Political Evidence - Pressure Groups

Question 1

What are the 4 factors affecting a pressure groups success?

Answer 1

• resources (financial)
• ideological compatibility
• celebrity endorsement
• size of membership, following e.c.t
• type of pressure group

Question 2

Give an example of a pressure group with resources? (Fareshare)

Answer 2

FARESHARE

• In April 2022, Asda donated 1.4million to help tackle food poverty
• gain donations, funding from organisations

Question 3

What effect has resources had on achieving aims for Fareshare?

Answer 3

Number of charities supported went up from

• 10,962 to
• 93,178

Question 4

Due to resources, how much did Fareshare help charities in terms of money?

Answer 4

£14.1 million

Question 5

Give an example of a pressure group with resources? (Unite)

Answer 5

In the first two months of 2021

-Unite donated £750,000 to the Labour Party

Question 6

What effect did resources have on Unite in achieving their aims?

Answer 6

Unite’s vision is of a prosperous society in which employers and employees work together to build successful businesses and safe, healthy working environments.
-Labour windfall tax in 2022, protecting consumers

Question 7

Give an example of a pressure group achieving ideological compatibility for the government? (NSPCC)

Answer 7

NSPCC

Child Protection Laws

Question 8

Give an example of where the NSPCC used their ideological compatibility to achieve their aims?

Answer 8

Worked with the Conservative Government for the ‘flaw in the law campaign’ which made adults communicating sexual images with children a criminal offence in 2017

Question 9

Give an example of a pressure group with a celebrity endorsement? (Extinction Rebellion)

Answer 9

100 celebrities, including Dame Emma Thompson, signed an open letter urging government to open their eyes to Climate Change

Question 10

Give an example of where Extinction Rebellion used celebrity endorsement to achieve their aim?

Answer 10

X Rebellion still influential

• Michael Gove meeting with climate activists
• Net Zero by 2050
• £12 billion investment into ‘Green Revolution’

Question 11

Give an example of a pressure group with a celebrity endorsement? (Black Lives Matter)

Answer 11

Will I Am and Will Smith (amongst others) raised concerns over treatment of black people in society

Question 12

Give an example of where Black Lives Matter used celebrity endorsement in order to achieve their aims?

Answer 12

Government commissioned The report of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities which came back in March 2021

Question 13

Give an example of a pressure group with a large membership? (Countryside Alliance)

Answer 13

Country Side Alliance has 100,000 members

Question 14

Give an example of Country Side Alliance used its size of membership to achieve its aims?

Answer 14

Took the government to court over the The Hunting Act 2004, said it violated its rights. Countryside Alliance claims that Hunting is still going strong 12 years later

Question 15

In 2020, what case did Liberty bring about that aimed to combat Bournemouths Council pledge to criminalise rough sleepers?

Answer 15

Bournement Council Act 2020

-used to the case under the HRA