political parties Flashcards
1
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current party funding
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- membership fees
- donations
- short money
2
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new labour and party funding
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- historically mainly funded by trade unions
- tony blair tried to decrease trade union efforts
- new labour, party was funded by wealthy individuals
3
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jeremy corbyn and party funding
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- smaller donations
- rise in income from trade unions
4
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conservative party funding
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- wealthy donors
- 2017 ge came from hedge funds and bankers
5
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funding controversies
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- wealthy donors can have influence in policy making
6
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ppera regulation
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- political parties election and referendums act 2000
- spending limits for parties at 30k per constituency
- parties must make public any donations over 5k
7
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state funding
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state funding has been put forward as a new means of providing funding for political parties. the phillips report in 2007 suggested funding per voter or per member for each party.
8
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current public funding
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- exists through short money, cranbourne money which is paid opposition parties in hol and policy development grants
9
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the case for state funding
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- remove influence + access to private donors
- minorities party benefit
- more time to focus on other thing than worry about capital
10
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the case against state funding
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- tax will be higher
- taxpayers would be giving money to their opposition parties
- free society so should have to
- parties have different levels of membership
11
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david cameron
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- known as the ‘heir to blair’
- stepped down during Brexit
- elected as leader in 2005
- became pm in 2010
12
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party image + ideology
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- focused on making party more electable
- end nasty party rep
- focus on environment instead of controversial issues such as Europe
- limit state intervention
- liberal approach to environment
13
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2010 election policies
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- stronger economic management
replacing human rights act with bill of rights - tougher exams and reduced state control over schools
- accepting eu principles but opposed of taking powers away from uk
14
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2010 coalition government
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- no party had majority
- conversation and lib dems formed a coalition
- ended in 2015
15
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theresa may
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theresa may became party leader following the eu referendum in 2016. she is the second female leader of the conservatives, and the second female pm in the uk.
