big two parties

Question 1

may policy measures

Answer 1

-2017 in support of representation of employees on company boards
-23bn productivity investment injection
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Question 2

themes for cons being more divided than labour

Answer 2

-immigration and foreign policy
-economy
-social justice

-overall labour are more united right now but this is because they have been nebulous about where they lie in policy areas, and if they get into power in the election we will have a better view as to who is more united

Question 3

labour are united in immigration and foreign policy

Answer 3

IMMIGRATION
-united in opposition to rwanda bill, starmer said to sky news he would scrap it

FOREIGN POLICY
-commitment to 0.7% of gdp to developing nations (both new and old labour support)

Question 4

cons are united in immigration and foreign policy

Answer 4

FP
-united against eu
-unified in support of ukraine ( unlike labour), sunak 2024 promised care package

IMMIGRATION
-only 11 mp rebellions only on rwanda bill april 2024 (hard right v 106 oncs)
this claim should be qualified by tough whipping

Question 5

labour are divided in immigration and foreign policy

Answer 5

GAZA
-keir starmer ‘israel have the right to cut off water’, but later claimed that israel only have the right to ‘defend themselves’
-8 shadow ministers resigned over gaza
-rochdale by election vote for george galloway in response to gaza

UKRAINE
-11 mps challenged support for ukraine, threatened to have whip removed

Question 6

cons are divided in immigration and foreign policy

Answer 6

FOREIGN POLICY
-boris johnson removing the whip from 21 tory mps who voted against brexit including ken clarke (‘father of the house’), and rory stewart! had to fire to make house united
-to leave the eu we burnt through two pms hence divided
-disagreement over windsor framework, 22 tory mps voted against

IMMIGRATION
-yes only 11 voted against but this is just bc of strong whipping, and really there are stark disagreements btw new right and onc’s
-2024 april rwanda bill robert jenrick resignation
-natalie elphicke dover mp high profile defection to labour! over ‘security of our borders’

Question 7

cons are united in economy

Answer 7

-2019 thatcherite promises kept to not raise national insurance, vat, or income tax (in fact 2024 spring cuts)

Question 8

cons are divided in economy

Answer 8

-cons meant to be low spend but delivered biggest bail out package of all time in covid, energy price cap 2022 contra her word and furlough scheme

-ex health minister dan poulter defects to labour over underfunding of nhs

-oncs didn’t like truss’s mini budget

-sunak delivered only 10% of levelling up funding (split btw red wall and blue wall interests)

Question 9

labour are united in economy

Answer 9

OLD LABOUR VALUES
-some nationalisation elements remain, e.g. GB rail and GB energy

WELFARE AND BENEFITS
-unified in support of child health action plan (with pressure from bite back 2030 pressure group)

Question 10

labour are divided in economy

Answer 10

OLD LABOUR VALUES
-abandoned nationalisation of big 6
-distanced from industry picketing e.g. wes streeting said starmer would not accept junior doctor pay rises 2023

WELFARE AND BENEFITS
-starmer u turn on universal credit, he will no longer remove it
-starmer would not scrap the two child benefit cap

Question 11

conservative factions (the ‘five families’)

Answer 11

-new cons, align with red wall
-common sense group, critical of social progressiveness
-erg, eurosceptics
-northern research group, ‘levelling up’
-con growth group, critical of ‘deep state’ e.g. bank of england has higher interests, populism

also:
-pop cons, offshoot of growth group, ‘institutions stand in the way of meaningful reform’
-onc’s (106, biggest faction within any uk party)

Question 12

cons are united in social justice

Answer 12

-united against trans ID shown in 2022 scottish parliament gender recognition bill veto by section 35 of 2016 scotland act
-united in disagreement with lee anderson that ‘the islamists are taking control’ of sadiq khan and starmer, as they removed the whip causing his defection to reform

-harsh stance re terror: may 2014 no suspicion stop and search powers

Question 13

cons are divided in social justice

Answer 13

-truss believes in deep state, bank of england in her mini budget (labour unified against this)
-truss against tobacco and vapes bill, shows libertarianism

-sunak harsher sentences for anti social behaviour at odds with may and cameron ‘compassionate conservatism’

Question 14

labour are united in social justice

Answer 14

IMMIGRATION
-united against rwanda bill

RIGHTS
-vocally against tough control of protests (however…..)

Question 15

labour are divided in social justice

Answer 15

GENDER
-2021 starmer says rosie duffield is ‘not right’ that only women have cervixes, may 2024 starmer changes his mind on good morning britain
-starmer v scottish labour on gender recognition

RIGHTS
-has not committed to repeal public order act 2023 (noise whilst protesting) despite being ‘against’ tough control of protests

Question 16

labs old labour in economy agree and disagree

Answer 16

nationalisation, GB rail and GB energy
HOWEVER have abandoned other nationalisation promises for big 6 and against industry picketing, don’t want to increase doctors pay according to 2023 wes streeting, in line w kicking out rmt 2003

Question 17

labs old labour in immigration and foreign affairs agree and disagree

Answer 17

-0.7% gdp to intl develeopment
-opposed to rwanda, equality

-challenge control of protest
-HOWEVER not committed to repealing public order act 2023

Question 18

labs old labour in social justice agree and disagree

Answer 18

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