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political parties Flashcards

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what is a manifesto ?

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-before the election a bunch of policies the winning parties have to live up to

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example of increasing membership ?

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-labour party 2015 increased membership by allowing supports to join for an annual subscription

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examples of PM vote of no confidence ?

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-thatcher 1990
-boris johnson 2021
liz truss 2022
-theresa may 2019

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arguments for state funding ?

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-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

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disadvantages of state funding

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-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

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how is the party spending budget supervised ?

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-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

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what do the opposition party recieve ?

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-short money special state provision for activities in parliament

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what did old labour use ?

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-They used donations from trade unions
-however new labour use individuals from private firms

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what did liberal democrats accuse other parties of ?

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-accused of being bankrolled by the wealthy

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what did sir Hayden Phillips say ?

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-address the problem of private donations by funding parties through taxpayers money

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why is it difficult to reform in party funding ?

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-due to political advantage
-tories have larger support and want to restrict Trade unions donations

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what happened between tony Blair and Bernie Ecclestone ?

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-bernie donated 1 million to labour party
-link between this donation and delay on implementing a ban tobacco advertisement

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who were the conservative leaders form 1979 onwards ?

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-Margret thatcher 1979-1990
-john major 1990-1997
-david Cameron 2005-2016
-theresa may 2016-2019
-boris johnson 2019-2021

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what’s a one nation tories?

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-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

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what do new right believe ?

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-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

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what are the clauses of labour party constitution ?

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-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

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what were old labours policies ?

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-dogmatic
-working class
-intervenionist
-favours public sector provision
-advocates social justice
-support universal welfare

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what are new labours policies ?

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-pragmatic
-markets itself as a catch all party
-favours market economy
-favours public private partnerships
-advocated social inclusions
-supports targeted welfare

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who are the labour leaders from 1997 ?

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-tony Blair 1997-2007
Gordon Brown 2008-2010
-ed milliband 2010-2015
-jeremy corbyn 2015-2020
-kier stamer-2020

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what happened to labour party in 2020 ?

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-their vote fell to 32%

21
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what happened cause of the recession ?

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-gordon brown had to nationalism some banks and return to ‘tax and spend’

22
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2010 coalition government (success)

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-moderated some conservative policies
-rise in income tax
-invest in renewable energy
-introduced pupil premium into schools
-same sex marriage legislation

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2010 coalition goverment (failures)

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-constitutional reform agenda
-2011 referendum on voting system
-house of lords reform failure
-tuition fees

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what happened for lib dems in 2005 genral election ?

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-recieved 22% of the vote best ever for 62 seats

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what happened in lib dem in 2010 and 2015 ?

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-received 23% of vote and 57 seats
-2015 7.9% 8 seats

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what led to a huge loss in confidence for lib dems ?

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-tution fee U-turn led to a huge loss of confidence, losing 8 of all there seats in parliment 2015

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what were lib dem like in 2008 ?

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-held 31 local council
-gained 25% of vote putting ahead of labour

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what type of voting have lib dem benifited from ?

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-during modern elections benefit from tatical voting

29
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what is SNP purppse ?

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-for scottish indepence

30
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what did nicola sturgoen argue ?

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-argued brexit has taken scotland out of EU out of its own will

31
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what did alex sammond do ?

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-forced goverment in 2012 pass the scotland independence ref

32
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what happened in 2014 ?

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  • scottish independence failed
33
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when did the greens win their first parlimentary seat ?

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-in 2010 caroline lucas became MP for brighton pavillon

34
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in 2015 the green party wonhow many votes ?

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-won more than 1 million votes (3.6% of vote) highest in history

35
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the green party policies ?

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-heavy environmental policies and to reduce inequality
-Pro EU but accepts brexit vote
-manifesto been transported to labour

36
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what happened for greens in 2019 ?

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-membership reached 50,000 again

37
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what was UKIP main focus ?

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-1 issue with nigel farage to leave the EU

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what happened in 2014 for the UKIP ?

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-european election gained 24 MEP largest UK party in european parliment

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what happened in 2015 for UKIP ?

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-won 3.9 million votes but only 1 MP
-nigel farage annouced his resignation as leader caused UKIP to drop off at political map

40
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what did UKIP argue for ?

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-argues EU membership damages countrys interest
-points based of immigration
-brext done as quick as possible

41
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what is a multi party system ?

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-a number of parties content to form a government coalitions become the norm

42
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what is bad about the fptp?

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-limits smaller parties ability to win

43
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two party system examples ?

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-labour and conservative 1945-74 combined vote of 98%
-79-2010 feel to 73%

44
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example of voter rejecting party leader ?

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-in time of crisis
-james callaghan unable to control trade union

45
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example of strong support leadership ?

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-thatcher tough on strikes and trade union

46
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what happened with conservative 1997

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-divded on britains relationship with the EU

47
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examples of media projection

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newspapers
social media
political satire

48
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example of effective use of media

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boris johnson used the media and his appearance to enhance his appeal across the spectrum

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