Are Labour And Con Only Parties Thsr Matter

Question 1

1A: elections

Answer 1

39% tactical vote libdem 2024, conditional, attempt to become party of 48% was bad bc 55% of remainers though coalition wrong and 34% hadn’t forgiven
Although Libdem did well with 72 seats, Reforms 4 million votes only won 5 seats as FPTP favours CONLAB, LAB got 156 seat majority
2017 82.4% vote share for CONLAB
2019 80 seat CON majority
2024 reform just bc of CON division

Question 2

1B: elections

Answer 2

57.6% vote share CONLAB 2024, tactical vote 9% 2015, 20% 2017,2019, 22% 2024, 39% Libdem
24% of 2019 CON voted Reform24
2010-2015 coalition, 57 Libdem seats, Nick Clegg won first leadership debate,
Nick Clegg deputy PM, Ming Cambell Business Sec.
CCR stopped
2024: 72 seats

Question 3

2A: policy cooption

Answer 3

Lizz Truss and George Osbourne support flat tax, CON moving towards economic right anyway, Reform just evidence of divided party,
Ipsos says in 2015, 56% saw immigration as salient, Reform did not create the issue in public
Rwanda plan before reform
10.4.23 Reform 4%, 4 days later plan announced
Liz Truss wanted to make ‘Singapore on Thames’ using neoliberal economics,

Question 4

2B: policy cooption

Answer 4

Reform won 5 seats but took 4 million conservative votes
Claims larger membership than CON’s (131,000) in 2024,
69% of 2019CON voters believ refugee important issue, 27% voters in total,
After Rwanda plan being prevented by ECHR, Reform policy to leave ECtHR was adopted by Robert Jenrick in 2024CON leadership race
Starmer critiqued “open border experiment”
Reform promised £141bill tax cuts, no inheritance tax on estates under £2moll
Cause badnoch selection, who believes it is “not govt that causes growth” and doesn’t like private school VAT

Question 5

3A: referendums

Answer 5

UK media accused by Salmond of influencing indyref, e.g. Nick Robinson BBC, David Cameron called for investigation into financial dangers such as banks withdrawing central offices, JK Rowling have 1.6mill to NO campaign
In 2022 SC ruled SP couldn’t hold own referendum
CONLAB control referendums, only do it when convenient
SNP in 2024 lost 39 Scottish seats, Labour gained 36 due to failure to deliver indyref 2
2011 AV Libdem didn’t even want AV, 68% said no, 42% turnout suggests people didn’t understand

Question 6

3B: refendxums

Answer 6

SNP’s 69 seats in 2011 SP election gave legitmaict to indyref campaign by Nicola Sturgeon, yougov poll says actually was 51% yes
Labour lost 40/41 of seats in Scotland, SNP gained 56/59 total
AV refendxum would be a serious constitutional change