Methods of pressure groups

Question 1

Protesting point example

Answer 1

Following the 2013 Bedroom Tax protests the Scottish Gov announced it would give council’s additional money to compensate for the UK Gov cuts.

Question 2

Protesting rebuttal example

Answer 2

In 2012 250000 people protested agains austerity (cuts) but they happened anyway.

Question 3

Petitions point example

Answer 3

Around 320000 signatures in a petition to stop taxation of sanitary products was accepted in parliament in 2016.

Question 4

Petition’s rebuttal example

Answer 4

The petition to revoke article 50 and stay in the EU got around 6 million signatures yet the Gov decided to not revoke the article.

Question 5

Social media point example

Answer 5

The pressure group BLM uses the #BLM and this was retweeted around 50 million times from 2013-2020.

Question 6

Social media rebuttal example

Answer 6

In 2020 the violence surrounding BLM protests took away from the cause as the media was focusing on the violence.