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Functions Of A Political Party Flashcards

1
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Representation function ?

A

Party must represent the people with a certain set of beliefs

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2
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(Representation) Those who are broadly right-wing have what views ?

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Conservatives

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(Representation function) what outlook has gravitate to left-wing ?

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Labour which represents the working class

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4
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What are the functions of a political parties ?

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  • representation
  • policy making
  • providing government
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5
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What is the function of Policy making ?

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generate policies that embody the ideas that they stand for

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When policy making what do they do at general elections

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Put their proposal before the electorate manifesto

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7
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What was the Example of conservative in policy making ?

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In 2019 general election Conservative Party gained a majority of 80+ MPs due to their main manifesto

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8
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How many MPs majority did conservatives gain due to policy making

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80+ MPs

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9
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What was conservatives main manifesto in 2019 election ?

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‘Get Brexit done’

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10
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What other functions do the political parties serve ?

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Educative function by communicating and explaining ideas to public

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How are parties funded ?

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MPs are paid from general taxation

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12
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How much are MPs paid per year ?

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£84,144 per year

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13
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When are MPs allowed to claim expenses ?

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Running an office , living westimister and constituency and travelling between the two

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14
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How do parties meet most of their election cost ?

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Voluntary subscriptions and funding events in MPs constituencies

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15
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How are opposition party funded ?

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Supported by short money

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16
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What is short money ?

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A state provision to make up for their lack of civil service

17
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What does short money do for the opposition ?

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Gives them something to fight against government and better scrutiny and to compete

18
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What are the controversy on funding

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Alerts if funding may be corrupt imotallt
And not legal

19
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Example of corruption of funding ?

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Some donors may expect to receive an honor from party leaders e.g peerage or knighthood as a return of generosity

20
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What is this known as

A

Cash for honours , investigated by police

21
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What does the decline of party membership mean ?

A

More reliant upon donors so more corruption

22
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What was in place to reduce corruption of funding ?

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2000 political elections and referendums act

23
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What did the 2000 political parties, elections and referendums act do ?

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Independent electoral commission set up to supervise party spending on electoral campaigns

24
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What was the amount party could spend capped to in constituency?

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£30,000

25
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What was banned , in the 2000 political parties elections and referendum act ?

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Donations from individuals not on Uk government electoral roll

26
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What had to happen to donations according to the act ?

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Donations more than 5,000 or 1,000 pounds had to declared

27
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What was the amount of the donations nationally ?

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£5,000

28
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What was the amount of money to a constituency party ?

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£1,000

29
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What do parties have to do ?

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Publish details of donations at regular intervals

30
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Did the act work ?

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No ‘Cash for peerage’ scandal in 2006

31
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What happened in the ‘cash for peerages’ scandal 2006?

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Several wealthy individuals loaned money to the Labour party had been nominated to the party

32
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What was Labour Party doing?

A

Seemed party was exploiting loophole

33
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What suggesting of reform was made by labour and lib dems

A

Suggesting by labour and Lib dems in 2015 elections imposed limits on individual donations to parties

34
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What was the conservatives reaction to this suggestion

A

Met with displeasure from conservative who deeply rely on individual donations

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