2.2 - Established Political Parties Flashcards
What year were the Lib Dems formed?
1988
What parties merged to form the Lib Dems?
- Liberal Party
- Social Democratic Party
What are the principles of classic liberalism?
- Limited state intervention
- Equality
- Tolerance
- Freedom
- Peoples lives can be improved through self improvement
What are the principles of modern liberalism?
- State regulated market
- providing welfare
Who was the first Lib Dem leader?
Paddy Ashdown
WHo was the Lib Dem leader during the coalition?
Nick Clegg
How did the coalition have a negative impact on the Lib Dems?
- Broke election promises which decreased trust
- E.G. Tuition fees
Who is the current Lib Dem leader?
Jo Swinson
What was the conservative foreign policy for the 2017 general election?
- Exit the EU single market
- Increase the budget for the Ministry of Defence
- Keep trident
What was the conservative welfare policy for the 2017 general election?
- End triple lock on pensions
- Means testing the winter fuel allowance
What was the conservative law and order policy for the 2017 general election?
- Modernising prisons
- restructuring the police force
- limiting stop and search
What was the conservative economic policy for the 2017 general election?
- Increase personal allowance
- decrease corporation taxes
- increase higher tax rate
What was the Labour foreign policy for the 2017 general election?
- Stopping support for wars of intervention
- Helping the refugee crisis
- Investing in diplomatic services
- Promoting a global britain after brexit
What was the Labour law and order policy for the 2017 general election?
- increase police numbers and community policing
- investing in border security
- reversing conservative cuts to law and order
What was the Labour economic policy for the 2017 general election?
- higher earners pay more taxes
- Investing in education and infrastructure
What was the Labour welfare policy for the 2017 general election?
- removing the bedroom tax
- reform benefits assessments
What was the Lib Dem law and order policy for the 2017 general election?
- increase community policing
- protect individual rights
- stay in the ECHR
- Introduce a digital bill of rights
What was the Lib Dem welfare policy for the 2017 general election?
- Making benefits fairer for disabled and young people
- Reversing conservative benefit cuts
- reforming benefits assesments
What was the Lib Dem foreign policy for the 2017 general election?
- control sale of arms to countries with human rights abuses
- vote on final brexit deal
- remain in the single market
What was the Lib Dem economic policy for the 2017 general election?
- suport capital investment
- eliminate day-to-day deficit
- increase tax on corporations
- reform taxes
- encourage living wage
