influences on the government Flashcards
insider groups
regularly get access to policy makes meaning they have power to push and change legislation
CBI speaks for business - Phillip Hammond was keen to have them on side and this led to the maintenance of zero hour contracts
showing the influence that insider groups have on the government
insider groups also have professionals in a certain field of work within them
this allows governments to gain external expert opinions of legislation
outsider groups
do not have access to government so campaign to get their point across, can take part in demonstrations, marches, protests
protests in uk have doubled since 2010, in the 80’s 70% of protests were carried out by workers, in 2015 80% of protests are regarding environmental actions and activists
Fathers4Justice group supporting single fathers and often get police attention for their actions
results in media attention meaning awareness about their cause is raised potentially gaining more supporters
doesn’t guarantee support showing limited influence
newspapers
daily record sales fallen by 12% in 2016 showing influence declining
all big papers backed TM
tv and radio
programmes like NEWS NIGHT and QUESTION TIME question the government and legislation
BBC Radio 4 often discusses political issues with 7 million daily listeners
e-petitions
Scottish and uk parliament both use them
they are widely used showing the influence they have
38 degrees also makes them - petition banning trump for visiting UK got over half a million signatures - huge number of people shows that sites are used widely and people who are passionate for a certain change will sign a petition.
Successful petitions are often discussed in parliament showing that E-petitions can influence government, however in 2017 only 7 petitions led to or coincided with government action
Twitter is a way to spread rapid reaction to events and of sharing political views with a wide audience
Social media is taken more seriously as a factor to influence government choices due to politicians using it also as a main way of communicating with their supporters - Nicola Sturgeon has just under 950k followers
