Really goods facts for last minute revision

Question 1

Tony Blair had changed Clause IV of the constititution of labour to remove nationalisation

Question 2

2019 - 80% of Jews think you are anti semetic do you want to apologise with Corbyn? interniew

Question 3

North Warwickshire voted 66% Conservative in the 2019 election with 65% voting to leave the EU

Question 4

John Major ruined his reputation with the Black Wednesday shit and EU treaty - Conservative confidnece in the economy was low

Question 5

Labour were 20% ahead in the polls pre 1997 election

Question 6

Pledge cards by Blair was a basis of the campaign - Alastair Campbell
eg. cut NHS lists and no income tax rises.

Question 7

THINGS CAN ONLY GET BETTTERERRRR

Question 8

42.2% Labour in 1997 - 30.7% Conservative.

31% AB voted labour in 1997 - GAIN
60% DE voted labour in 1997 - GAIN
DE was New Labours biggest gain in 1997

Question 9

57 Liberal Democrat MPs were elected to Parliament

Question 10

2015 GE means SNP caused labour to lose 40 seats , 2017 Ruth Davidson conservative scottish leader had caused 17 seat share gains.

Question 11

Campaigns; Corbyn was beat by large anti-semetism allegations that had hindered his campaign massively.
2017 - tuiton fees vs ‘dementia tax’ had contrasted and given corbyn close to winning a large vote share more than the tories.
Cleggs TV performances on debates had left a resounding impact, yet argueably this was short term factors as polls showed a spike but then a fairly large tame down.

NO:
Conservatives brexit campaign barely changed polling, May was the issue not the tories?

Question 11

Manifestos: LONGEST SUICIDE NOTE IN HISTORY - abolishion of the house of lords, 1983.
Second referendum thing seemed unpopular amongst the public.
‘For the Many Not the Few’.

Question 12

Issue based voting:
Brexit, palestine?
Right to buy scheme under thatcher gave the working class a right.
Abolisihng tuiton fees was a key thing in 2017

1997- Ab voters had increased their vote share by 11% even though there was high windfall tax changes

Question 13

Christian Wakeford in 2022 had swapped sides

Question 14

Police Crime and Sentencing act 2022 + minimum service levels

Question 15

Lee v Ashers Baking Company in 2018 ruled that the baker was allowed to say no to making a cake about a homosexual couple - example of no erosion of rights?

Question 16

2010 - SC ruled that if you are gay seeking asylum for better rights protection in the UK it is allowes such as the gay rights thing.

Question 17

Abu Qatada prosecution meant he waited for a trial for years until 2014 where Jordan said they wont torture him.

Question 18

Civil liberty pressure groups are largely important in the UK to raise attention to issues since in fact, the UK has no obligation to listen to the judges verdict on stuff - eg Amnesty international had raised attention towards Nazneen Zagari-Radclfifes husband going on a hunger strike, UK successfully negotiated to get her out.

Question 19

Dominic Raab keeps going on about a british bill of rights so this stuff doesnt conflict with rights based cultuure created by blair, such as Article 8 making it quite difficult to deport people to other countries.

Question 20

talk about equality, freedom of info, police commisionarys, minimum service acts, pressure groups on courts, abu quadata, zagari radclifee, british bill of rights, rwanda bill, lee vs ashers bakery. Seems in foreign affairs they care much much more about the collective rights but individual rights matter for internal affairs.

Question 21

Conservative unity: Focus on Thatcherism;

Mostly united about tax cuts and lower spending - enabling free market forces and capitalism to allocative resources.
Right wing tories belief in New Right small state
One nationism such as Johnson facilitated a large welfare state.
Kier Stammer has shifted away from the Momentum wing of the labour party.

Answer 21

Consusus politics is large agreements between both parties whilst Adversary is opposition politics to each other.
Corbyn vs May etc.

Question 22

what was the stat for the 2022 party leader competition

Answer 22

57% Sunak, 43% Truss

Question 23

Functions of political parties are typically to do with electing a leader and police formulation,

Answer 23

Policy formulation in terms of making a manifesto eg. National Policy Forum in the Labour party works with senior members to make a manifesto that represents the labour party as of now.
Mandates produced, BOJO had a mandate to leave the EU as he is elected so what he does is automatically approved by the people, legitimately fufil manfiesto committment to enact legislation.
Coalition means the mandate principle doesnt work as wished.
Changinging poltiical climate that makes manifestos less able to carry out means they can act in their own concience.
Mandate to carry out a manfiesto.

Question 24

Representation within a party

Answer 24

75% of voters in 2019 voted tory or labour . Smaller government with PR have more scope to show their views as well with sinn fein who dont take up their westminister seats are expressing their views.

Question 25

Do political parties help or hinder representative democracy?

Answer 25

Representative democracy could not function without political parties , difficult to establish a government with lots of different ideas and hyperpluralism. BUT it reduces choice by forcing people to align to one sort of political ideology.

Parties elect suitable candidates who it is easy for the electorate to know roughly what they stnad for as opposed to researching independants etc, stops irrational decision making and political parties select suitable candidates to stand which stops those with just power to become an MP. However, parties with large divisions internally but also as a tribal figure will undermine representative democracy, less working together and chosing a politician who is politically affiliated increases the overall division.

Oppositon political parties are needed to hold the government accountasble for their actions. BUT giving excessive power to party memberships allow a form of direct democracy to elect party leaders.

1. Ideological divison, representing views
2. Help voters choose?
3. Create oppositon parties?

Question 26

issue based voting has become a thing much more at westminister

Question 27

2017 82.4% of vote share lab/con - 87% seat share westminister - labour lost out in 2019 to smaller parties.

Question 28

11 lib dem mps in parliament as of now

Question 29

Sunak laughing at minimum wage people at Iceland, stammer attacking partygate was highly effective.
Made sunak look bad who didnt apologise about the trans joke

Question 30

Leadsherip weakness - you just arent tough enough? Lizz Truss lackeed presence to create cifbduence in radical economic policies
patriotic leadership helps

Question 31

Events often hit the nail on the head - Profumo affair + Partygate.

Question 32

Polls showed may in 2017 to be 20% ahead but the actual result was like 3 % between them.