democracy Flashcards
actions in debate chamber - scrutiny
2021 BoJo forced to defend after cash for curtains scandal
partially effective - scrutiny
2021 BoJo was under pressure from opposition MPs who stood up and asked will the prime minister thank vaccine volunteers
committees - scrutiny
Yvette Cooper exposed that government didn’t know how many people were coming to UK with virus
ignore commitees work - scrutiny
Uk government avoided publishing a report on Russian meddling in EU referendum before 2019 elections
hol - scrutiny
first 12 months of 2019 parliament suffered from 100 pros defeats which have forced the government to change plans
hol not effective- scrutiny
2020 Bojo put his own brother into Hol to doing 800 other members
cons approach - reform
Rishi Sunak and Douglas Ross have argued that it was because of financial power of being in the Uk that helped protect jobs in pandemic with government able to borrow billions cheaply for the furlough and vaccination schemes
cons not enough - reform
2022 the SSA survey showed that only 14% of people thought that the UK gov should have most influence while it also showed that a majority of people ins Scotland support independence
nationalist most radical - reform
together they started to publish docs comparing uk and Scots position against European countries such as ire, shows that there is less inequality and better living standards
naitonalist is risky - reform
the gap in what Scotland raises and what it spends is over 23 mil and that would have need to be funded by borrowing
labour approach - reform
2022 gordon brown produced a plan for replacing the HOL with a chamber for nations and regions as well as developing more power to England regions
labour unlikely to appeal - reform
Scotland represents 8% of uk’s population so it will never be an equal partner in uk parliament or government which will continue to have England as main focus
consultations - citizens influence
SC recently consulted raising the age of retirement for judges, 75% said that the age should be raised to 75 and in 2021 it said it will raise it
citizens views no influence - citizens infleunce
SG consulted in early 2020 about introducing tougher rules for non surgical cosmetic surgery like lip fillers, it took 2 years for respond and by 2023 no further action
petitions - citizens infleunce
Marcus rashfrod 1 mil signatories to tackle hunger in holidays, government introduced more food support
