political parties Flashcards
what is a manifesto ?
-before the election a bunch of policies the winning parties have to live up to
example of increasing membership ?
-labour party 2015 increased membership by allowing supports to join for an annual subscription
examples of PM vote of no confidence ?
-thatcher 1990
-boris johnson 2021
liz truss 2022
-theresa may 2019
arguments for state funding ?
-parties play an important role in representative democracy
-public funding would remove the great difference in resources between parties
-if state matched donations by party members might encourage participation by public
-curb the possibility of corrupt influences
disadvantages of state funding
-increased state funding leads to call for greater state regulation
-difficult to decide how much support a party needs to have to qualify for funding
-public funding could isolate parties from wishes of voters
-taxpayers would resent compulsory contributions to party’s they don’t agree with
how is the party spending budget supervised ?
-capped at 30,000 per constituency
-donations of more 5000 nationally has to be declared
-donations of more than 1000 per constituency had to be declared
-parties have to publish donations publicly
-donations from non uk citizens banned
what do the opposition party recieve ?
-short money special state provision for activities in parliament
what did old labour use ?
-They used donations from trade unions
-however new labour use individuals from private firms
what did liberal democrats accuse other parties of ?
-accused of being bankrolled by the wealthy
what did sir Hayden Phillips say ?
-address the problem of private donations by funding parties through taxpayers money
why is it difficult to reform in party funding ?
-due to political advantage
-tories have larger support and want to restrict Trade unions donations
what happened between tony Blair and Bernie Ecclestone ?
-bernie donated 1 million to labour party
-link between this donation and delay on implementing a ban tobacco advertisement
who were the conservative leaders form 1979 onwards ?
-Margret thatcher 1979-1990
-john major 1990-1997
-david Cameron 2005-2016
-theresa may 2016-2019
-boris johnson 2019-2021
what’s a one nation tories?
-under leadership of Benjamin disraeli in 19 century and continued by David Cameron and Theresa may
-revolving ideas that the uk should stick together and rich should help the poor
what do new right believe ?
-neo conservative who wanted an authoritarian approach to law and order
-neo liberals a more endorsed free market rolling back of the state in peoples lives and businesses
what are the clauses of labour party constitution ?
-1918 common ownership of the means of production
-1955 for all to work and prosper with a thriving private sector and high quality public services
what were old labours policies ?
-dogmatic
-working class
-intervenionist
-favours public sector provision
-advocates social justice
-support universal welfare
what are new labours policies ?
-pragmatic
-markets itself as a catch all party
-favours market economy
-favours public private partnerships
-advocated social inclusions
-supports targeted welfare
who are the labour leaders from 1997 ?
-tony Blair 1997-2007
Gordon Brown 2008-2010
-ed milliband 2010-2015
-jeremy corbyn 2015-2020
-kier stamer-2020
what happened to labour party in 2020 ?
-their vote fell to 32%
what happened cause of the recession ?
-gordon brown had to nationalism some banks and return to ‘tax and spend’
2010 coalition government (success)
-moderated some conservative policies
-rise in income tax
-invest in renewable energy
-introduced pupil premium into schools
-same sex marriage legislation
2010 coalition goverment (failures)
-constitutional reform agenda
-2011 referendum on voting system
-house of lords reform failure
-tuition fees
what happened for lib dems in 2005 genral election ?
-recieved 22% of the vote best ever for 62 seats
what happened in lib dem in 2010 and 2015 ?
-received 23% of vote and 57 seats
-2015 7.9% 8 seats
what led to a huge loss in confidence for lib dems ?
-tution fee U-turn led to a huge loss of confidence, losing 8 of all there seats in parliment 2015
what were lib dem like in 2008 ?
-held 31 local council
-gained 25% of vote putting ahead of labour
what type of voting have lib dem benifited from ?
-during modern elections benefit from tatical voting
what is SNP purppse ?
-for scottish indepence
what did nicola sturgoen argue ?
-argued brexit has taken scotland out of EU out of its own will
what did alex sammond do ?
-forced goverment in 2012 pass the scotland independence ref
what happened in 2014 ?
- scottish independence failed
when did the greens win their first parlimentary seat ?
-in 2010 caroline lucas became MP for brighton pavillon
in 2015 the green party wonhow many votes ?
-won more than 1 million votes (3.6% of vote) highest in history
the green party policies ?
-heavy environmental policies and to reduce inequality
-Pro EU but accepts brexit vote
-manifesto been transported to labour
what happened for greens in 2019 ?
-membership reached 50,000 again
what was UKIP main focus ?
-1 issue with nigel farage to leave the EU
what happened in 2014 for the UKIP ?
-european election gained 24 MEP largest UK party in european parliment
what happened in 2015 for UKIP ?
-won 3.9 million votes but only 1 MP
-nigel farage annouced his resignation as leader caused UKIP to drop off at political map
what did UKIP argue for ?
-argues EU membership damages countrys interest
-points based of immigration
-brext done as quick as possible
what is a multi party system ?
-a number of parties content to form a government coalitions become the norm
what is bad about the fptp?
-limits smaller parties ability to win
two party system examples ?
-labour and conservative 1945-74 combined vote of 98%
-79-2010 feel to 73%
example of voter rejecting party leader ?
-in time of crisis
-james callaghan unable to control trade union
example of strong support leadership ?
-thatcher tough on strikes and trade union
what happened with conservative 1997
-divded on britains relationship with the EU
examples of media projection
newspapers
social media
political satire
example of effective use of media
boris johnson used the media and his appearance to enhance his appeal across the spectrum
