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Poltical Parties Flashcards

1
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What is a mandate?

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Where a party or individual has the authority to make decisions

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What is a manifesto?

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Document listing party pledges

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What is a political party?

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A group of similarity minded people who aim to achieve their objectives by fielding candidates for elections

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What is the Salisbury doctrine?

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The convention that the House of Lords should not try to block or wreck legislation that was promised in the manifesto of the governing party

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What are the roles of political parties?

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  • provide representation
  • encourage political engagement
  • engaging in political recruitment
  • formulae policy
  • provide a stable government
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Examples of minority parties?

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BNP

SNP

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Examples of single issue parties?

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UKIP
Green
Pro life alliance on abortion

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How many members of the SNP were there on 2016?

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120,000

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What is a dominant party system?

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Where a number of parties exist but only one holds government power.

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Example of a dominant party system?

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In japan 1955 - 1993

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What is a multi party system?

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Where many parties compete for power and the government consists of a series of coalitions formed by different combinations of parties

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What % of Uk and Scottish voters voted for parties that weren’t the “big two” in 2015

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UK- 13.5%

Scottish - 61%

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In 2015 what was the combined vote for the big two parties?

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67%

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What % of the seats did the big two parties secure in 2015?

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86.5%

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What is conservatism?

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Ideology favouring pragmatic approach to dealing with problems, while seeking to preserve the status quo

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What are one nation conservatives concerned with promoting?

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  • slow gradual change - evolutionary
  • keynsian mixed economy
  • universal welfare state
  • increasing European integration
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17
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What was the manifesto called that gave birth to the modern Conservative party?

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Robert peels Tamworth manifesto

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18
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What was Thatcherism also called regarding market economics?

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Neo-liberalism

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What is adversarial politics?

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The antagonism between the two main Westminster parties

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What is Thatcherism?

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An ideological approach combining a free-market, new liberal economic policy with a more orthodox conservative social policy

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What are one nation conservatives committed to?

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  • slow gradual change
  • Keynesian mixed economy
  • supported for a universal welfare state
  • internationalism
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What is adversarial politics?

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  • the antagonism between the two main Westminster parties.
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In the conservative 2010 manifesto what did Cameron propose to do with the current HRA?

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  • with a new UK Bill of rights
24
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What was Theresa Mays policies on the economy?

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  • end austerity, rule out a raise in VAT.
25
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What was Theresa mays policy on education?

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  • reintroduction of grammar schools
26
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Who was Theresa may forced to operate with?

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  • the DUP
27
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In the 1990s what % of labour votes were from the TUC at party conferences?

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80%

28
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What does clause IV of the new Labour Party constitution state?

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A clear commitment to public ownership of key industries and the redistribution of wealth

29
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What did James Callaghan and the rest of the right say about about public sector pay?

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  • that public sector pay demands had to be resisted
30
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What led Micheal foot to be the leader of the Labour Party in 1983?

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  • the “winter of discontent” (industrial unrest)
31
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What did the 1983 Labour Party manifesto try and do?

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  • state control of all major industries, tighter regulation of business, enhanced workers rights, support for uni,astral nuclear disarmament
32
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What are the characteristics of new labour?

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  • pragmatic
  • catch all party, not just working class
  • favours market economy
  • favours public private partnerships
33
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What did Gordon brown do regarding banks?

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  • nationalised some of them
34
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What % of first preferences did Jeremy Corbyn win in the labour leadership contest?

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59.5%

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What were some of Jeremy Corbyn policies?

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  • full employment and economy that works for all
  • security at work
  • secure the NHS and social care
  • national education service
  • cut income and wealth inequality
36
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What are the main Labour Party factions?

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  • Momentum
  • saving labour
  • consensus
  • labour together
37
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What are orange book liberals?

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Classical liberals

38
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What did the Liberal Democrat’s stress importance on under nick clegg?

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  • constitutional reform

- protection of civil liberties

39
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What was the Conservative party policies in the 2017 election on the economy?

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  • tax cuts
  • Maintain rates of VAT
  • balances budget by 2025
40
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What was labours main polices in the economy in the 2017 general election?

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  • £250Bn stimulus package over 10 years
  • increase corporation tax
  • increase the top rate of tax to 50% for those over £80,000
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What was the Lib Dem’s party policies for the economy in the 2017 general election?

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  • £100Bn investment in infrastructure

- increasing income tax for everyone by 1p in the pound

42
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How are candidates for local elections in the Labour Party selected?

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Branches select candidates for local elections and send delegates to the general committee of the constituency Labour Party.

43
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The does the CLP do? (Constituency Labour Party)

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Organises the party at constituency level

44
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What does the NEC do? (national executive committee)

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  • enforces party discipline, ensures the smooth running of the party, has the final say on the selection of parliamentary candidates
45
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What does the conservative association do? (CA)

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  • they organise the party at grassroots level and plan election campaigns.
46
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How many member did the Labour Party have in 2016?

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515,000

47
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How many members did the Conservative party have in 2016?

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149,800

48
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Who is in charge of establishing Conservative party policy?

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The 1922 committee

49
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What is an example of party funding regulation?

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PPERA

50
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What did the PPERA do?

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Imposed an overall limit on party spending in general election campaigns to £30,000 per constituency

51
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What did the PPEA do?

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Built upon the PPERA imposing tighter regulations on spending by candidates in the run up to an election

52
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What is cranbourne money?

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Funds paid to opposition parties in the House of Lords in order to help them cover their administrative costs and thereby provide for proper scrutiny of the government.

53
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How much did labour receive in cranbourne money in 2014-15?

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$572,717

54
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What is short money?

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Funds paid to opposition parties in order for them to cover their costs. All opposition parties parties that win at least two seats or have one seat but gain over 150,000 votes nationally can receive

55
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What are arguments for parties being state funded?

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  • if they are not funded by tax payers they will be funded by wealthy individuals and interest groups
  • state funding would allow politicians to focus on representing their constituents rather than courting potential donors

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