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- - - - SNP controls scottish gov
      - labour formed coalition with lib dems in wales after 2016 welsh assembly elections
      - NI has own parties that make up NI assembly - sinn fein and DUP
  - - - FPTP doesn't allow for permanent multi party system - benefits 2 larger parties
      - 2017 GE saw highest vote share for two main parties since 1970 at 82.3%
      - 2019 vote share only fell back to 75.8%
      - lib dem revival in 2019 was muted
  - - - con gov in westminter between 2017-2019 relied on DUP votes in order to pass legislation
- - - - 1983/87 - divided labour party was heavily defeated by a united con party under MT
      - 1997 cons were divided over europe and lost heavily to labour which was united around TB new labour agenda
    - - 1997 sun shifted allegiance pronouncing that the sun backs blair - party enjoyed positive headlines in run up to GE helping it to win
      - 1992 sun ran headline that if kinnock won 'would the last person to leave britain please turn the lights off' - election result returned majority con gov - tabloid claimed that its the sun wot won it
    - - 1997 TB high approval rating helped his party to landslide victory
      - 2019 poll conducted by opinium found that 43% of respondents who did not vote labour chose not to do so because of negative perceptions of corbyn
- - - - state funding debate
        
        for
        
        end possibility of hidden forms of influence through funding - £1 million donation from bernie eccelstone before 1997 election prevented labour from banning tobacco advertising in F1
        
        end opportunities for corrupt use of donations - lubov chernukhin and con party - enjoyed personal meetings with last 3 con PMs
        
        reduce financial advantage that large parties enjoy - smaller parties opportunity to make progress
        
        improve democracy by ensuring wider participation from grounds that have no ready source of funds
        
        against
        
        how to distribute funding? basis of past performance or future aspirations? - 2007 phillips report recommended pence per vote - would serve two main parties
        
        parties may loose some of their independence - see themselves as organs of the state
        
        tax payers may object to funding private organisations - more important areas of public spending
        
        may lead to excessive state regulation of parties - PPERA already imposes limits on party spending - further regulation may limit ability of parties to campaign effectively
- - - - welfare
        
        NR - reduction of benefits through caps, 'bedroom tax' and introduction of universal credit
        
        ON - 2019 manifesto 'levelling up' funding for schools and hospitals - BJ promised 20,000 more police and 50,000 more nurses
      - law and order
        
        NR - 2020 PP proposed points based immigration system to reduce unskilled migration - BJ promised to end early release of those found guilty of terror related offences post LB attacks
        
        ON - DC favoured rehabilitation for drug addicts, TM warned police of overuse of stop and search against black communities
      - economy
        
        NR - 2019 manifesto promised not to raise national insurance contributions, VAT and income tax
        
        ON - RS announced £170 billion investment programme in 2020 budget - boost economic growth
      - foreign affairs
        
        NR - BJ promised to get brexit done - support for US war on terror - terrorism = clear threat to nation - relationship with US distance from EU
        
        ON - campaigns for remaining in EU - pro EU estance
- - - - welfare
        
        NL - cleaning services in NHS contracted out to private companies under last labour gov - encouraged businesses to sponsor underperforming schools
        
        OL - corbyn promised to take hospital cleaning back into public hands - 2019 party manifesto promised to bring delivery of education back to local authority control
      - law and order
        
        NL - 2019 manifesto promised to restore prison officer numbers to 2010 levels and recruit more frontline police officers to prevent crime
        
        OL - 2019 manifesto proposed presumption against prison sentences for non violence and non sexual offences
      - economy
        
        NL - did not reverse MT privatisation of public utilities when in gov
        
        OL - brown gov nationalised failing banks including northern rock, corbyn pledged to create national investment bank with over £350 billion coming from the public purse - labour recent policies support active role for the state
      - foreign affairs
        
        NL - EM supported tough action against ISIS - hilary benn SFS voted in favour of action in syria 2015
        
        OL - EM urged party to vote against military action in syria in 2013 and called for greater UN engagement - corbyn voted against action in syria
      - equality
        
        NL - gap between richest and poorest grew under last labour gov even after introduction of min wage
        
        OL - 2019 lab manifesto pledged to raise min wage from £8.21 to £10 per hour while raising tax tax on high earners
- - - - 2019 manifesto promise
        
        stop brexit
        
        CL - yes desire for free markets and free movement of capital leads CL to support policy
        
        ML - yes believe britain's diverse multicultural society will come under threat from brexit
        
        increase corporation tax to 20% from the current 17%
        
        CL - no higher taxes on business could harm growth
        
        ML - yes important to raise taxes in order to fund state welfare state
        
        tackle climate emergency by insulating all low income homes by 2025
        
        CL - yes policy does not interefere with property rights and would be supported
        
        ML - yes reducing energy bills means low paid will be more free to save or spend their wages on what they need
        
        reverse cuts to school funding and allow schools to employ 20,000 more teachers
        
        CL - supported austerity agenda of coalition gov to 2010-15
        
        ML - education funding is key to ensuring equality of opportunity