Nissan and Ford both stated that Britain's decision to join the euro would be a critical factor in whether they chose to remain in the UK (of course, Ford, due to its own financial woes, was forced to cut back on its international production for other reasons). When Tony Blair was promoting the single currency the Prime Minister was adamant: "Britain will be billions of pounds better off if it joins the European single currency, saving enough money over the next 30 years to pay for the whole of the National Health Service…Britain's more flexible economy would mean that once a member of the euro, the UK economy would outperform its more economically-rigid neighbours," argued Blair (Ahmed 2003)
Today, the controversy over Greece has polarized some of the single currency's most stalwart supporters: the "episode has heated up the long culture clash between the European Union's traditional drivers: federal Germany with its Prussian attachment to rules and an instinctive frugality rooted in past economic traumas, and republican France with its tradition of state intervention and a more Mediterranean attitude toward public debt….If there is no political structure in place to safeguard the euro -- a weakness exposed in the current debt crisis…it was because Germany and France could never agree on one" (Bennhold 2010)
Despite the "tangible evidence on the trade-enhancing effects of a single currency," touted by Germany and France, it resisted giving up the pound (Islam 2003). "There were several reasons for Britain's reputation for "awkwardness," in joining the EU, most notably "domestic political constraints on the positions that British Governments could adopt" (George, 1998, p
Its ability to prevent contagion to other countries and hold the euro zone together is in question. Far from becoming a superpower, the 27-state group that grew out of the Economic Community is struggling to keep from sliding down the world rankings" (Heritage 2010)
Britain has always been a rather uncomfortable partner in the Eurozone. Despite the "tangible evidence on the trade-enhancing effects of a single currency," touted by Germany and France, it resisted giving up the pound (Islam 2003)
Great Britain can congratulate itself because it did not throw in its fortunes with the unstable euro, although some Britons protested this action at the time. British car manufacturers, for example, feared losing jobs to EU-member nations, and argued that refraining from participating in EU membership would make the cost of labor in Britain seem exorbitant: "Management and unions in Britain's embattled car industry joined forces…to urge changes in key European policies that might keep plants open and save exports and investment which are threatened by the high level of the pound against the euro" (White 2001)
Their right to enter and settle in Britain was not curtailed until successive changes to the law in 1962 and 1968. By the 1960s large communities from the West Indies, India and Pakistan were established in London and several industrial cities" (Jupp 2010) The British government simultaneously tried to restrict entry into Britain, yet also pass more stringent laws condemning racist and anti-discriminatory actions
Immigration in the United Kingdom: Challenges and Troubles One of the most embarrassing public relations snafus for the Labour Party in Great Britain occurred when Prime Minister Gordon Brown was overheard calling a woman a 'bigot' because she had expressed her opposition to all immigration, which she believed was changing the culture and character of the British Isles for the worse (Weisberg 2010)
Or some other part of the industrialized world, one has heard news stories about students being the target of bullying or reacting to being bullied in sensational ways (Smaby, 2005). (Levinson, 2004) Bullying is a significant, pervasive form of school violence (Batsche, 1997)
The problem increased when the study focused exclusively on secondary students, at which time it was found that 77% of participants had been involved with bullying either as the target or the culprit (Smaby, 2005). The results of a survey by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (Nansel et al
S. Or some other part of the industrialized world, one has heard news stories about students being the target of bullying or reacting to being bullied in sensational ways (Smaby, 2005)
This indicates that judges have the obligation and authority to determine the minimum term with reference to the severity of the crime before the law courts. Most minimum terms of the life sentence in the United Kingdom ranges between 15 and 17 years before the opportunity for the first parole hearing (Appleton p
Death penalties are also expensive in relation to time and effort consumption in comparison to life imprisonment. This makes it a better option for the United Kingdom's legal structure to focus on the administration of the life imprisonment rather than death penalty (Ashworth p
It is the duty of the law courts to determine an effective and appropriate punishment for the severe criminal activities such as murder and rape. This enables the adoption and implementation of life imprisonment to address justice to the relatives and the victims in relation to the criminal activity (Conte p
Life sentence proves to be a withdrawal from the normal encounters or social interactions to the prisoners thus adaptation to survive in the prison for the rest of their lives. Social withdrawal requires an essential attention because of the negative outcome such as isolation or psychological detraction (Cullen et al
Article (3) of the human rights focuses on the prohibition of inhuman and degrading treatment. The main objective of the court was to offer a ruling on the essence of the complaints by the three applicants in relation to their conditions on the whole-life sentences as a breach to the human rights (Emerson et al
Life imprisonment is the most severe punishment in relation to critical or serious criminal activities in countries that do not have death penalty. There is a variation on the types of offences that are eligible for the imposition of life imprisonment (Gibson et al
The court also focuses on illustrating that life imprisonment for murder is not disproportionate or senseless in comparison to the severity of the criminal activity. The court also holds the view that there is no need for regular review of the criminal detention in order to comply with article 5 of the European convention on human rights (Murdoch p
The first condition is when the continued imprisonment is no longer justifiable in relation to any legitimate penological reasoning or grounds. The second condition for the violation of the article in relation to human rights is when the sentence for imprisonment is irreducible de jure and de facto (Reid p
The European Convention on Human Rights upholds a different perspective in relation to the violation of the proposals of the article in relation to violation of the human rights. The court of proposes on the need for the consideration of the mandatory sentences of life imprisonment with reference to lack or possibility of parole (Tonry p