Democracy

Question 1

According to Edmund Burke, what is the role of an mp

Answer 1

To represent interests and concerns of their constituents acting as trustee, using their own judgement

Question 2

2019 general election turnout

Answer 2

67%

Question 3

2016 referendum turnout

Answer 3

72%

Question 4

How many responses to an e-petition warrants a response from the govt

Answer 4

10k

Question 5

How many responses to an e-petition warrants a debate on the subject in govt

Answer 5

100k

Question 6

Name a country that has compulsory voting

Answer 6

Belgium, Australia

Question 7

What did a 3rd representation of the people act do and when

Answer 7

1961, lowered voting age from 21 to 18

Question 8

Name 3 think tanks

Answer 8

Fabian society, institute of economic affairs, Chatham house

Question 9

What did Jeremy corbyn do to increase young labour membership

Answer 9

Reduced membership fee to £3

Question 10

What’s the biggest argument against 16yr olds having the vote

Answer 10

Unlikely to turnout meaning the percentage turnout would decrease

Question 11

In 2019, SNP got what percentage of the votes and what percentage of the seats

Answer 11

4%,7%

Question 12

In 2019, Lib Dems got what percentage of the votes but what percentage of the seats

Answer 12

12%, 2%

Question 13

Give one way we could improve the House of Lords

Answer 13

Elections, remove hereditary peers, only sit for 15 years

Question 14

What pressure group wanted the hit kids ban

Answer 14

NSPCC

Question 15

Give an example of a core insider pressure group

Answer 15

Police and CEHR - can’t strike, have a minimal service level, less leverage, less influence?

Question 16

Give an example of a specialist insider

Answer 16

NFU , ASH, experts

Question 17

Give an example of a peripheral insider (conservative govt)

Answer 17

CBI - industry, current govt likes business/private industry, influence changes based on party in power

Question 18

Give an example of a Peripheral outsider (conservative govt)

Answer 18

Trade unions, would expect this to change with labour in government

Question 19

Give an example of an Outsider by necessity

Answer 19

Just stop oil, due to the way groups act, govt can’t negotiate/endorse criminals also e.g some badger cull groups

Question 20

Give an example of an outsider by ideology

Answer 20

Anti fracking groups, campaigns for nuclear disarmament - no govt will agree with this

Question 21

How many operations were cancelled in the junior doctor strikes

Answer 21

19k

Question 22

Which pressure group had a key influence on liz truss’s mini budget in September 22

Answer 22

Institute of economic affairs

Question 23

The Scottish parliament consulted with trans rights pressure groups to work on what bill and when?

Answer 23

2022, gender recognition reform (Scotland) bill

Question 24

Give an example of a well run pressure group campaign

Answer 24

RMT, Mike lynch, secretary general, interviews focusing on demands and importance

Question 25

Which Supreme Court case looked at prisoner voting rights

Answer 25

2005 Hirst v UK YOU

Question 26

When was the representation of the people act that guaranteed what

Answer 26

1928, women and men the right to vote at age 21

Question 27

What are positive rights, where has them in particular

Answer 27

Rights given explicitly to citizens, usually in legislation or a constitution - US, codified constitution, less loopholes

Question 28

What are negative rights, where has them

Answer 28

Rights a person has simply because there isn’t a law saying they cannot do something - uk, freedom to do anything unless there is a law against it

Question 29

When was the marriage (same sec couples) act, since when had civil partnership existed

Answer 29

2013, 2004

Question 30

What was the terrorism act passed in response to?

Answer 30

The July 7th bombings in London on the tube and Russell Square bus

Question 31

In the terrorism act, a how many day detention proposal was defeated

Answer 31

90

Question 32

What percentage of the amendments to the Rwanda bill have come from the lords spiritual

Answer 32

Over half

Question 33

What has every conservative manifesto since 2015 included

Answer 33

A British bill of rights

Question 34

What happened in the uber drivers Supreme Court case

Answer 34

Collectively argued for sick pay, even though there were some individually arguing for working flexibly - often contradictions between collective and individual rights

Question 35

Shamima Begum - at what age did she join ISIS - who advocated for her to get her passport back - what happened to her

Answer 35

Age 15, Jacob Rees mogg, had her passport and citizenship removed, failed to win her final appeal

Question 36

How many cases had the uk lost in in Strasbourg

Answer 36

Between 1999 and 2010, 1 in 50 - uk rarely loses in the ECHR

Question 37

What was total cost of the 2016 EU referendum? (Negatives of direct democracy)

Answer 37

£142 million

Question 38

Give an example of inaccurate representation

Answer 38

29% of MPs are privately educated, when only 7% of the population is