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POLITICS TRANSFER EXAM EXAMPLES
DEMOCRACY AND PARTICIPATION
THE CONSTITUTION
PARLIMENT
PM AND EXECUTIVE
RELATIONS BETWEEN DIFF BRANCHES
POLITICAL PARTIES
ELECTORAL SYSTEMS
VOTING BEHAVIOUR AND THE MEDIA
democracy and participation
74% of Mps were pro remain and 72% of the public were pro leave.
Are Mps out of touch with the public?
2019 westminster parliment 34% female 10% ethnic minorities. 29% privately educted in comparison to 7% of the public.
'to no one we will sell, deny or delay the right to justice' 1216 the MAGNA CARTA
Unfair representation for smaller parties, for example 2015 UKIP got 3,9 million votes and one seat. and in 2015 roughly 5 million Green and UKIP voters were disenfranchiesed.
Low turnout - 2016 local elections were at 34%
GREEN PARTY MEMBERSHIP WAS 5K 2003 and is now 54K.
CONSERVATIVE PARTY MEMEBERSHIP was 2,9 million 1952 and now its 172k.
Areas with the highest turnout had much higher house prices and more uni graduates. For example richmond park 79% turnout and chorley 52% Turnout.
The scottish referndum had a 85% turnout and brexit 73%
Turnout has not been above 70% since 1997. for a general election.
ONLY 64% of those 18-24 who rejistered voted in 2019. and only 33% of those 16-24 said that they were intrested in politics.
However, in 2016 local elections 75% of 16-17 registered to vote.
The winning party normally only recives 30-40% of the vote
9 million pounds was spent on lobbying in 2011
Think tanks - work closley with parties for example conservative, - institute for economic affairs, labour fabian society.
In 1997 bernie eckleson head of formula one have 1 million to the labour paty in attempt for the F1 to be excempt from advertising smkoking ban.
in 2022 nick clegg was appointed by Meta as president of deputy affairs.
The human rights act of 1998 encorprated echr into law and allowed courts to declare an incompaitiblity decloration.
Estimated one survalliance camera for every 14 person. More survallicnce cameras than in the whole of europe.
The freedom of information act of 2001 - Gave citizens a right to know.
Representive democracy is a bad as many mps are corrupt former cabinet minister chris huhune was found guilty of perveting the course of justice. and representives can be found guilty of fuffiling own needs. for example in 2017 after TM said there was ;no magic money tree to continue investment in public services in 2017 she signed 1 billion confidence and suply agreement to keep her in power with the DUP.
Corruption and wrongdoing are punished, recall of mps act. Chris davies and fiona onasyaana sucessfully recalled.
85% of local council budgets in england come from central government.
The pressure group infulence
save lewisham hospital 2013 won a legal battle.
end tampon tax campaign - social media - won 2021
2020 cmapign free school meals and marcus rashford.
Public donations - f1 1997
Big donations can cause suspicouns of where politicans lay, in 2020 robertg jenrick was accused of rushing through a devloppment project that tory donor richard desmond proposed.
The belmarsh ruling 2004 -
ABU QATADA 2012