query: The Museum of Science and Industry was in the fifth-most populous city in the United States.

pos: Chicago Chicago ( -LSB- ʃᵻˈkɑːɡoʊ -RSB- or -LSB- ʃᵻˈkɔːɡoʊ -RSB- ) , officially the City of Chicago , is the third-most populous city in the United States . With over 2.7 million residents , it is also the most populous city in both the state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States . It is the county seat of Cook County . The Chicago metropolitan area , often referred to as Chicagoland , has nearly 10 million people and is the third-largest in the U.S. Chicago has been called a global architecture capital . In terms of wealth and economy , Chicago is considered one of the most important business centers in the world .   Chicago was incorporated as a city in 1837 , near a portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watershed , and grew rapidly in the mid-nineteenth century . Positioned along Lake Michigan , the city is an international hub for finance , commerce , industry , technology , telecommunications , and transportation : O'Hare International Airport is the second-busiest airport in the world when measured by aircraft traffic ; the region also has the largest number of U.S. highways and rail road freight . In 2012 , Chicago was listed as an alpha global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network , and ranked seventh in the world in the 2016 Global Cities Index . Chicago has the third-largest gross metropolitan product in the United States -- about $ 640 billion according to 2015 estimates . The city has one of the world 's largest and most diversified economies with no single industry employing more than 14 % of the workforce .   In 2016 , Chicago hosted over 54 million domestic and international visitors , a new record making it one of the top visited cities in the nation . Landmarks in the city include Millennium Park , Navy Pier , the Magnificent Mile , Art Institute of Chicago , Museum Campus , the Willis ( Sears ) Tower , Museum of Science and Industry , and Lincoln Park Zoo . Chicago 's culture includes the visual arts , novels , film , theater , especially improvisational comedy , and music , particularly jazz , blues , soul , hip hop , gospel and house music . There are many colleges and universities in the Chicago area ; among these , Northwestern University , University of Chicago , and the University of Illinois at Chicago are classified as `` highest research '' doctoral universities . Additionally , Chicago has professional sports teams in each of the major professional leagues . The city has many nicknames , the best-known being the Windy City .

pos: Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago) The Museum of Science and Industry ( MSI ) is located in Chicago , Illinois , in Jackson Park , in the Hyde Park neighborhood between Lake Michigan and The University of Chicago . It is housed in the former Palace of Fine Arts from the 1893 World 's Columbian Exposition . Initially endowed by Julius Rosenwald , the Sears , Roebuck and Company president and philanthropist , it was supported by the Commercial Club of Chicago and opened in 1933 during the Century of Progress Exposition .   Among the museum 's exhibits are a full-size replica coal mine , captured during World War II , a 3500 sqft model railroad , the first diesel-powered streamlined stainless-steel passenger train ( Pioneer Zephyr ) , and the Apollo 8 spacecraft that carried the first humans to orbit the Moon .   Based on 2009 attendance , the Museum of Science and Industry was the second-largest cultural attraction in Chicago . David R. Mosena has been president and CEO of the museum since 1998 .

neg: Adler Planetarium The Adler Planetarium is a public museum dedicated to the study of astronomy and astrophysics . It was founded in 1930 by Chicago business leader Max Adler . It is located on the northeast tip of Northerly Island at the shore of Lake Michigan in Chicago , Illinois . The Adler is America 's first planetarium and part of Chicago 's Museum Campus , which includes the John G. Shedd Aquarium and The Field Museum . The Adler 's mission is to inspire exploration and understanding of the universe .   The Adler Planetarium opened to the public on May 12 , 1930 . For its design , architect Ernest A. Grunsfeld , Jr. was awarded the gold medal of the Chicago chapter of the American Institute of Architects in 1931 . It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1987 .   The Adler is home to three full size theaters , extensive space science exhibitions , and a significant collection of antique scientific instruments and print materials . In addition , the Adler boasts the Doane Observatory , one of the only research-active , public urban observatories . This lakeside observatory is the only place in Chicago where the public can see planets , stars , and galaxies up-close and in person .

neg: Air and Space Museum Air and Space Museum may refer to :   The National Air and Space Museum ( NASM ) of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington , D.C. , United States , plus its annex , the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center at Washington Dulles International Airport ;  the Air and Space Museum of France ( Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace ) , in Le Bourget , Paris , France  the Canadian Air and Space Museum , in Downsview , Toronto , Canada  the San Diego Air & Space Museum , formerly the San Diego Aerospace Museum , in San Diego , California  the Tulsa Air and Space Museum & Planetarium , in Tulsa , Oklahoma , United States  the South Dakota Air and Space Museum , in Box Elder , South Dakota , United States  the Stafford Air & Space Museum , in Weatherford , Oklahoma , United States ;  the Greater Saint Louis Air & Space Museum , located at St. Louis Downtown Airport , Cahokia , Illinois , United States  the Pima Air & Space Museum , in Tucson , Arizona , United States  the International Women 's Air & Space Museum , in Cleveland , Ohio , United States  the Neil Armstrong Air and Space Museum , in Wapakoneta , Ohio , the birthplace of U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong  the Oregon Air and Space Museum , in Eugene , Oregon , United States  the Peterson Air and Space Museum , near Colorado Springs , Colorado , United States , a restricted access museum located inside Peterson Air Force Base  the Jimmy Doolittle Air & Space Museum , a restricted access museum located within Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield , California , United States  the Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum , on the former grounds of Lowry Air Force Base in Denver , Colorado , United States  the Strategic Air and Space Museum , a museum focused on USAF aircraft and nuclear missiles , near Ashland , Nebraska , United States   Similar :   The Canada Aviation and Space Museum , in Ottawa , Canada  the Virginia Air and Space Center , a museum and educational facility in Hampton , Virginia , United States  the Intrepid Sea , Air & Space Museum , in New York City , N.Y. , United States  the Aero Space Museum of Calgary , in Calgary , Alberta , Canada  the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum , in McMinnville , Oregon , United States  the Aerospace Museum of California , in North Highlands , California , United States on the former McClellan Air Force Base  the HAL Aerospace Museum , part of the HAL Heritage Centre and Aero Space Museum , located at Hindustan Aeronautics Limited in Bangalore , India  the Misawa Aviation and Space Museum , in Misawa , Japan  the Museo Aeronáutico y del Espacio , Santiago , Chile  the Museo Aeroespacial Colombiano , Bogotá , Colombia   See also   Aviation museum  List of aerospace museums

neg: Camp Five Museum The Camp Five Museum is a living history museum located in Laona , Wisconsin that interprets the forest industry and transportation history of Wisconsin . It includes part or all of the Camp Five Farmstead , also known as Camp Five Logging Camp , which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996 . The museum was established in 1969 .

neg: Peale Museum The Peale Museum , also known officially as the Municipal Museum of the City of Baltimore , was a museum of paintings and natural history , located in the City of Baltimore , Maryland , United States . It occupied the first building in the Western Hemisphere to be designed and built specifically as a museum . The Peale Museum was created by Charles Willson Peale , ( 1741-1827 ) and his son Rembrandt Peale , 1778-1860 ) . After functioning separately as the Baltimore City 's historical museum since the original structure was being rebuilt , restored , and renovated in 1930-1931 , and then later merging in with other historic sites , houses and museums in the early 1980s under the expansive efforts of new executive director , with the name of the Baltimore City Life Museums and a new broader mission in conjunction with the other historical locations .   After opening a new three-story exhibition gallery , uniquely using the old cast-iron façade of the razed ( but placed in storage in a city yard for 30 years ) of the old Fava Fruit Company and being re-assembled on the new structure facing North Front Street and the parallel new President Street Boulevard ( between East Lombard and East Fayette Streets ) , the new gallery and the B.C.L.M. ran into financial difficulties in the first year in 1996-1997 after the grand opening , coincidentally during the Baltimore Bicentennial Celebration ( of the City 's 200th year after incorporation as a city ) , The Peale branch of the City Life Museums closed unfortunately with the other branches - historic houses and sites later in 1997 and its large collections from over 66 years of original existence were transferred and handed over to the Maryland Historical Society , founded 1844 on West Monument Street and Park Avenue . The building was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1965 .

neg: Peoria Riverfront Museum The Peoria Riverfront Museum is a public museum of art , science and culture located in downtown Peoria , Illinois . Containing a planetarium , a giant screen theater , exhibits , collections , educational classes , and public outreach , the museum opened in October 2012 . A specialty resource of the museum is the `` Illinois River Encounter , '' a family-oriented gallery that attempts to be the definitive aquarium of the Illinois River , which flows adjacent to the museum . Adjacent displays describe the ecology , social history , and engineering of the working river .   The museum 's collections include fine art ( paintings , sculptures , works on paper ) , decorative art ( furniture , ceramics , metal , glass , textiles ) , folk art ( paintings , sculptures , graphics , decorative arts , etc. ) , ethnographic art ( Native American , African , Oceanic , Asian ) , natural science artifacts ( rocks and minerals , insects , shells ) , and historic artifacts including a Duryea Motor Wagon Company car , theater and opera posters , and square dancing items .   The Peoria Riverfront Museum serves as a successor to Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences , which was founded by private citizens in 1965 and whose building was then given to and maintained by the Peoria Park District while its operations remained entirely private . Lakeview Museum was located in the north central suburban Lakeview Park in Peoria . It was also home to more than 50 member clubs , hobby groups , and organizations who formed an independent arts and sciences council whose members had helped start the museum .   Lakeview Museum officials led the campaign for the new museum , and its collections , trustees and staff formed the foundation of the Peoria Riverfront Museum operation when it opened in September 2012 .   The Peoria Riverfront Museum was funded by private contributions with support from donated land by the city of Peoria and support for the building by a tax referendum approved by voters of Peoria County . The operations are supported by donations and earned revenue while the building and grounds are owned by Peoria County and leased to the museum by public-private partnership agreement . Key to the agreement was the enactment by local voters of a supplemental sales tax . An admission fee is charged .   The museum building is adjacent to the historic Rock Island Depot and Freight House .

neg: Philadelphia Commercial Museum The Philadelphia Commercial Museum ( also known as the International Bureau of Commerce ; later , Museum of the Philadelphia Civic Center ) was established in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . Situated at 332 South Fourth Street , its purpose was to promote domestic and foreign commerce as well as to collect products and information regarding world trade . It was the first US institution that actively promoted the country 's industry and business in foreign markets .

neg: Port of Houston The Port of Houston is a port in Houston , Texas , the fourth-largest city in the United States . The port is a 25-mile-long complex of diversified public and private facilities located a few hours ' sailing time from the Gulf of Mexico . It is the busiest port in the United States in terms of foreign tonnage , second-busiest in the United States in terms of overall tonnage , and thirteenth-busiest in the world . Though originally the port 's terminals were primarily within the Houston city limits , the port has expanded to such a degree that today it has facilities in multiple communities in the surrounding area . In particular the port 's busiest terminal , the Barbours Cut Terminal , is located in Morgan 's Point .   The Port of Houston is a cooperative entity consisting of both the port authority , which operates the major terminals along the Houston Ship Channel , and more than 150 private companies situated along Buffalo Bayou and Galveston Bay . Many petroleum corporations have built refineries along the channel where they are partially protected from the threat of major storms in the Gulf of Mexico . The petrochemical complex associated with the Port of Houston is one of the largest in the world .

neg: Consolidated city-county In United States local government , a consolidated city-county is a city and county that have been merged into one unified jurisdiction . As such it is simultaneously a city , which is a municipal corporation , and a county , which is an administrative division of a state . It has the powers and responsibilities of both types of entities .   A consolidated city-county is different from an independent city , although the latter may result from consolidation of a city and a county and may also have the same powers as a consolidated city-county . An independent city is a city not deemed by its state to be located within the boundary of any county and recognized by its state as a legal territorial entity separate from surrounding or adjoining counties . A consolidated city-county differs from an independent city in that the city and county both nominally exist , although they have a consolidated government , whereas in an independent city , the county does not even nominally exist .   Not considering Hawaii , which has no independent cities , the Midwest and Upper South have the highest concentration of large consolidated city-county governments in the United States , including Indianapolis , Indiana ; Nashville , Tennessee ; Jacksonville , Florida ; Louisville , Kentucky ; Kansas City , Kansas ; and Lexington , Kentucky . Currently , the largest consolidated city-county in the United States by population is Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , while the largest by land-area is Sitka , Alaska .

neg: Chicago Loop The Loop is the central business district of Chicago , Illinois . It is one of the city 's 77 designated community areas . The Loop is home to Chicago 's commercial core , City Hall , and the seat of Cook County . In the late nineteenth century , cable car turnarounds and prominent elevated railway encircled the area , giving the Loop its name .   The community area is bounded on the north by Lake Street on the west by Wells Street on the east by Wabash Street , and on the south by Van Buren Street . The Loop got its name by the loop of the elevated CTA El tracks that create a loop this area . although the commercial core has expanded into adjacent community areas . As a business center , some of the corporations the Loop hosts include the Chicago Mercantile Exchange ( CME ) , the world 's largest options and futures contracts open interest exchange ; the headquarters of United Continental Holdings , one of the world 's largest airlines ; AON ; Blue Cross Blue Shield ; Hyatt Hotels Corporation ; BorgWarner , and other major corporations . The Loop is home to 500 acre Grant Park ; State Street , which hosts a historic shopping district ; the Art Institute of Chicago ; several theaters ; and numerous subway and elevated rapid transit stations . Other institutions in the Loop include the Willis Tower , once the tallest building in the world , the Chicago Symphony Orchestra , the Lyric Opera of Chicago , the Goodman Theatre , the Joffrey Ballet , the central public Harold Washington Library , and the Chicago Cultural Center .   In what is now the Loop , on the south bank of the Chicago River , near today 's Michigan Avenue Bridge , the US Army erected Fort Dearborn in 1803 . It was the first settlement in the area sponsored by the United States . In 1908 , Chicago addresses were made uniform by naming the intersection of State Street and Madison Street in the Loop as the division point for designating addresses , North , South , East or West on the Chicago street grid .

neg: Parks in Chicago Parks in Chicago include open spaces and facilities , developed and managed by the Chicago Park District . The City of Chicago devotes 8.5 % of its total land acreage to parkland , which ranked it 13th among high-density population cities in the United States in 2012 . Since the 1830s , the official motto of Chicago has been Urbs in horto , Latin for `` City in a garden '' for its commitment to parkland . In addition to serving residents , a number of these parks also double as tourist destinations , most notably Lincoln Park , Chicago 's largest park , visited by over 20 million people each year , is one of the most visited parks in the United States . Notable architects , artists and landscape architects have contributed to the 570 parks , including Daniel Burnham , Frederick Law Olmsted , Jens Jensen , Frank Gehry , and Lorado Taft .

neg: Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science and Technology The Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science and Technology ( often referred to as the MOST ) is a museum located in the Armory Square neighborhood of Downtown Syracuse , New York . The museum includes multiple exhibits , a gift shop and a domed IMAX movie theatre . It is located in the former Syracuse Armory .   Permanent exhibits include : Earth Science Discovery Cave , Life Sciences , Lockheed Martin Flight & Space , Science Playhouse , Technotown , and National Grid Energy : Powering Our Future .

neg: National Museum of the United States Navy The National Museum of the United States Navy , or U.S. Navy Museum for short , is the flagship museum of the United States Navy and is located in the former Breech Mechanism Shop of the old Naval Gun Factory on the grounds of the Washington Navy Yard in Washington , D.C. , United States .   The U.S. Navy Museum is one of ten official Navy museums , and is part of the Naval History & Heritage Command , the official history program of the United States Navy .

neg: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum , often referred to as The Guggenheim , is an art museum located at 1071 Fifth Avenue on the corner of East 89th Street in the Upper East Side neighborhood of Manhattan , New York City . It is the permanent home of a continuously expanding collection of Impressionist , Post-Impressionist , early Modern and contemporary art and also features special exhibitions throughout the year . The museum was established by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation in 1939 as the Museum of Non-Objective Painting , under the guidance of its first director , the artist Hilla von Rebay . It adopted its current name after the death of its founder , Solomon R. Guggenheim , in 1952 .   In 1959 , the museum moved from rented space to its current building , a landmark work of 20th-century architecture . Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright , the cylindrical building , wider at the top than the bottom , was conceived as a `` temple of the spirit '' . Its unique ramp gallery extends up from ground level in a long , continuous spiral along the outer edges of the building to end just under the ceiling skylight . The building underwent extensive expansion and renovations in 1992 ( when an adjoining tower was built ) and from 2005 to 2008 .   The museum 's collection has grown organically , over eight decades , and is founded upon several important private collections , beginning with Solomon R. Guggenheim 's original collection . The collection is shared with the museum 's sister museums in Bilbao , Spain , and elsewhere . In 2013 , nearly 1.2 million people visited the museum , and it hosted the most popular exhibition in New York City .

neg: Macon, Missouri Macon is a city in Macon County , Missouri , United States . The population was 5,500 at the 2012 census . It is the county seat of Macon County .

neg: Science Museum, London The Science Museum is a major museum on Exhibition Road in South Kensington , London . It was founded in 1857 and today is one of the city 's major tourist attractions , attracting 3.3 million visitors annually .   Like other publicly funded national museums in the United Kingdom , the Science Museum does not charge visitors for admission . Temporary exhibitions , however , may incur an admission fee . It is part of the Science Museum Group , having merged with the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester in 2012 .

neg: Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History The Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History is a science , nature and cultural history museum in Bryan , Texas , United States . The museum also maintains memberships in American Alliance of Museums , Natural Science Collections Alliance , and the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections .   The Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History maintains collections in the fields of archaeology , botany , conchology , cultural history , geology , mammalogy , ornithology , and paleontology .   The museum was among 14 to be considered to display one of the four space shuttle orbiters made available by NASA at the end of the space shuttle program to its new Museum of Science and History Former president George H. W. Bush , whose presidential library is several miles from the museum , has expressed his support . Museum officials were initially very positive on their chances to be selected with the museum executive directory saying '' `` I definitely think that we are going to get one of the shuttles , '' The museum was not selected to receive an orbiter , finishing last in scoring with the NASA selection community citing significant concerns about the museum 's attendance levels and risks to the orbiter in transportation to the museum . Nearby Texas A&M University was selected to receive a full motion shuttle simulator used by astronauts in training .   The Frithiof Fossil Collection includes a 15-inch Paleozoic trilobite and complete skeletons of an Ice Age cave bear , early wolf , Saber-toothed cat , along with numerous other partial skeletons . Dinosaurs are represented by the skull , vertebrae , femur , arm , an enormous tail of a hadrosaurid dinosaur , teeth and various bones of a Tyrannosaurus rex and Albertosaurus , and parts of a gigantic Camarasaurus , Triceratops , and Maiasaura . The hadrosaurid tail is unique in that it is one of the few fossils with fossilized skin .   The Museum houses the complete skeletons of Psittacosaurus , an early ancestor of Triceratops , and a complete Confuciusornis , a relative of both the raptor-like dinosaurs and modern birds . Rare , virtually complete skeletons of early mammals , fish , and reptiles are also available for viewing .

neg: History of Springfield, Massachusetts The history of Springfield , Massachusetts ( est. 1636 ) springs in large part from its favorable geography , situated on a steep bluff overlooking the Connecticut River 's confluence with three tributaries . It was an ancient Indian crossroad for two major trade routes : Boston-to-Albany and New York City-to-Montreal . Springfield also sits on some of the northeastern United States ' most fertile soil .   Springfield was founded in 1636 as Agawam , the northernmost settlement of the Connecticut Colony . The settlement defected from Connecticut after four years , however , later joining forces with the coastal Massachusetts Bay Colony . The town changed its name to Springfield , and changed the political boundaries among what later became New England States .   Springfield flourished as a trading post and agricultural center until 1675 's King Philip 's War , when a coalition of Indians laid siege to Springfield and later burned it to the ground . Its prosperity waned for the next hundred years but , in 1777 , United States Revolutionary War leaders made it a National Armory to store weapons , and in 1795 it began manufacturing muskets .   Until 1968 , the Armory made small arms . Its first American muskets ( 1794 ) were followed by the famous Springfield rifle and the revolutionary M1 Garand and M14s . The Springfield Armory attracted generations of skilled laborers to the city , making it the United States ' longtime center for precision manufacturing ( comparable to a Silicon Valley of the Industrial Revolution ) . The Armory 's near-capture during Shays Rebellion of 1787 was among the troubles that prompted the U.S. Constitutional Convention later that year .   Innovations in the 19th and 20th centuries include the first American English dictionary ( 1805 , Noah Webster ) , the first use of interchangeable parts and the assembly line in manufacturing ( 1819 , Thomas Blanchard ) , the first American horseless car ( 1825 , again Thomas Blanchard ) , vulcanized rubber ( 1844 , Charles Goodyear ) , the first American gasoline-powered car ( 1893 , Duryea Brothers ) , the first American motorcycle company ( 1901 , `` Indian '' ) , an early commercial radio station ( 1921 , WBZ , and most famously , the world 's third-most-popular sport of basketball ( 1891 , Dr. James Naismith ) .   Throughout the latter half of the 20th century , Springfield endured a protracted decline , accelerated by the decommission of the Springfield Armory in 1969 . Springfield became increasingly like the declining , second tier Northeastern U.S. cities from which it had long been set apart . During the 1980s and 1990s , Springfield developed a new reputation for crime , political corruption , and cronyism . Seeking to overcome its downgrade , the city undertook several large ( but unfinished ) projects , including a $ 1 billion high-speed rail ( New Haven-Hartford-Springfield high-speed rail ) , a proposed $ 1 billion MGM Casino , and others .

neg: High Museum of Art The High Museum of Art ( colloquially the High ) , located in Atlanta , is the leading art museum in the Southeastern United States . Located on Peachtree Street in Midtown , the city 's arts district , the High is a division of the Woodruff Arts Center . In 2010 it had 509,000 visitors , 95th among world art museums .

neg: Chiba Museum of Science and Industry is a science museum located in Ichikawa , Chiba Prefecture , Japan . The museum introduces mainly topics related to technology , for modern industry . The museum sets up its goal as to provide a place for experiencing various aspects of science and technology which is applied in industry to people at all ages .

neg: Brooklyn Museum The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum located in the New York City borough of Brooklyn . At 560000 sqft , the museum is New York City 's third largest in physical size and holds an art collection with roughly 1.5 million works .   Located near the Prospect Heights , Crown Heights , Flatbush , and Park Slope neighborhoods of Brooklyn and founded in 1895 , the Beaux-Arts building , designed by McKim , Mead and White , was planned to be the largest art museum in the world . The museum initially struggled to maintain its building and collection , only to be revitalized in the late 20th century , thanks to major renovations . Significant areas of the collection include antiquities , specifically their collection of Egyptian antiquities spanning over 3,000 years . African , Oceanic , and Japanese art make for notable antiquities collections as well . American art is heavily represented , starting at the Colonial period . Artists represented in the collection include Mark Rothko , Edward Hopper , Norman Rockwell , Winslow Homer , Edgar Degas , Georgia O'Keeffe , and Max Weber . The museum also has a `` Memorial Sculpture Garden '' which features salvaged architectural elements from throughout New York City .


query: Romelu Lukaku is a soccer player.

pos: Association football Association football , more commonly known as football or soccer , is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball . It is played by 250 million players in over 200 countries and dependencies making it the world 's most popular sport . The game is played on a rectangular field with a goal at each end . The object of the game is to score by getting the ball into the opposing goal .   Players are not allowed to touch the ball with their hands or arms while it is in play , unless they are goalkeepers ( and then only when within their penalty area ) . Other players mainly use their feet to strike or pass the ball , but may also use their head or torso . The team that scores the most goals by the end of the match wins . If the score is level at the end of the game , either a draw is declared or the game goes into extra time or a penalty shootout depending on the format of the competition . The Laws of the Game were originally codified in England by The Football Association in 1863 . Association football is governed internationally by the International Federation of Association Football ( FIFA ; Fédération Internationale de Football Association ) , which organises World Cups for both men and women every four years .

pos: Romelu Lukaku Romelu Menama Lukaku ( born 13 May 1993 ) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Everton and the Belgium national team . He is one of only five players to score 50 Premier League goals before his 23rd birthday , and the first foreign player to score 80 before his 24th birthday .   Lukaku started his career with local side Rupel Boom , before joining Lierse , where he earned a move to Anderlecht of the Belgian Pro League in 2006 . Lukaku made his professional debut while still at school at the age of 16 , and became the 2009 -- 10 top scorer in Belgium as Anderlecht won the Belgian championship . He also won the Belgian Ebony Shoe in 2011 . In the 2011 summer transfer window , Lukaku joined Premier League club Chelsea . He did not appear regularly in his first season there , and spent the following two seasons on loan at West Bromwich Albion and Everton respectively , signing permanently for the latter for a club record # 28 million in 2014 .   Lukaku made his senior international debut for Belgium in 2010 , and has since earned over 50 caps . He has also represented the country at the 2014 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2016 .

neg: France Football European Team of the Year The France Football European Team of the Year ( offic . fr . Challenge Européen de Football ) , also known as European Challenge Interclubs , was an association football award conferred by French sports magazine France Football with the sponsorship of German multinational corporation Adidas , and was held in Europe for the first time in 1968 based in clubs ' performance in seasonal association and UEFA competitions .   The award was officially discontinued following the Adidas decision of not renewing its commercial contract with the French publication after it awarded the 1990 winner teams in a gala held in Paris , in January 1991 . Subsequently , the Germany 's designs and manufacturers corporation became the main sponsor of the FIFA World Player of the Year Award .

neg: Kenya national football team The Kenya national football team represents Kenya in international football . It is controlled by the Football Kenya Federation , the governing body of football in Kenya , and competes as a member of the Confederation of African Football ( CAF ) and the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations ( CECAFA ) , a sub-confederation of CAF that has jurisdiction in East and Central Africa . The team is colloquially known as the Harambee Stars and plays its home games primarily at the Nyayo National Stadium in the country 's capital , Nairobi . The team has never qualified for a FIFA World Cup finals .

neg: Käpylän Pallo Käpylän Pallo or KäPa for short , is a football ( soccer ) club from the Käpylä district of Helsinki . The club currently plays in the Kakkonen , the third tier of the Finnish league system . KäPa play their home matches at the Max Westerberg Areena in Käpylän liikuntapuisto .

neg: Licá Luís Carlos Pereira Carneiro ( born 8 September 1988 ) , known as Licá , is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for English club Nottingham Forest as a right winger .

neg: Chicago Sparta The Sparta Athletic and Benevolent Association Football Club , better known as Chicago Sparta , is one of the longest continually established soccer clubs in the United States . Founded in 1917 , it was one of the dominant teams from Chicago , Illinois from the mid-1920s to the late 1940s .

neg: Nico Colaluca Nicolas `` Nico '' Colaluca ( born May 23 , 1986 ) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder .

neg: Beach soccer Beach soccer , also known as beach football or beasal , is a variant of association football played on a beach or some form of sand .   The game emphasises skill , agility and shooting at goal .   Whilst football has been played informally on beaches for many years , the introduction of beach soccer was an attempt to codify rules for the game . This was done in 1992 by the founders of Beach Soccer Worldwide , a company set up to develop the sport and is responsible for the majority of its tournaments to this day . This was a major foundation for what is now known as beach soccer and what has led to the sport rapidly growing in popularity .   The irregularity of the soft-sand playing surface leads to a totally different style of play than is used in football , with a greater degree of improvisation . The compact field , much smaller than a normal football field , allows players to score from anywhere on the sand , leading to an average of sixty attempts at goal in a single game . With an average of scoring rate of one goal every three or four minutes , around eleven goals are scored in total during an average game .

neg: Tatu (soccer) Antonio Carlos Pecorari ( born February 1 , 1962 ) , commonly known as Tatu , is a former Brazilian football ( soccer ) player , one of the most accomplished indoor soccer players of all time .

neg: SuperClasico The SuperClasico , formerly known as the Honda SuperClasico for sponsorship reasons , and also known as the L.A. Derby or El Clásico Angelino , was a sports rivalry between Major League Soccer teams LA Galaxy and Chivas USA . The rivalry was considered as the only `` true '' local derby in MLS from 2005 until 2014 , as both teams were based in the StubHub Center in the Greater Los Angeles city of Carson , California . The rivalry ended in 2014 when Chivas ceased operations .   The word `` SuperClasico '' is an allegory to the Mexican Súper Clásico between Club América and Chivas USA 's parent club Chivas Guadalajara . The term `` Clásico '' is commonly used to refer to other rivalries in Spanish-speaking countries , most prominently , Argentina 's Superclásico between Boca Juniors and River Plate or Spain 's El Clásico between Barcelona and Real Madrid . The derby was sponsored by auto company Honda .   From 2005 -- 2007 , the derby was four league matches ( with a Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup match in 2005 ) . In 2008 -- 2009 , the derby was played three times ( plus a two-legged playoff series in 2009 ) . For 2010-2011 , the derby was played twice each season . All games were played at StubHub Center , the local venue for both teams . However , in 2012 , the league reverted to a more American-style format that sacrificed equity for divisional rivalries which resulted in the teams facing each other 3 times again . The Galaxy led Chivas in the derby , winning eight of nine cups all time .

neg: Senegal at the FIFA World Cup This is a record of Senegal 's results at the FIFA World Cup . The FIFA World Cup , sometimes called the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup , but usually referred to simply as the World Cup , is an international association football competition contested by the men 's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association ( FIFA ) , the sport 's global governing body . The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930 , except in 1942 and 1946 , due to World War II .   The tournament consists of two parts , the qualification phase and the final phase ( officially called the World Cup Finals ) . The qualification phase , which currently take place over the three years preceding the Finals , is used to determine which teams qualify for the Finals . The current format of the Finals involves 32 teams competing for the title , at venues within the host nation ( or nations ) over a period of about a month . The World Cup Finals is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world , with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final .   Senegal have appeared in the finals of the FIFA World Cup on one occasion in 2002 where they reached the quarter finals .

neg: Shusaku Tokita is a Japanese football player . He plays for Japan Soccer College .

neg: Milan Škriniar Milan Škriniar ( -LSB- ˈmilan ˈʃkriɲiar -RSB- ; born 11 February 1995 ) is a Slovak football player who currently plays for Italian club Sampdoria and the Slovakia national football team . He was named Slovakia 's the best U21 player for 2016 , receiving the Peter Dubovsky Award .

neg: Pan-Pacific Championship The Pan-Pacific Football Championship was an inter-confederation football tournament between teams from A-League ( Australia and New Zealand ) , Chinese Super League ( China ) , J. League ( Japan ) , K-League ( Korea ) , and Major League Soccer ( United States and Canada ) .  The event was underwritten by MLS and promoted through its Soccer United Marketing arm .

neg: Football in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Football is the main sport played in the Democratic Republic of the Congo . The national football team has won the African Cup of Nations three times ; in 1968 , 1974 and in 2016 . The national team has once qualified for the World Cup , namely in 1974 in the former West Germany . In club level , TP Mazembe made history as the first ever African club - and team - to reach a FIFA tournament final , losing to European Champions Internazionale in the 2010 FIFA Club World Cup .

neg: Veritas Stadion Veritas Stadion is a football ( soccer ) stadium in Turku , Finland . It is situated in the district of Kupittaa , in an area dedicated to sporting venues . The stadium serves as the home venue for FC Inter Turku playing in Finland 's premier football league , the Veikkausliiga and Turun Palloseura playing in the Ykkönen .   The stadium underwent an expansion in 2009 , when a stand with 1,644 seats was built to meet the demands for the 2009 UEFA Women 's Championship .  The stadium has a capacity of 9,372 spectators , with 8,072 seats and 1,300 standing places .   In Veritas Stadion there are two stands opposite to each other . The old Olympic stand ( Olympiakatsomo ) was built for the 1952 Summer Olympics and the new , modern main stand was ready in 2003 . After that the name of the stadium was changed to Veritas Stadion , having formerly been known simply as the `` Kupittaa football stadium '' ( Kupittaan jalkapallostadion ) .  The old Kupittaa Stadium 's record attendance was approximately 15,000 spectators for the 1987 UEFA Cup match between Turun Palloseura and Italian giants Internazionale . The Veritas Stadion 's attendance record of 9,089 spectators was set at the 2009 local derby between Turun Palloseura and FC Inter .

neg: 3v3 Soccer 3v3 Soccer is a variety of soccer played between two teams . Each team may only have 3 players on the field at a time ( hence providing the name , `` 3 v 3 '' , `` 3 versus 3 '' , or `` 3 on 3 '' ) . This style of soccer is more commonly referred to as a `` small-sided '' game , as compared to a full game with larger teams . The field used is smaller than a regulation soccer pitch , instead it typically is 30 yards wide by 40 yards long , although these dimensions vary quite a bit when the game is played indoors due to the varied styles and sizes of indoor pitches . It uses a much smaller goal than fullsided soccer . In most 3v3 there is no keeper , although one variant , 3v3 Micro Soccer , does use a keeper .   `` 3v3 Soccer '' is claimed to be the fastest growing form of soccer in the World . Its greatest popularity is in the United States , where hundreds , and perhaps thousands of Tournaments take place each year , however it is also now begun to catch on in many other countries . Nike helped to popularize it with its international Joga3 Joga Bonito Tour back in 2006 , in which teams qualified at local events around the World , culminating in a big 3v3 World Cup played in Brazil .   It is a much faster paced , and higher scoring game than traditional full sided soccer . The speed of the attack , the use of triangulation , and the strategies bring aspects of Hockey into the game . The quick shift from one end of the field to the other after a goal is scored , or upon loss of possession is reminiscent of Basketball . It requires the blending of individual skills with teamwork .   Its gain in popularity is largely because every member of the team gets equal playing time , and equal touches on the ball . All players on the field are a part of the play . Because of the speed of the game , and the fact that players are constantly in motion , there are frequent substitutions . A typical player may be rotated on six times or more in one game . There are no permanently assigned positions as there are in full sided soccer , giving each team member equal status and equal importance . This helps to develop individual skills .   Currently there are Four major tours in the United States , Colorado based Kick it 3v3 Soccer http://www.kickit3v3.com/ with their World Championship 's held at the ESPN Wide World Of Sports Complex in Florida , Utah based 3v3 Live , Florida based Challenge3v3 and 3v3 World Tour , a 3v3 soccer tour that offers a 3v3 ranking system . There is also a new California based US 3v3 Soccer is promoting 3v3 soccer throughout California and the West . Canada also finally has its own home grown tour attempting to promote 3v3 there . Ontario based Ultimate 3 on 3 Soccer is the first Canadian based 3v3 Soccer Tour .

neg: 2009–10 UEFA Champions League The 2009 -- 10 UEFA Champions League was the 55th season of Europe 's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA , and the 18th under the current UEFA Champions League format . The final was played on 22 May 2010 , at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium , home ground of Real Madrid , in Madrid , Spain . The final was won by Italian club Internazionale , who beat German side Bayern Munich 2 -- 0 . Internazionale went on to represent Europe in the 2010 FIFA Club World Cup , beating Congolese side TP Mazembe 3 -- 0 in the final , and played in the 2010 UEFA Super Cup against Europa League winners Atlético Madrid , losing 2 -- 0 .   Barcelona were the defending champions , but were eliminated by eventual winners Internazionale in the semi-finals .

neg: 2012 Los Angeles Galaxy season The 2012 Los Angeles Galaxy season was the club 's 18th year of existence as well as their 17th season in Major League Soccer ( MLS ) and their 17th consecutive year in the top-flight of American soccer . The Galaxy entered the season as both the defending MLS Cup and Supporters ' Shield winners .   The 2012 campaign was highlighted by the Galaxy successfully defending their MLS Cup title , defeating Houston Dynamo , 3 -- 1 , in the MLS Cup final to win their fourth ever MLS Cup championship , tying D.C. United for the most league championships in MLS history , and the second most in North American history .   Although Los Angeles defended their MLS Cup trophy , the club failed to defend the Supporters ' Shield , losing on point differential to their upstate rivals , the San Jose Earthquakes on point total . Most of this is to blame due to poorer performance early on in the season , before a second-half season resurgence .   Elsewhere , the Galaxy also competed in 2012 Desert Diamond Cup , winning the preseason tournament , the 2011 -- 12 and 2012 -- 13 CONCACAF Champions League , as well as the 2012 U.S. Open Cup . In the 2011 -- 12 edition of the Champions League , the Galaxy reached the quarterfinals before losing 4 -- 3 on aggregate to Canadian side , Toronto FC . In the 2012 -- 13 edition , the Galaxy won their group for the second straight year , and reached the knockout round , which will be played during the 2013 campaign . Finally , the Galaxy were eliminated in the third round proper of the Open Cup losing to second-tier North American Soccer League outfit , Carolina RailHawks .   In noncompetitive tournaments , the Galaxy hosted Spanish club , Real Madrid , in the 2012 World Football Challenge , losing the exhibition match , 1 -- 5 .

neg: Slovakia at the FIFA World Cup This is a record of Slovakia 's results at the FIFA World Cup . The FIFA World Cup , sometimes called the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup , but usually referred to simply as the World Cup , is an international association football competition contested by the men 's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association ( FIFA ) , the sport 's global governing body . The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930 , except in 1942 and 1946 , due to World War II .   The tournament consists of two parts , the qualification phase and the final phase ( officially called the World Cup Finals ) . The qualification phase , which currently take place over the three years preceding the Finals , is used to determine which teams qualify for the Finals . The current format of the Finals involves 32 teams competing for the title , at venues within the host nation ( or nations ) over a period of about a month . The World Cup Finals is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world , with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final .   Slovakia have appeared in the finals of the FIFA World Cup on one occasion in 2010 where they reached the second round .

neg: Luvian Veto Luvian Veto ( abbreviated LuVe ) is a sports club from Luvia , Finland . The club was formed in 1930 and currently has sections covering football , skiing , athletics and fitness . The men 's football first team currently plays in the Nelonen ( Fourth Division ) . Their home ground is at the Tasala Park .


query: Tony Blair is a leader of the Labour Party.

pos: Tony Blair Anthony Charles Lynton Blair ( born 6 May 1953 ) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007 . He remains the most recent Labour Party leader to have won a general election .   From 1983 to 2007 , Blair was the Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Sedgefield . He was elected Labour Party leader in July 1994 , following the sudden death of his predecessor , John Smith , who together with his predecessor , Neil Kinnock , had started to move the party closer to the political centre , in the hope of winning power . Under Blair 's leadership , the party used the phrase `` New Labour '' , to distance it from previous Labour policies and the traditional conception of socialism . Blair declared support for a new conception that he referred to as `` social-ism '' , involving politics that recognised individuals as socially interdependent , and advocated social justice , cohesion , the equal worth of each citizen , and equal opportunity , also referred to as the Third Way . Critics of Blair denounced him for having the Labour Party abandon genuine socialism and accepting capitalism . Supporters , including the party 's public opinion pollster Philip Gould , stated that after four consecutive general election defeats , from 1979 to 1992 , the Labour Party had to demonstrate that it had made a decisive break from its left-wing past , in order to win an election again .   In May 1997 , the Labour Party won a landslide general election victory , the largest in its history , allowing Blair , at 43 years old , to become the youngest Prime Minister since 1812 . In September 1997 , Blair attained early personal popularity , receiving a 93 % public approval rating , after his public response to the death of Princess Diana . The Labour Party went on to win two more elections under his leadership : in 2001 , in which it won another landslide victory , and in 2005 , with a reduced majority . In the first years of the New Labour government , Blair 's government introduced the National Minimum Wage Act , Human Rights Act , and Freedom of Information Act . Blair 's government also devolved power , establishing the Scottish Parliament , the National Assembly for Wales , and the Northern Ireland Assembly . In Northern Ireland , Blair was involved in the 1998 Good Friday Agreement .   Blair strongly supported the foreign policy of the Bush administration , and ensured that the British Armed Forces participated in the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan and , more controversially , the 2003 invasion of Iraq . Blair has faced strong criticism for his role in the invasion of Iraq , including calls for having him tried for war crimes and waging a war of aggression . In 2016 , the Iraq Inquiry strongly criticised his actions and described the invasion of Iraq as unjustified and unnecessary . Blair also intervened militarily in Kosovo and Sierra Leone .   Blair was succeeded as the leader of the Labour Party and as Prime Minister by Gordon Brown in June 2007 . On the day that Blair resigned as Prime Minister , he was appointed the official Special Envoy of the Quartet on the Middle East , an office which he held until May 2015 . He now runs a consultancy business and has set up various foundations in his own name , including the Tony Blair Faith Foundation .

neg: Liberator (magazine) Liberator is a radical liberal United Kingdom magazine associated with but not officially connected to the Liberal Democrats . Founded in 1970 as the magazine of the then Young Liberals , it has often published articles critical of the party leadership , in particular over the Liberal Party 's debacle over nuclear disarmament in 1986 , the merger of the Liberal Party and Social Democratic Party and the Tony Blair-Paddy Ashdown project .   Previous editors include Peter Hain in 1973-75 , later a Labour MP . Since 1982 , the magazine has been edited by an editorial collective , whose former members include Liz Barker , now a Liberal Democrat peer . The magazine merged with Radical Bulletin , mostly topical and distinctly off-message news , in 1983 .   Regular features include a column by the fictional peer Lord Bonkers who `` was Liberal MP for Rutland South-West between 1906 and 1910 . Since 1990 his diaries have appeared in Liberator magazine , giving a unique perspective on British politics . Lord Bonkers ' Diary is dictated to Jonathan Calder '' .   A history of the magazine was published in the 300th issue in December 2004 .

neg: Heath ministry Edward Heath , of the Conservative Party , formed the Heath ministry and became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on 19 June 1970 , following the 18 June general election . Heath 's ministry ended after the February 1974 general election , which produced a hung parliament , leading to the formation of a minority government by Harold Wilson of the Labour Party .   Heath had been elected leader of the Conservative Party in 1965 to succeed Alec Douglas Home , within a few months of the party 's election defeat after 13 years in government . His first general election as leader the following year ended in defeat as Wilson 's Labour government increased its majority . The Conservatives enjoyed a surge in support over the next two years as the British economy went through a period of fluctuation being growth and contraction , with unemployment rising significantly , but when Harold Wilson called a general election for June 1970 , the opinion polls all pointed towards a third successive Labour victory . It was a major surprise when the Conservatives won with a majority of 30 seats .   The government of Edward Heath initially enjoyed a strong economy and relatively low unemployment , and by 1973 Britain had entered the European Economic Community . But then came the 1973 oil crisis , and just before Christmas , Heath declared a `` three day week '' in which the use of offices , factories and most public buildings was reduced to three days a week . He also faced a battle with the unions over pay freezes and restraints , which sparked a rise in strikes . The economy also entered a recession .   Heath 's response in February 1974 was to call a general election , urging the voters to decide whether it was the government or the unions which ran Britain . The election on 28 February 1974 resulted in a hung parliament , in which the Tories had the most votes but Labour had the most seats . After talks with the Liberals about forming a coalition government failed , Labour formed a minority government on 4 March . A second general election was widely anticipated later in 1974 , and was called by Harold Wilson for 10 October , in which the Labour Party gained a three-seat majority . This meant that Wilson had now won four of the five general elections he had contested , while Heath had now lost three of his four general elections , and it seemed inevitable that his leadership would soon end .

neg: Prime Minister of India The Prime Minister of India ( Hindi : भारत के प्रधानमन्त्री , Bhārat kē Pradhānamantrī ) is the head of government and leader of the executive branch of the Government of India . The Prime Minister is also the chief adviser to the President of India and head of the Council of Ministers . They can be a member of any of the two houses of Parliament ( the Lok Sabha or the Rajya Sabha ) , but has to be the leader of the political party , having a majority in the Lok Sabha .   The Prime Minister is the senior member of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system . The Prime Minister selects and can dismiss other members of the cabinet ; allocates posts to members within the Government ; is the presiding member and chairman of the cabinet .   The federal or union cabinet headed by the Prime Minister is appointed by the President of India to assist the latter in the administration of the affairs of the executive . Union cabinet is collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha as per Article 75 ( 3 ) . The Prime Minister shall always enjoy the confidence of Lok Sabha and shall resign if they are unable to prove majority when instructed by the President .

neg: Shadow Cabinet of Michael Foot Michael Foot was Leader of the Opposition from 4 November 1980 , following his victory in the 1980 leadership election , to 2 October 1983 , when he was replaced by Neil Kinnock at the 1983 leadership election . The 1980 election was triggered by James Callaghan 's loss at the 1979 general election , and Foot 's own disastrous defeat in the 1983 general election .   Until 2011 , the Labour MPs elected the bulk of the membership of the Shadow Cabinet . The leader was expected to assign portfolios to those elected , but was able to assign portfolios to MPs not elected to the Shadow Cabinet and to refuse to assign portfolios to elected members . For example , William Rodgers was not given a portfolio despite winning in the 1980 Shadow Cabinet elections . When he left the party months later to help create the Social Democratic Party , Tony Benn automatically joined the Shadow Cabinet . Foot also chose not to give the more radical Benn a portfolio . When Benn lost in the 1981 Shadow Cabinet elections , all the new members received portfolios ( Shadow Minister for Europe became a Shadow Cabinet post for the rest of Foot 's tenure as leader ) .

neg: Third Way In politics , the Third Way is a position akin to centrism that tries to reconcile right-wing and left-wing politics by advocating a varying synthesis of right-wing economic and left-wing social policies . The Third Way was created as a serious re-evaluation of political policies within various centre-left progressive movements in response to international doubt regarding the economic viability of the state ; economic interventionist policies that had previously been popularized by Keynesianism and contrasted with the corresponding rise of popularity for economic liberalism and the New Right . The Third Way is promoted by some social democratic and social liberal movements .   Major Third Way social democratic proponent Tony Blair claimed that the socialism he advocated was different from traditional conceptions of socialism . Blair said `` My kind of socialism is a set of values notions of social justice ... Socialism as a rigid form of economic determinism has ended , and rightly '' . Blair referred to it as `` social-ism '' that involves politics that recognized individuals as socially interdependent , and advocated social justice , social cohesion , equal worth of each citizen , and equal opportunity . Third Way social democratic theorist Anthony Giddens has said that the Third Way rejects the traditional conception of socialism , and instead accepts the conception of socialism as conceived of by Anthony Crosland as an ethical doctrine that views social democratic governments as having achieved a viable ethical socialism by removing the unjust elements of capitalism by providing social welfare and other policies , and that contemporary socialism has outgrown the Marxian claim for the need of the abolition of capitalism . Blair in 2009 publicly declared support for a `` new capitalism '' .   It supports the pursuit of greater egalitarianism in society through action to increase the distribution of skills , capacities , and productive endowments , while rejecting income redistribution as the means to achieve this . It emphasizes commitment to balanced budgets , providing equal opportunity combined with an emphasis on personal responsibility , decentralization of government power to the lowest level possible , encouragement of public-private partnerships , improving labour supply , investment in human development , protection of social capital , and protection of the environment .   The Third Way has been criticized by some conservatives and libertarians who advocate laissez-faire capitalism . It has also been heavily criticized by many social democrats , democratic socialists , anarchists and communists in particular as a betrayal of left-wing values . Specific definitions of Third Way policies may differ between Europe and America .

neg: New Labour (disambiguation) New Labour was the campaigning label for the British Labour Party under Tony Blair 's leadership .   New Labour may also refer to :  NewLabour Party ( New Zealand ) , formed by Jim Anderton after he left the New Zealand Labour Party  New Labour Party ( South Africa ) , a minor political party in South Africa  New Labour Party ( Egypt ) , a Salafist political party in Egypt  New Labour Unity Party , a Fijian political party , which broke away from the Fiji Labour Party

neg: History of the Labour Party (Ireland) The Labour Party has been part of the political scene in the Republic of Ireland throughout that state 's existence . Although never attracting majority support , it has repeatedly participated in coalition governments .   The party was established in 1912 by James Connolly and others as the political wing of the Irish Trade Union Congress . It intended to participate in a Dublin Parliament that would follow passage of the Home Rule Act 1914 , which was suspended on the outbreak of World War I. Connolly was executed following the Easter Rising in 1916 , and was succeeded as leader by Thomas Johnson . The party stood aside from the elections of 1918 and 1921 , but despite divisions over acceptance of the Anglo-Irish Treaty it did well in the 1922 elections , initially forming the main opposition party in the Dáil Éireann ( parliament ) of the Irish Free State .   The subsequent years were marked by rivalry between factions led by William X. O'Brien and James Larkin , with William Norton becoming leader . Between 1932 and 1938 the Labour Party supported Éamon de Valera 's minority Fianna Fáil government . From 1948 -- 1951 and from 1954 -- 1957 the Labour Party entered government alongside Fine Gael and other parties , with Norton as deputy prime minister . During this period the party also stood for elections in Northern Ireland , after a split in the Northern Ireland Labour Party . In 1960 Brendan Corish became the new Labour leader . As leader he advocated and introduced more socialist policies to the party . Between 1973 and 1987 Labour three times more went into coalition governments with Fine Gael . Dick Spring became leader in 1982 , amid growing controversy within the party over these coalitions and the growth of parties to the left of Labour .   In 1990 Mary Robinson became President of Ireland with Labour support . After mergers with the Democratic Socialist Party and the Independent Socialist Party , Labour performed well in the 1992 general election and formed a coalition with Fianna Fáil , with Spring as deputy prime minister , then in 1994 without a further election joined a coalition with Fine Gael and Democratic Left ( the `` Rainbow Coalition '' ) . After defeat in the 1997 general election , Labour merged with Democratic Left , and the former Democratic Left member Pat Rabbitte became leader in 2002 . Rabbitte implemented the `` Mullingar Accord '' , a pre-election voting pact with Fine Gael , but this did not lead to greater election success for Labour in the 2007 elections , and Rabbitte resigned to be replaced by Eamon Gilmore . The 2011 general election saw one of Labour 's best results , with over 19 % of the first-preference votes . Labour once more entered a coalition government with Fine Gael , and the Irish presidential election later that year saw the Labour Party 's candidate , Michael D. Higgins , elected as President . However , Labour in government experienced a series of dismissals and resignations among its members in the Dáil . In 2014 , Gilmore resigned as party leader after Labour 's poor performance in the European and local elections , and Joan Burton was elected as the new leader .

neg: 2012 British cabinet reshuffle British prime minister David Cameron conducted the first major reshuffle of his coalition government on 4 September 2012 . The reshuffle , nearly two and a half years after the government was sworn in , was highly anticipated , and eschewed the trend of annual reshuffles which had become common under the governments of the 1990s and 2000s . As a result , many ministers had been in place not just since the government was elected in 2010 , but had covered the portfolio in Cameron 's shadow cabinet or even earlier ; Andrew Lansley had covered the health brief since 2004 , when Michael Howard led the Conservatives in opposition .   Despite this , Cameron 's room to manoeuvre was limited by his coalition agreement with Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg 's Liberal Democrats , which guaranteed the minority party seats in government , and Clegg the right to select his ministers . Further , Cameron 's personal aversion to reshuffles and belief that ministers were most effective when given time at a department led to him viewing many cabinet members , including the holders of the Great Offices of State , as immovable .   The reshuffle , which was criticised by the opposition for resulting in a cabinet with only four female members out of twenty-two , ultimately shifted Cameron 's government significantly to the right on business , justice , and the environment , and rid the government of perceived weaknesses , while maintaining stability at the top . In an official statement , Number 10 stated that the impetus for the reshuffle was the fact that after more than two years , the government was `` at the delivery phase '' and that ministers had `` been appointed with that in mind '' .

neg: One-nation conservatism One-nation conservatism ( also known as one-nationism , or Tory democracy ) is a form of British political conservatism that views society as organic and values paternalism and pragmatism . The phrase `` One-nation Tory '' originated with Benjamin Disraeli ( 1804 -- 1881 ) , who served as the chief Conservative spokesman and became Prime Minister in February 1868 . He devised it to appeal to working-class men as a solution to worsening divisions in society through introducing factory and health Acts , as well as greater protection for workers .   As a political philosophy , one-nation conservatism reflects the belief that societies exist and develop organically , and that members within them have obligations towards each other . There is particular emphasis on the paternalistic obligation of those who are privileged and wealthy to the poorer parts of society .   The ideology featured heavily during Disraeli 's terms in government , during which considerable social reforms were passed . Towards the end of the 19th century , the party moved away from paternalism in favour of free market capitalism , but fears of extremism during the interwar period caused the revival of one-nation conservatism . The philosophy continued to be held by the Conservative party throughout the post-war consensus , influencing the decision to maintain Labour government keynesian intervention in the economy , forming a welfare state and National Health Service . Later years saw the rise of the New Right , which attributed the country 's social and economic troubles to one-nation conservatism . David Cameron , former leader of the Conservative Party , named Disraeli as his favourite Conservative and some commentators and MPs have suggested that Cameron 's ideology contains an element of one-nationism . Other commentators have questioned the degree to which Cameron and his coalition have embodied One-Nation Conservatism , instead locating them in the intellectual tradition of Thatcherism . In 2016 , Cameron 's successor , Theresa May , referred to herself as a one-nation conservative in her first speech as prime minister and outlined her focus on social justice .

neg: Trade unions in the United Kingdom Trade unions in the United Kingdom were first decriminalised under the recommendation of a Royal Commission in 1867 , which agreed that the establishment of the organisations was to the advantage of both employers and employees . Legalised in 1871 , the trade union movement sought to reform socio-economic conditions for working men in British industries , and the trade unions ' search for this led to the creation of a Labour Representation Committee which effectively formed the basis for today 's Labour Party , which still has extensive links with the Trade Union Movement in Britain . Margaret Thatcher 's governments weakened the powers of the unions in the 1980s , in particular by making it more difficult to strike legally , and some within the British trades union movement criticised Tony Blair 's Labour government for not reversing some of Thatcher 's changes . Most British unions are members of the TUC , the Trades Union Congress ( founded in 1867 ) , or where appropriate , the Scottish Trades Union Congress or the Irish Congress of Trade Unions , which are the country 's principal national trade union centres .   Membership declined steeply in the 1980s and 1990s , falling from 13 million in 1979 to around 7.3 million in 2000 . In September 2012 union membership dropped below 6 million for the first time since the 1940s .

neg: Robert McCartney (Northern Irish politician) Robert Law McCartney , QC ( born 24 April 1936 ) is a Northern Irish barrister and a former leader of the UK Unionist Party .   He was initially a member of the Ulster Unionist Party but was expelled in June 1987 when he refused to withdraw from the general election of that year . He stood against the incumbent Popular Unionist Party MP Sir James Kilfedder in North Down as a `` Real Unionist '' but failed to win the seat .   In the 1995 by-election in North Down after the death of Kilfedder he was elected as a `` UK Unionist '' defeating the Ulster Unionist Party candidate . He subsequently established the United Kingdom Unionist Party to contest elections to the Northern Ireland Forum and the related talks which started  in 1996 . The other party representatives to the Forum were Dr Conor Cruise O'Brien and Cedric Wilson , a former low-level DUP member in the 1980s . McCartney retained his Westminster seat in the 1997 election .   He opposed the subsequent Belfast Agreement in the May 1998 referendum and his party won five seats in the Assembly elections later that year ( McCartney himself in North Down , Cedric Wilson in Strangford , Patrick Roche in Lagan Valley , Norman Boyd in South Antrim and Roger Hutchinson in East Antrim ) .   However , Wilson , Roche , Boyd and Hutchinson parted company with McCartney in December 1998 because of their leader 's so-called ` exit strategy ' from the Northern Ireland Assembly in the event of Sinn Féin being allowed seats in the new Northern Ireland Government . McCartney denounced them , saying all four ` were famous in their own living rooms ' and that their supporters ` could fit into a telephone box . ' In 2008 both Wilson and Boyd attended meetings of Jim Allister 's Traditional Unionist Voice .   In 1999 , Robert McCartney ran for the party in elections to the European Parliament , winning 2.9 % of the first preference vote . He lost his Westminster seat in the 2001 election to the UUP candidate Lady Hermon .   He was committed to a policy of integration for Northern Ireland , whereby legislative devolution for Northern Ireland would no longer be Westminster 's abiding policy , there would be no Stormont legislative assembly and the province would be a fully participating part of the United Kingdom ; at the same time the three main British political parties would fully organise in Northern Ireland . He was the president of the Campaign for Equal Citizenship in 1986 , and led it in its four years of prominence after the 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement .  McCartney resigned as head of the Campaign for Equal Citizenship in 1988 over a dispute with its executive .   These integrationist policies , once popular in some sections of Unionism , receded with the introduction of devolution to Scotland and Wales , and the creation of a functioning Northern Ireland Assembly . However it is the case that other parts of the United Kingdom with devolved assemblies are fully covered by the three main British political parties , but not in Northern Ireland .   McCartney also strongly opposed the St Andrews Agreement and in 2007 stood on an anti-agreement ticket in six different constituencies . He lost his own seat in North Down , polling 1,806 first preference votes ( 5.9 % of the total , and less than half the quota required to be elected ) . He also obtained 360 votes ( 1.2 % ) in Belfast North , 388 votes ( 0.8 % ) in Fermanagh and South Tyrone , 853 votes ( 2.0 % ) in Lagan Valley , 893 votes ( 2.3 % ) in South Antrim and 220 votes ( 0.5 % ) in West Tyrone   He claims to have retired from politics following the loss of his seat in the 2007 Assembly Election to Brian Wilson of the Green Party . However , he still occasionally makes media appearances and writes newspaper articles and in October 2009 , Robert McCartney was guest speaker at the Traditional Unionist Voice party conference in Belfast , where he spoke on the situation surrounding the primary school transfer test , brought about by a Sinn Féin Education Minister .

neg: West Lothian question The West Lothian question , also known as the English question , refers to whether MPs from Northern Ireland , Scotland and Wales , sitting in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom , should be able to vote on matters that affect only England , while MPs from England are unable to vote on matters that have been devolved to the Northern Ireland Assembly , the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh Assembly . The term `` West Lothian question '' was coined by Enoch Powell MP in 1977 after Tam Dalyell , the Labour MP for the Scottish constituency of West Lothian , raised the matter repeatedly in House of Commons debates on devolution .   In 2011 the Government of the United Kingdom set up a commission to examine the question . The Commission on the consequences of devolution for the House of Commons , chaired by former Clerk of the House of Commons Sir William McKay , published a report in 2013 which proposed various procedural changes , including that legislation which affects only England should require the support of a majority of MPs representing English constituencies ( `` English votes for English laws '' ) . Following the election of a Conservative government in the 2015 general election , new parliamentary procedures and a Legislative Grand Committee were enacted .

neg: Northern Ireland Unionist Party The Northern Ireland Unionist Party ( NIUP ) was a small political party in Northern Ireland . It was formed in January 1999 as a splinter party from the UK Unionist Party ( UKUP ) . This split was caused by disagreement between the five UKUP members of the Northern Ireland Assembly . Four of the members disagreed with UKUP leader Robert McCartney 's policy of resigning from the Assembly should Sinn Féin become part of the power-sharing executive . Cedric Wilson , Patrick Roche , Norman Boyd and Roger Hutchinson disagreed with McCartney , wanting to remain in the Assembly to challenge unionists in favour of the Belfast Agreement . McCartney disciplined these members in their absence and , in response , they left the UKUP and formed the NIUP . Led by Wilson , the new party argued that it had the support of the grassroots membership of the UKUP , but McCartney disputed this .   Subsequently , Hutchinson left the NIUP on 30 November 1999 , sitting as an independent Unionist for a period before joining the Democratic Unionist Party ( DUP ) . He then left the DUP and unsuccessfully contested the 2003 Assembly Election as an independent Unionist .   The NIUP opposed the Belfast Agreement and the reformation of the Royal Ulster Constabulary to the Police Service Northern Ireland . They described their position as `` principled unionism . ''   In its first electoral test , the party polled very poorly in the 2001 General Election and in local elections held on the same day , winning no Westminster or council seats . In the 2003 Assembly Election , the NIUP won no seats at all .   The NIUP consistently a low level of support and mainly contested the constituencies represented by its four Assembly members . In 2001 , it received 1,794 votes in the general election and 1,818 votes in the local elections . This fell to 1,350 in the 2003 Assembly election . Its share of the vote across Northern Ireland was around 0.2 % in each case .   The party 's submission of accounts for 2004 stated that the party was `` inactive '' during this period and there is no evidence of subsequent activity . Wilson stood as an independent candidate in the Strangford constituency at the 2007 Assembly Election where he polled 305 votes ( 0.8 % ) , thus finishing last out of the fifteen candidates .   The NIUP voluntarily deregistered as a political party on 10 March 2008 .

neg: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is the head of Her Majesty 's Government in the United Kingdom . The Prime Minister ( informal abbreviation : PM ) and Cabinet ( consisting of all the most senior ministers , most of whom are government department heads ) are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Monarch , to Parliament , to their political party and ultimately to the electorate . The office is one of the Great Offices of State . The , Theresa May , leader of the Conservative Party , was appointed by the Queen on 13 July 2016 .   The office is not established by any constitution or law but exists only by long-established convention , which stipulates that the monarch must appoint as Prime Minister the person most likely to command the confidence of the House of Commons ; this individual is typically the leader of the political party or coalition of parties that holds the largest number of seats in that chamber . The position of Prime Minister was not created ; it evolved slowly and erratically over three hundred years due to numerous acts of Parliament , political developments , and accidents of history . The office is therefore best understood from a historical perspective . The origins of the position are found in constitutional changes that occurred during the Revolutionary Settlement ( 1688 -- 1720 ) and the resulting shift of political power from the Sovereign to Parliament . Although the Sovereign was not stripped of the ancient prerogative powers and legally remained the head of government , politically it gradually became necessary for him or her to govern through a Prime Minister who could command a majority in Parliament .   By the 1830s the Westminster system of government ( or cabinet government ) had emerged ; the Prime Minister had become primus inter pares or the first among equals in the Cabinet and the head of government in the United Kingdom . The political position of Prime Minister was enhanced by the development of modern political parties , the introduction of mass communication ( inexpensive newspapers , radio , television and the internet ) , and photography . By the start of the 20th century the modern premiership had emerged ; the office had become the pre-eminent position in the constitutional hierarchy vis-à-vis the Sovereign , Parliament and Cabinet .   Prior to 1902 , the Prime Minister sometimes came from the House of Lords , provided that his government could form a majority in the Commons . However as the power of the aristocracy waned during the 19th century the convention developed that the Prime Minister should always sit in the lower house . As leader of the House of Commons , the Prime Minister 's authority was further enhanced by the Parliament Act of 1911 which marginalised the influence of the House of Lords in the law-making process .   The Prime Minister is ex officio also First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service . Certain privileges , such as residency of 10 Downing Street , are accorded to Prime Ministers by virtue of their position as First Lord of the Treasury .

neg: Black Budget (New Zealand) In New Zealand , the term Black Budget refers to the government budget of 26 June 1958 in which Finance Minister Arnold Nordmeyer increased taxes on beer , tobacco , cars and petrol .   The second Labour government took office in 1957 , the 32nd Parliament . Within a year , the government was confronted with a balance of payments crisis caused by the collapse of the price of butter in Britain ( at the time New Zealand 's largest export market ) . Nordmeyer 's colleagues were reluctant to cut government spending or break expensive election promises , so Nordmeyer was left with little option but to raise taxes .   The budget increased social security benefits but was very unpopular , not least with Labour 's traditional working-class supporters . The term ` black budget ' is believed to have been coined by union leader Fintan Patrick Walsh , but was taken up by the National Party opposition , and became the commonly used term for the budget .   The budget was prepared by the cabinet finance committee of Walter Nash , Arnold Nordmeyer , Phil Holloway and Tom Skinner ; and Warren Freer was told by Holloway that it was Nash rather than Nordmeyer who fought for the `` draconian measures '' finally adopted . While export prices had `` had a real bashing '' with butter at half its normal level and wool and meat also down , Holloway and Skinner felt that prices of both wool and meat were likely to rise and drastic measures were not fully justified . In caucus the measures were criticised by Michael Moohan , Frank Kitts and Bill Fox and , despite his cabinet position , Moohan continued to agitate against the beer price rise in private . Philip Connolly said of Nash , who had said that there was no alternative , that he was `` telling a bloody big lie '' as Nash was rubbing the gold cross on his watch chain when he said it . Freer saw some saving grace in the tightening of import controls and emphasis on local manufacture .   The government 's popularity never recovered from the budget , which is generally believed to have cost it the 1960 election . Nordmeyer was forever tainted by the ` black budget ' , which gave him a reputation as a puritanical ` wowser ' who was opposed to simple working class pleasures such as beer and cigarettes . Despite this , he became the leader of the Labour Party in 1963 , but was replaced by Norman Kirk less than three years later .   In 2010 , DB Breweries ran an advertising campaign attributing the creation of one of its brands , DB Export Gold to the increased taxes on beer introduced by the ` black budget ' . However , the brewery was forced to pull the campaign from television and internet in February 2011 ( though Newspaper ads were unaffected ) after the New Zealand Advertising Standards Authority partially upheld a complaint laid by Progressive Party leader Jim Anderton that the campaign was `` unethical , inaccurate and distorted history '' as little beer was then imported to New Zealand and the budget raised the excise only to the same as local beers .

neg: Tony Abbott Anthony John `` Tony '' Abbott ( born 4 November 1957 ) is an Australian politician who was the 28th Prime Minister of Australia , from 18 September 2013 to 15 September 2015 . Abbott was leader of the Liberal Party of Australia from 2009 to 2015 , and has been a member of parliament for Warringah since 1994 .   Abbott was born in London , to an Australian mother and a British father , and emigrated to Sydney , Australia , with his parents in 1960 . Prior to entering Parliament , Abbott took the degrees of Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Laws at the University of Sydney , then attended The Queen 's College , Oxford , as a Rhodes Scholar , graduating as a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy , Politics and Economics . He later proceeded by seniority to Master of Arts .   After graduating from Oxford , Abbott trained as a Roman Catholic seminarian , and later worked as a journalist , a manager , and a political adviser . In 1992 , he was appointed Director of Australians for Constitutional Monarchy , a position he held until his election to Parliament in 1994 . Abbott was first appointed to Cabinet following the 1998 election , as part of the Second Howard Ministry , becoming Minister for Employment , Workplace Relations and Small Business .   In 2003 , Abbott became Minister for Health and Ageing , retaining this position until the defeat of the Howard Government at the 2007 election . Initially serving in the Shadow Cabinets of Brendan Nelson and then Malcolm Turnbull , Abbott resigned from the front bench in November 2009 , in protest against Turnbull 's support for the Rudd Government 's proposed Emissions Trading Scheme ( ETS ) . Forcing a leadership ballot on the subject , Abbott defeated Turnbull by 42 votes to 41 , to become the Party 's leader and Leader of the Opposition .   Abbott led the Coalition at the 2010 election , which resulted in a hung parliament . Following negotiations , Labor formed a Government , with the support of one Greens MP and three Independent MPs . Abbott was re-elected as Liberal Leader unopposed . Abbott went on to lead the Coalition to victory in the 2013 election and was sworn in as the 28th Prime Minister of Australia on 18 September 2013 . On 14 September 2015 , Abbott was defeated in a vote for the Liberal leadership ( 54 votes to 44 ) by Malcolm Turnbull , who replaced Abbott as Prime Minister the following day .

neg: Alan Lee Williams Alan Lee Williams OBE ( born 29 November 1930 ) is a former president of the Atlantic Treaty Association , a British Labour Party politician , writer and visiting professor of politics at Queen Mary University of London .   Williams was educated at John Roan School , Greenwich and worked as a journeyman freeman and craft-owning freeman of the Company of Watermen and Lightermen , between 1945 and 1952 , before attending Ruskin College , Oxford . He was elected a borough councillor in Greenwich in 1952 , at the age of twenty-one , serving until 1955 . He worked as the national youth officer of the Labour Party between 1955 and 1962 and then as the National Youth Officer of the United Nations Association between 1962 and 1966 . He was chairman of the British National Committee of the World Assembly of Youth for four years .   He first contested Epsom in 1964 . He was three times elected Member of Parliament ( MP ) for the marginal seat of Hornchurch , being elected in 1966 . He lost to the Conservative John Loveridge in 1970 , but regained the seat in February and was re-elected in October 1974 . He was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Rt Hon Denis Healey MP in his role as Defence Secretary from 1967 to 1970 . In 1974 he was again appointed as a PPS to the Rt Hon Roy Mason , Defence Secretary , remaining his PPS when Mason was appointed Secretary of State for Northern Ireland .   In 1979 he lost again to the Conservative Robin Squire , and has not been an MP since . In 1979 , he was appointed Director-General of the English Speaking Union . In the 1980s , he joined the Social Democratic Party and became Chairman of the SDP 's Defence Committee for four years , later rejoining the Labour Party . He was a long serving member of the Trilateral Commission and served on the Foreign Office 's Advisory Board on Arms Control , and on the Lord Chancellor 's Advisory Board on Public Records .   Williams first served with the European Movement as Deputy Director from 1970 until 1972 , and as Director of the British Atlantic Committee between 1972 and 1974 . From 1972 to 1973 , he was Director of the Labour Committee for Europe . During this time he was awarded the Order of the British Empire for services to Europe . In 1978 he was Chairman of Peace through NATO , during the question over the Pershing Cruise Missile Deployment . In 1986 he became Director of the Atlantic Council of the United Kingdom , a member of the Atlantic Treaty Association . He served in this capacity until 2007 . He was elected President of the Atlantic Treaty Association in 2000 , serving until 2003 , and from 2007 held the title of Honorary Vice-President for Life at the Atlantic Council .   In 1986 he was made Warden and Chief Executive of Toynbee Hall , the university settlement . He is Chairman of a number of major charities including Transport on Water Association and the Sir William Beveridge Foundation .   Alan Lee Williams has written and contributed to several books and articles , including A Radical Future ( 1966 ) , Europe and the Open Sea ( 1966 ) , Crisis in European Defence ( 1979 ) , and other works on defence with his brother , Prof. Geoffrey Lee Williams .

neg: Prime Minister of Australia The Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia is the head of government of Australia . The individual who holds the office is the most senior Minister of the Crown , the leader of the Cabinet and the chairperson of the National Security Committee . The Prime Minister also has the responsibility of administering the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet . The office is not mentioned in the Constitution of Australia and exists only through longstanding political convention and tradition . Despite this , in practice it is the most powerful parliamentary position in Australia . The individual who holds the office is commissioned by the Governor-General of Australia .   Almost always and according to convention , the Prime Minister is the leader of the majority party or largest party in a coalition of parties in the House of Representatives . However , there is no constitutional requirement that the Prime Minister sit in the House of Representatives , though by convention this is always the case . The only case where a member of the Senate was appointed Prime Minister was John Gorton , who subsequently resigned his Senate position and was elected as a member of the House of Representatives ( Senator George Pearce was acting Prime Minister for seven months in 1916 while Billy Hughes was overseas ) .   Malcolm Turnbull has held the office of Prime Minister since 15 September 2015 . He received his commission after replacing Tony Abbott as the leader of the Liberal Party , the dominant party in the Coalition government , following the outcome of the September 2015 Liberal leadership ballot .

neg: A Journey A Journey is a memoir by Tony Blair of his tenure as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom . Published in the UK on 1 September 2010 , it covers events from when he became leader of the Labour Party in 1994 and transformed it into `` New Labour '' , holding power for a party record three successive terms , to his resignation and replacement as Prime Minister by his Chancellor of the Exchequer , Gordon Brown . Blair donated his # 4.6 million advance , and all subsequent royalties , to the British Armed Forces charity The Royal British Legion . It became the fastest-selling autobiography of all time at the bookstore chain Waterstones . Promotional events were marked by antiwar protests .   Two of the book 's major topics are the strains in Blair 's relationship with Brown after Blair allegedly reneged on the pair 's 1994 agreement to step down as Prime Minister much earlier , and his controversial decision to participate in the 2003 invasion of Iraq . Blair discusses Labour 's future after the 2010 general election , his relations with the Royal Family , and how he came to respect President George W. Bush . Reviews were mixed ; some criticised Blair 's writing style , but others called it candid .   Gordon Brown was reportedly unhappy over Blair 's comments about him , while David Runciman of The London Review of Books suggested there were episodes from Blair 's troubled relationship with his Chancellor that were absent from A Journey . Labour politician Alistair Darling said the book demonstrates how the country can be changed for the better when a government has a clear purpose , while the New Zealand Listener suggested Blair and his contemporaries had helped to write New Labour 's epitaph . Some families of servicemen and women who were killed in Iraq reacted angrily , with one antiwar commentator dismissing Blair 's regrets over the loss of life . Shortly after the release of A Journey , the screenwriter of the 2006 film The Queen , which depicts Blair 's first months in office , accused Blair of plagiarising a conversation with Elizabeth II from him .

neg: Eastbourne by-election, 1990 The Eastbourne by-election , 1990 was a by-election held on 18 October 1990 for the British House of Commons constituency of Eastbourne in East Sussex .   The by-election was caused by the death of the town 's Conservative Party Member of Parliament ( MP ) Ian Gow , who was killed on 30 July 1990 by a bomb placed under his car by the Provisional IRA .   The result was a victory for the Liberal Democrat candidate David Bellotti , who defeated the former Conservative MP Richard Hickmet by a majority of 4,550 votes and with more than half the votes cast . The loss came as a shock to many Conservatives who had expected ( not least given the circumstances under which the by-election was held , as well as the fact that it had been retained by a majority of more than 16,000 votes in 1987 ) that they would easily retain the seat . Conservative MP Ann Widdecombe sent a message to voters saying that the IRA would be `` toasting their success '' .   It was a welcome success for the Liberal Democrats , formed in March 1988 , after some disastrous early local and European election showings , as well as dismal showings in opinion polls . It came at a time when Conservative support was slumping and Labour was enjoying a comfortable lead in the opinion polls , largely due to the unpopular introduction of poll tax by the Conservative government .   However , at the next general election just 18 months later , Bellotti was defeated by over 5,000 votes . The outcome of was symbolic of how the fortunes of the main three political parties had altered in that short time . The Liberal Democrats , who at the time of the Eastbourne success were looking set for a big rise in votes and seats , were left with a reduced number of seats , while the Conservatives were re-elected under new leader John Major ( who had succeeded Margaret Thatcher in November 1990 ) , leaving Labour in opposition for a fourth successive term of parliament - meaning that Neil Kinnock never made it into government as the opinion polls throughout 1990 had all suggested would happen .   This remains , as of 2016 , the last by-election resulting from the assassination of a sitting MP that was contested by all of the major parties . Following the next such killing , which occurred in 2016 when Labour MP Jo Cox was attacked and murdered in her constituency , Labour 's major political rivals quickly announced they would not contest the ensuing by-election .