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Political parties Flashcards

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Tory funding 2022

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From July to September 2022, Tory funding decreased by 40%

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Labour Trade union donations 2022

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over £700,000

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minor parties 2022 funding

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Lib Dems earnt £377,000 in public funds compared to Tories £31,000

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Funding for 2019 general election:

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Conservatives- £19 million in funds
Labour- £5.4 million
Brexit Party- £4.2 million

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Example about transparency with funding 2009

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Political Party and Elections Act (2009)- makes it compulsory for parties to report quarterly reports to the Electoral Commission

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Funding scandal

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Tony Blair faced criticism when he became PM in 1997 over receiving £1 million in funds from Bernie Ecclestone- the money was subsequently returned

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Legislation limiting trade union funding:

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Trade Union Act (2016) obliged new trade union members to choose whether to ‘opt in’ to making payments towards the political levy.

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Legislation controlling party funding

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Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, introduced spending and donation limits

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Right wing faction of conservative 2023 convention

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  • National Conservatism Convention: opposed free market liberalism, advocate for a tougher stance on law and order and a nation state
  • Supported by the Edmund Burke Foundation
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Labour policy pledges 2023 (6)

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  • Achieve zero-carbon by 2030
  • Highest sustained economy in the G7 by 2029
  • Build an NHS fit for future
  • Improve Police and Justice system
  • Childcare and Educational reforms
  • Devolve power away from Westminster
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Tory policy pledges 2023 (5)

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  • Halving inflation
  • Create better paid jobs
  • Ensure national debt falls
  • NHS waiting lists to fall
  • Pass new laws to ‘stop the boats
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Example of two parties agreeing on bill

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  • Coronavirus Act 2020
  • Agreement on the Furlough Scheme
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Conservative legislation on law and order

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  • Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022
  • Public Order Act 2023
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Conservative legislation on striking

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Minimum Services Bill 2023

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Conservative legislation on foreign affairs

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Illegal migration Bill 2023

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Conservative legislation on devolution

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Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill 2022

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Conservative legislation on the economy

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  • Austerity programme 2010- public spending cuts in response to the budget deficit
  • 2023 Budget promises a £25 billion three-year tax cut for business investment
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Example of Conservative welfare legislation

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  • Health and Care Act 2022
  • Universal Credit cut of £20 (2021)
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Different Conservative Party factions (4)

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  • Tory Reform Group- One Nation Tories, seen as on the left of the party.- opposed to Brexit
  • The Bruges Group- right wing think tank that strongly supports Brexit
  • Free Enterprise Group- keen on financial deregulation, Thatcherites founded by Liz Truss
  • Blue Collar Conservatives- aim to represent working-class conservatives
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Example of Labour Party being split:

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Keir Starmer’s perusal of “New Labour” economy- £10 minimum wage
Momentum faction propose a £15 minimum wage

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Different Labour Party factions:

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  • Momentum- grassroots left-wing of the party.
  • Labour First- Strongly in opposition to Corbyn and seen as representing the right of the party.
  • Progress-Represents New Labour ideas and is part of Labour’s right wing’
22
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Labour immigration policy

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Labour attempted to block the Illegal Migration Bill but ultimately failed

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Conservative divides over immigration

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Divides over Illegal Migration Bill, with MPs such as Theresa May warning against the bill

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Example of Conservatives and Labour poaching policies

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  • Labour 2019 manifesto- “A green industrial revolution”
  • Conservative 2019 manifesto - Net zero by 2050 (but Greens wanted by 2030)
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Minor parties in general elections 2019

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Green Party received 865,000 votes but just 1 seat in 2019

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UKIP’s influence over EU matters

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Won 24 seats in the EU parliament in 2014

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Example of minor parties having influence over larger parties coalitions

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2017-DUP confidence and supply agreement with May’s government
2010-2015- Lib-Dem’s coalition government with David Cameron’s government

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Vote share for Conservative and Labour

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2019- 76% of the vote
BUT 87% of seats

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Example of elections/parties being a form of indirect democracy

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In the run up to the 2010 election, Lib Dems pledged not to raise tuition fees. BUT 27 Lib Dems voted in favour of raising tuition fees with the coalition government

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Example of a minor party trying to split votes

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2023- Reform Uk leader Richard Tice pledges to put 600 MPs in place for 2024 election

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Keir Starmer on the economy (3) new labour

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  • Rachel Reeves meeting with business leaders
  • Don’t want to nationalise energy companies or railways
  • Against strikes, wants to show ‘responsible’ labour
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Keir Starmer on the economy (2) socialist

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  • Wants a publicly owned green energy company
  • More ‘windfall’ taxes on energy companies
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Keir Starmer on welfare (2)

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  • Welfare for the poorest, not universal
  • Labour U-turn on abolishing tuition fees
  • extend Pupil Premium to the poorest students
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Keir Starmer welfare, more socialist

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  • More government money into childcare, extend statutory maternity leave
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Keir Starmer on Law and Order

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  • Not opposed to government Acts
  • Says cannabis ruins lives
  • BUT against Rwanda Policy
    (wants to combat image of ‘Sir Softie’

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