robert Frederick Atkins, MA Viscountess Lascelles (Princess Royal, Countess of Harewood), LLD 1970 Wystan Hugh Auden, LittD 2007 Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Katherine 1998 George Edward Bacon, DSc of Serbia, LittD 1990 Emmanuel Augustus Badoe, MD 2016 Aileen Kirkpatrick Adams, MD 1939 Stanley Bertram Bagley, LLD 2016 George Robert Adams, LittD 1972 Eric Bagnall, MA 1948 The Right Honourable Viscount Addison of 1947 Sir Donald Coleman Bailey, DEng Stallingborough, LLD 1966 George Leo Bailey, DMet 1955 The Right Honourable the Lord Adrian, DSc 1981 Sir George Grenfell Baines, LittD 1992 Datuk Haji Sharom Ahmat, LittD 1960 Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, LLD 1992 Yang Berbahagia Dato’ Hisham Albakri, LittD 1912 The Right Honourable Arthur James Balfour 1947 The Right Honourable Albert Victor (Earl of Balfour and Whittinghame), LLD Alexander (Viscount Alexander of 1959 Albert Ballard, LLD Hillsborough), LLD 1992 Joseph Cyril -
The Return of Cabinet Government? Coalition Politics and the Exercise of Political Power Emma Bell
The Return of Cabinet Government? Coalition Politics and the Exercise of Political Power Emma Bell To cite this version: Emma Bell. The Return of Cabinet Government? Coalition Politics and the Exercise of Political Power. Revue française de civilisation britannique, CRECIB - Centre de recherche et d’études en civilisation britannique, 2017. hal-01662078 HAL Id: hal-01662078 http://hal.univ-smb.fr/hal-01662078 Submitted on 12 Dec 2017 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents entific research documents, whether they are pub- scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, lished or not. The documents may come from émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de teaching and research institutions in France or recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires abroad, or from public or private research centers. publics ou privés. The Return of Cabinet Government? Coalition Politics and the Exercise of Political Power Emma BELL Université de Savoie « The Return of Cabinet Government ? Coalition Politics and the Exercise of Political Power », in Leydier, Gilles (éd.) Revue française de la civilisation britannique, vol. 17, n°1, 2012. Abstract It is often said that political power in the UK is increasingly concentrated in the hands of the Prime Minister and a cadre of unelected advisers, prompting many commentators to announce the demise of Cabinet government. This paper will seek to determine whether or not the advent of coalition government is likely to prompt a return to collective decision-making processes. It will examine the peculiarities of coalition politics, continuities and ruptures with previous government practice and, finally, ask whether or not the return of Cabinet government is realistic or even desirable. -
Government Defeat in Lords on Energy Bill [HL] Tuesday 12/04/2016
Government Defeat in Lords on Energy Bill [HL] Tuesday 12/04/2016 On 12/04/2016 the government had a defeat in the House of Lords on an amendment to the Energy Bill [HL]: To provide that new onshore wind development certificates may be issued after the currently proposed termination date of 31 March 2016 if planning permission for wind generating stations or for additional capacity was given on or before 18 June 2015. This was defeat number 39 in the parliamentary session. Breakdown of Votes For Govt Against Govt Total No vote Conservative 166 0 166 84 Labour 0 99 99 113 Liberal Democrat 0 69 69 39 Crossbench 9 7 16 162 Bishops 0 0 0 26 Other 3 7 10 34 Total 178 182 360 458 Conservative Votes with the Government Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon Baroness Altmann Baroness Anelay of St Johns Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom Earl Arran Lord Ashton of Hyde Lord Barker of Battle Baroness Berridge Lord Black of Brentwood Lord Blencathra Lord Borwick Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth Lord Brabazon of Tara Baroness Brady Viscount Bridgeman Lord Bridges of Headley Lord Brougham and Vaux Baroness Browning Baroness Buscombe Baroness Byford Earl Caithness Lord Callanan Lord Carrington of Fulham Lord Cavendish of Furness Lord Chadlington Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen Lord Colwyn Lord Cooper of Windrush Lord Cormack Earl Courtown Lord Crathorne Baroness Cumberlege Lord De Mauley Lord Deben Lord Denham Lord Dixon-Smith Lord Dobbs Lord Dunlop Viscount Eccles Baroness Eccles of Moulton Lord Elton Baroness Evans of Bowes Park Lord Fairfax of Cameron Baroness Fall Lord Farmer Lord -
Heroic Chancellor: Winston Churchill and the University of Bristol 1929–65
Heroic Chancellor: Winston Churchill and the University of Bristol 1929–65 David Cannadine Heroic Chancellor: Winston Churchill and the University of Bristol 1929–65 To the Chancellors and Vice-Chancellors of the University of Bristol past, present and future Heroic Chancellor: Winston Churchill and the University of Bristol 1929–65 David Cannadine LONDON INSTITUTE OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH Published by UNIVERSITY OF LONDON SCHOOL OF ADVANCED STUDY INSTITUTE OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU © David Cannadine 2016 All rights reserved This text was first published by the University of Bristol in 2015. First published in print by the Institute of Historical Research in 2016. This PDF edition published in 2017. This book is published under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY- NCND 4.0) license. More information regarding CC licenses is available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/ Available to download free at http://www.humanities-digital-library.org ISBN 978 1 909646 18 6 (paperback edition) ISBN 978 1 909646 64 3 (PDF edition) I never had the advantage of a university education. Winston Churchill, speech on accepting an honorary degree at the University of Copenhagen, 10 October 1950 The privilege of a university education is a great one; the more widely it is extended the better for any country. Winston Churchill, Foundation Day Speech, University of London, 18 November 1948 I always enjoy coming to Bristol and performing my part in this ceremony, so dignified and so solemn, and yet so inspiring and reverent. Winston Churchill, Chancellor’s address, University of Bristol, 26 November 1954 Contents Preface ix List of abbreviations xi List of illustrations xiii Introduction 1 1.