Political Parties

Question 1

What is Short Money?

How much Short Money did each party receive after the 2019 General Election?

Answer 1

Money given to opposition parties that win two or more seats or win a seat and over 150,000 votes. (The more votes/seats you get the more short money you get)

Labour- £6.6 million 
SNP- £1.1 million 
Liberal Democrats- £900,000
DUP- £195,000
Green Party- £180,000

Question 2

When and Why was the PPREA (Political party, referendums and elections act) funding system announced

Answer 2

It was established in 2000 to place a limit on the amount a constituency can spend at a general election (£30,000), in addition making political parties state if they had a donation over £5,000

Question 3

Why was the PPE (Political Party and Election act) established

Answer 3

Established in 2009 to investigate and fine parties who broke the initial PPREA rules.

Question 4

Why should we have a funding reform?

Answer 4

Removing the influence private investors have on party politics

Gives MP’s more time to focus on politics than on securing funding

Minority parties would be given more funding and resources to enable to better the in elections.

Question 5

Why shouldn’t we have state funding?

Answer 5

Taxpayers may not want to fund opposing parties.

Would be hard to determine what party gets what.

Still wouldn’t be fair as party membership influences funding.

In a free democracy the people should be allowed to fund any party of their choice and not feel pressurized to do so.

Question 6

What were the Tory Party like in the 19th and 20th?

Answer 6

Established in the 1830’s, they were a traditionalist one-nation party which wanted to preserve the status quo by protecting the monarchy and the church of England, privatising the state and making the rich to have an obligation to help the poor.

Question 7

What are the main functions of Thatcherism?

Answer 7

A New-right movement combined with an orthodox conservative state with a neo-liberal state.

Her policies included: Limited state intervention, self-reliance, Business deregulation and privatisation, reduce trade union powers and fewer taxes and less state benefits

Question 8

What did Cameroon include in his 2010 general election manifesto?

Answer 8

Stronger economic management (tax cuts)
Replacing Human rights act with the UK Bill of Rights.
Accepting EU principles
Tougher Exams

Question 9

When was the labour party founded?

Answer 9

Founded in early 1900’s when they formed from the independent labour party and the social democratic federation.

Question 10

What were the core ideas of old labour?

Answer 10

Nationalism (Definitely not capitalism)
Self equality and distribution of wealth
Investing in the public and private sectors
Conforming to Clause IV (Nationalism)

Question 11

What did Blair’s New Labour set out to do?

Answer 11

Reduce trade union power
Increase the power of political leaders on things like policies
Moving away from tax and spending
Devolving powers to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Supporting private schools and Healthcare

Question 12

What are the core ideas of the conservative party from 2017?

Answer 12

Welfare- Ending triple lock pensions, reforming the welfare system.

Economy- Increase higher tax rate (£50,000) and Cutting corporation tax

Law and Order- Limiting stop and search and being tougher on crime.

Foreign policy- Leaving the EU markets and custom union and Increasing minstry of defence budget.

Question 13

What are the core ideas that the Labour party have in their manifesto post 2017?

Answer 13

Welfare- Ending tory bedroom tax and reforming benefits assessments.

Law and Order- Increase numbers of policing and community policing and investing in border security.

Foreign Policy: Investing in the diplomatic services and trying to help countries in struggling.

Economy- Investing in education and infrastructure and including a fairer taxation system.

Question 14

What are the core ideas that the Liberal Democrats include in their manifesto post 2017

Answer 14

Law and Order- Increasing community policing and intruding a digital bill of rights.

Foreign Policy- Vote on a final Brexit deal and remain in the single market.

Welfare- Reforming the benefits system as a whole.

Economy- Encouraging a living wage and eliminating the day-to-day deficit.

Question 15

What political ideologies do the DUP, Sinn Fein and Plaid Cymru do?

Answer 15

DUP- A unionist party within NI, party described as socially conservative but is against being an independent nation.

Sinn Fein- An Irish republican party who are seen as been democratically socialist and are for the devolution of Northern Ireland.

Plaid Cymru- A welsh nationalist party who are viewed as being centre-left and are committed to gain welsh independence.

Question 16

Define each Party System: 
Dominant 
Single party 
Two Party 
Two and a half party 
Multiple Party

Answer 16

Dominant- Where only one party actually has a chance of winning an election despite other parties standing. (This is seen in the African national congress winning every election in south Africa)

Single Party- Where only one party exists and the others are banned which causes a dictatorship which is seen in places like North Korea.

Two party- Where two parties within a democracy actually stand of chance of wining, this is the result of the FPTP electoral system in Westminster, or in the US.

Two and a half party- Where there are still two main parties however, a smaller party is emerging and can challenge the two main parties, as seen in the 2010-15 liberal conservatives coalition.

Multi party: Where more than two parties stand a change of being in the incumbent government, leading to an increase in coalitions, this is seen in places such as Germany and Northern Ireland.