Pol Parties

Question 1

State funding

Answer 1

Intro: increase democracy, fund better policy, stop corruption

Question 2

Point 1: (inc democracy)

Answer 2

Lab 63% of seats off of 33% votes but had 72.5% of GE funding
Reform got 7.5% of funding but only 0.7% seats

State funds would level it out

Question 3

Counter 1: (inc democracy)

Answer 3

FPTP would still unfairly advantage the main parties as they got the most seats in the last election 411 and 120 respectively

Question 4

Point 2 (better policy):

Answer 4

Remove vested interest e.g from unions
Labour receives around £430k a year to develop policy e.g great British energy

Question 5

Counter 2 (better policy):

Answer 5

Not necessarily true
GBE seen as technocratic and unpopular with wc voters especially in industrial areas
Led to Reform UK winning mayoral election in hull

Question 6

Point 3 (corruption):

Answer 6

Frank Hester donated total of £10m in 2023 then nominated for a peerage
His company gained £135m in PPE contracts but most of which was unusable for NHS

Question 7

Counter 3 (corruption):

Answer 7

HoL appointment committee rejected his peerage
Tory Party came under major criticism for the Hester scandal so the public and media = check on corruption

Question 8

Conservative Party: New Right or One Nation

Answer 8

1. Economy
2. Welfare
3. Foreign policy

Question 9

Point 1 (economy)

Answer 9

In 2010, Cameron promise to ring fence the NHS budget = less cuts compared to other department under austerity.

links to paternalism and preventing two nations a key idea under one nationism

Question 10

Counter 1 (economy)

Answer 10

Although faced less cuts= NHS was strained by austerity
2012 Health and Social Care Act lead to privatisation and free market competition for NHS contracts

Question 11

Point 2 (welfare)

Answer 11

Furlough scheme: payed for 80% jobs during pandemic
Paternalism and benevolent intervention where the powerful should intervene to help the less fortunate

Question 12

Counter 2 (welfare):

Answer 12

Quickly ended after COVID
Fiscal responsibility such as removing £20 universal credit uplift

Question 13

Point 3 (foreign policy):

Answer 13

Rwanda scheme 2022: seen as upholding law and order, and preventing dangerous routes into UK
spent £700m

Question 14

Counter 3 (foreign policy):

Answer 14

Rwanda scheme seen as being strong on law and order and tough stance on borders

Against international law and rejected by ECHR but ignored showing dislike for intl institutions

Question 15

Labour and Conservative are the only main parties

Answer 15

Elections
Policy
Media

Question 16

Point 1 (elections):

Answer 16

Labour got 63% seats but 33% vote share
Reform got 4 million votes but 5 seats
Shows winners bonus, decreased legitimacy, wasted votes

Question 17

Counter 1 (elections)

Answer 17

Tory party gained the lowest no. Seats currently 120
Shows split between LD and RUK with 72 and 5 seats
Multi party system gain

Question 18

Point 2 (policy)

Answer 18

Labour: Great British Energy- got the parl. maj to push through despite unpopularity and scale

Conservative: Brexit 2020 Johnson finally got the parl maj to push through despite minor party resistance

Question 19

Counter 2 (policy)

Answer 19

Green Party support may suggest an influence on party policy

Brexit: UKIP and Brexit party pressure esp. under Cameron

Question 20

Point 3 (media)

Answer 20

BBC leaders debate was focused on Sunak v Starmer = only options

Most papers thoroughly covered both parties policies but not minor parties