Evaluate The View That Think Tanks Lovbyists Ans Pressure Groups Have Liftle Ilpacf On Gov Decisions

Question 1

Argument

Answer 1

Pressure groups influence politics to achieve particular goals but don’t seek political office and seek to change policy through influencing public opinions and parliament and government

Question 2

Insider pressure groups have large impact?

Answer 2

Close connections such as RMT and BMA who give information and negotiate deals
New labour’s power? LGBT rights pressure group ‘Stonewall’ had insider status and could play main roles in policy formulation and were key in reducing gay consent age from 18 to 16 as apart of the Sexual Offenses Act 2000

Question 3

Insider pressure groups have limited impact

Answer 3

Influence shouldn’t be overstated
Unlikely to majorly shift policy in direction the government wouldn’t have
NFU (farmers union) has power in conservative governments because most tories will support whatever the NFU stand for anyways - correlation not causation
Depends on political philosophy such as thatcher and anti trade unionism

Their influence is dependant on how much the government lets them exercise but government makes the final policy decisions mostly
Gov decisions can be significant then

Question 4

Outsider pressure groups having a significant impact

Answer 4

They often exert pressure on top of government policy through media usage and protests etc

Puts pressure on governments to change policy , social movements often have success due to ability to demonstrate to government about their goals and significant piblic supports.
Rashford 2020 free school meals

Care4calais have been giving advise and help to those who are susceptible to the Rwanda bill and have campaigned for LGBT people not being sent to Rwanda for their own safety

Pro Palestine pressure groups have lead Labour to change their political stance

Question 5

Outsider groups have little impacts?

Answer 5

Lack contacts within gov to make progresses
Never get significant public support

JustStopOil movement has gained media attention in 2022 to disruptive public demonstrations like stopping premier league matches and vandalising Exeter uni

Outsider groups can gain major public support and generate social movements however they can have significant impact on policy and u-turns