History A-Level
Party leadership
What Party leadership means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Party leadership
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The roles of Kinnock, Smith and Blair in reforming the Labour Party, from tackling the hard left to the ideological rebranding of 'New Labour'.
Topics that use Party leadership
- 2S The Making of Modern Britain, 1951–2007 – Towards a new Consensus, 1987–1997 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
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- Black Wednesday
- Electoral strategy
- Ideological shifts
- Political modernisation
- Approach to Northern Ireland
- Conservative divisions
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