Democracy And Participation

Question 1

Success of Howard league for penal reform

Answer 1

• Abolished death penalty
• Books for prisoners

Question 2

Example of insider group

Answer 2

The National farmers union gives conservative government special knowledge in return for influence over policy

Question 3

Example of outsiders using direct action

Answer 3

Just Stop Oil 2022 protests

Question 4

Example of PGs making legal challenges

Answer 4

Countryside alliance took its case against the banning of fox hunting to the high court in 2004

Question 5

Example of insiders taking direct action

Answer 5

BMA strikes in 2016 after cons tried to impose a new contract on junior doctors

Question 6

Example of legal challenge (Stonewall)

Answer 6

Stonewall challenged the banning of homosexuality in armed forces - ban was lifted by government in 2000 after a successful case in the ECHR

Question 7

Example of Stonewall influencing policy

Answer 7

Involved in equalising age of consent to 16 (2000)

Question 8

Example of stonewall influencing policy

Answer 8

Involved in passing the civil partnerships Act (2004)

Question 9

Example of Howard League for penal reform successful court case

Answer 9

2014 High Court ruling obliged government to drop its ban on prisoners families sending them books

Question 10

Example of PGs influencing policy (BMA)

Answer 10

Contributed to a ban on smoking in enclosed areas in 2007

Question 11

Example of PGs only having success when cause is popular

Answer 11

BMA campaigned for total ban of smoking in cars but switched to a ban for when children were in the car which passed in 2015

Question 12

Example of PGs using different points of access

Answer 12

BMA lobbied HoL for introduction of banning smoking in cars with children as an amendment to the 2014 Children and Families Act

Question 13

Example of lobbying success

Answer 13

National farmers union successfully lobbied DEFRA to bring about a badger cull in 2013

Question 14

Example of importance of leadership

Answer 14

In 2020, Marcus Rashford teamed up with fareshare to put pressure on the government to reverse its decision to extend FSM to holidays

Question 15

Example of PGs gaining media attention

Answer 15

Just stop oil in 2022 blocked roads and stopped premier league football matches

Question 16

Example of PGs having lots of resources

Answer 16

RSPCA employs around 1600 people and has 1000s of volunteers

Question 17

Example of strategy helping success

Answer 17

RSPCA played a key role in banning hunting with dogs in 2004 by collaborating with 2 other groups to stop them competing

Question 18

Example of campaign having lots of public support

Answer 18

Snowdrop campaign to ban use of handguns was successful due to widespread support following Dunblane in 1996

Question 19

Example of favourable media coverage on PGs

Answer 19

Johanna Lumley’s public support and leadership of the Gurkha justice campaign led to an overturning of the ban in 2009

Question 20

Turnout in Brexit Referendum

Answer 20

72%

Question 21

Turnout in Scottish Independence Referendum

Answer 21

84%

Question 22

Turnout in 2024 local elections

Answer 22

40.5%

Question 23

What % of people renting from a local authority don’t have recognisable voter ID?

Answer 23

17%

Question 24

What % of class DE don’t have recognisable voter ID?

Answer 24

8%

Question 25

What % of people don’t have recognisable voter ID?

Answer 25

4%

Question 26

Turnout in 2019 General Election

Answer 26

67%

Question 27

Result of 1973 Northern Ireland Border Poll

Answer 27

99% voted to remain in UK

Question 28

How many recall petitions have there been

Answer 28

6

Question 29

How many cases of electoral fraud in 2019

Answer 29

26

Question 30

How many unique signatures on e-petitions

Answer 30

23 million