Pressure group

Question 1

What is a pressure group?

Answer 1

A group that wants to influence the government but not be the government

Question 2

What pressure are law changers?

Answer 2

The gurkhas justice campaign
Child poverty action group- Free school meal
Anti poll tax leug
The snowdrop campaigne
The friends and family of Stephen Lawrence- Race and relations bill and double jeproday reform 2000

Question 3

Law changes- Anti poll tax leuge?
What was the issue

Answer 3

Abolishing of the poll tax
was due to margret thatcher changing the taxation laws from
instead of taxing property owners now we should tax every perosn over 18
this was an extremely unpopular law causing the down fall of Thatchers conservative gov

Question 4

What tactics were used in anti poll tax league?

Answer 4

Public meetings/speavhes
-Protest march in london 200,000 people
-Violence riots and looting
-Clashes with police
-Media coverage
-Canpainging if no payment
-Civil disobedience

Question 5

What law changed in anti poll tax?

Answer 5

Poll tax abolished
Replacement by council tax

Question 6

Are there any controversy with the anti poll tax?

Answer 6

Violet tactics
Criminal damage
Assults on police officesrs and protesters
Civil disobedience

Question 7

Any relevant information- Anti poll tax league?

Answer 7

Unpopularity of Margret Thatcher increased reasons why conservatives party removed her as p.m. and party leader

Question 8

The snow drop campaign issue?

Answer 8

To get rid of the legal ownership of guns due to school schooling of primary school Dunblane killing 16 children
3 teachers and 10 gunshot wounds

Question 9

The snow drop tactics?

Answer 9

peaceful protests
E petitions on email
public meetings
labour conference

Question 10

The snowdrop campaign law changed?

Answer 10

Banning of guns in the uk
Private ownership

Question 11

Controversies of the snow drop campaign?

Answer 11

Wasn’t supported by major gun groups; parallel petitions made
Olympics beloved it would lead to less medals do to gun sports

Question 12

Relevant information about the snowdrop campaigne fire arm amendment act?

Answer 12

705000 people signed the edition
Owner was a bereaved family member
First even e mail petition

Question 13

What was the friends and family of stephen lawrence issue?

Answer 13

Stephen lawrence a black 18 year old got murdered violently in 1993
Murdered by 5 white teenagers who were not found guilty and couldn’t be tried again due to double jeopardy
investigation into actions of the police and the criminal justices

Question 14

The friends and family of stephen lawrence- tactics?

Answer 14

-Huge media coverage
-Speeches with nelson mandela
-protest
-letter
-public meetings
-marchers
-meeting with pm
-private prosecutions

Question 15

The friends and family of stephen lawrence law changes?

Answer 15

yes
Report lead to the arrest of the murdered
Double Jepordy act made
Racist language offence
Stop and search chnaged
New race and relation bull

Question 16

Contoversy with the friends and family of stephen lawrence?

Answer 16

Metropolitan police widely criticised due to huge incompetence and racist behaviour
Double Jepordy raised huge concern due to police can harras
Failure to convict murdered after many calls to police station telling them who the murders are

Question 17

Any relevant information- The friends and family of stephen lawrence?

Answer 17

Many people called in and told police the suspect due to huge racist white gang
Nelson mandela made calls international
Daily mails called the 5 murders

Question 18

Law changers- The gurkha justice campaigne 2008 issue?

Answer 18

Gurkha soldiers were not aloud to settle in the uk after serving in british war
Blair’s govt changes it to anyhow after 1997 who retired can settle in gurkha and people didn’t like this

Question 19

Gurkha justice campaign- Tactics?

Answer 19

media support
Public meetings
Protests
Celebrity endorsement- joanna lumley
protests

Question 20

Did laws change for gurkha residents?

Answer 20

Yes gurkha veterans who served for 4 years or more can now settle in the Uk

Question 21

The gurkha justice- controversy’s?

Answer 21

British Gurkha society says it was a disaster as thousands of elderly Gurkha veterans/pensioners are now unable to speak british and living in poor accommodations unable to survive
causing abuse to joanna lumley

Question 22

The gurkha justice- other relevant issues?

Answer 22

Joanna lumley a uk actress supported movement giving it huge coverage as her father was a gurkha veteran
Many moved to alderscot

Question 23

Child poverty action group free school meal- issue?

Answer 23

Campaign against giving free school meals in the summer holiday
Marcus rashfoed had a huge influence on

Question 24

Child poverty action group- tactics?

Answer 24

High celebrity endorsement
Letters to pm
Meetings
Media coverage
Marches
BBC
speeches

Question 25

Child poverty actions group- Laws changes?

Answer 25

Yea due to Rashford helping free schools are available in holidays

Question 26

Child poverty actions group- Contreversy

Answer 26

Gov accused of being to easily influenced by hugh celebrity profile
Gov should stick to guns as we can’t afford this

Question 27

Child poverty action group- Over relevant information?

Answer 27

Marcus Rashford huge involvement
The scheme hasn’t ended

Question 28

What factors have enabled law changers to be successful?

Answer 28

Celebrity endorsement
Mater issues (emotional)
Public opinion
Widespread political support
Defending sympathetic individuals
Media coverage gone global
Determined campaigners
Proximity to general elections
Tactics e.g. civil disobedience, private petitions and online petitions