Prominent Politicians In The UK And The Roles They Have Been Playing (Essay Sample)

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The following is a list of prominent personalities who have made significant contributions towards happiness using the government policy:
Tony Blair
Tony Blayer is a British politician who was born in 1953 at a place called Edinburg. He has been in active politics for several years under the labor party. He was the British prime Minister for a period of ten years (1997-2007) under the labor party. He is however, currently, playing politics at a low profile after leaving the office. During the period when he was the leader of the Labour Party, he made friends and foes alike due to his liberal politics and independent way of thinking. During his tenure as a prime minister, and before, he adopted a policy of looking as people more especially the English, as independent social beings. He completely separated himself from the traditional way of thinking of the labor party.
He was a very strong advocate of social justice because he never wanted any person to be under the yoke of social injustice. This is because he regarded it as a way of denying peace and happiness to the individuals who are subjected to that form of injustice. He tirelessly worked for the cohesion of the British people and the whole world at large. Since he was a reformist, and an independent thinker, he was able to achieve much of this irrespective of the strong opposition which he faced. He ensured that there were equal opportunities for the British people, he advocated for the reduction of the taxes and higher interest rates that were levied on the ordinary citizens of Britain. In his efforts of creating peace, and happiness amongst the Britons, he brokered the peace deal in Northern Ireland. The war had been going on for 30 years. This led to the signing of an agreement `called the Friday Agreement.’
In his efforts of ensuring that there is peace in his country, and the whole world at large, he actively participated in overthrowing the autocratic regimes of Afghanistan and Iran and fighting the world terrorism. He fully supported the United States of America in this effort which he regarded as noble. Through all the above, he contributed towards happiness both nationally and globally (Brian, 2014).
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson was the founding father of the United States of America. He was the one who wrote the Declaration of independence and eventually became the president of the United States between 1801 and 1809.He was a very strong proponent of true democracy and a human rights advocacy. He was the one responsible for the formatting of documents regarding human rights decisions both at the national and the state level. He aggressively fought for the rights of the slaves. He wanted them to have freedom like any other human beings since according to him, they were not lesser beings. Since during that time, the religious freedom was curtailed in the USA, he came up with legislations meant to give the different religious organization freedom.
He was the one who wrote the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions between 1798 and 1799.This controversial resolutions were meant to ensure that the seditions and alien acts which were blatantly discriminatory were abolished. He zealously pursued the trade and shipping interests against the Barbary pirates as well as the British policies on trade which were discriminatory. He also actively participated in the peace negotiations with France and even signed the act that prohibited the importation of slaves. He adopted a policy of liberal political views. Through his tireless efforts, he managed to work for the national and world happiness through the abolition of practices which were discriminatory (Frasier, 2013).
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