Politcal parties

Question 1

Con donors

Answer 1

John sainsbury 10.2 mil and graham edward’s 5.2 mil since 2019

Question 2

Blair trade union support

Answer 2

reduced reliance after they declined in strength

Question 3

Leader of opposition funding

Answer 3

50k to lab leader

Question 4

IPPR opinion poll said politicians are out for themselves

Answer 4

57%

Question 5

Lib Dem 2019 said what about tuition fees

Answer 5

oppose increase of student tuition fees

Question 6

in 2019 all 3 parties pledged what

Answer 6

to increase funding to NHS

Question 7

Why did con membership choose Truss in 2022

Answer 7

Her tax policies, the membership chose her for their gains rather than the country

Question 8

Johnson majority 2019

Answer 8

80 seat

Question 9

Con factions

Answer 9

New cons, ERG more right wing

Question 10

Lab membership 2015 increase

Answer 10

450k, majority younger voters

Question 11

2017 election Lab lost but

Answer 11

removed cons majority under may

Question 12

2015 party alignment

Answer 12

9% said they align strongly with a party

Question 13

Sunak pushed what into top 5 issues

Answer 13

Immigration, considered more important to voters by YouGov

Question 14

Post office scandal led to

Answer 14

emergency legislation in response to pressure from public + petitions for former PO boss to be removed

Question 15

Percentage of people who would pay to join a campaigning/charity group

Answer 15

26% 2019

Question 16

Percentage of people who said they would be a member of a political party

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11%

Question 17

What act established a review of finance

Answer 17

Political parties elections and referenda act 2002

Question 18

What body makes the donates public

Answer 18

The electoral commission , independent

Question 19

Donations over £7500

Answer 19

must be declared to the commission and made public for scrutiny

Question 20

amount of Constituency spending is

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£30k per constituency

Question 21

short money

Answer 21

1974 named after then leader of commons Edward short

Question 22

Why does Sinn Fein not accept short money

Answer 22

Abstentionism, do not swear oath of allegiance to the Queen and therefore do not take seats

Question 23

Sinn Fien are given

Answer 23

Representative money-2006

Question 24

Cranborne money

Answer 24

1996 , lord’s equivalent of short money

Question 25

Ecclestone & Lab party scandal

Answer 25

1997 Ecclestone donates 1mil to Lab not public. Lab wins landslide and bans all sponsorships by tobacco. Blair keeps the money. Gets caught and has to apologise on Tv but then denied covering up details

Question 26

Result of Ecclestone scandal

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Disclosure of donations under £5000

Question 27

Cash for honours scandal

Answer 27

Chai Patel nominated for peerage after donating £1.5mil. It was revealed this had happened 5 times. Other parties were investigated and parties had been “borrowing” money from donors and not recording it

Question 28

Johnson’s Honors List

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Consisted of 86 members, some paid for his holiday to Mystique that he continued to lie about. People bribed there way onto the list.

Question 29

Johnson’s Wallpaper

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Said the money had been a donation to party. Instead electoral commission investigated, £110k towards refurbishing his home.

Question 30

Result of johnson’s wallpaper

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He was fined £18k

Question 31

Lab donations

Answer 31

Unite £11million GMB Union £5.7mil

Question 32

Lib Dem donations

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Lord David sainsbury £8mil David Tillies £1mil

Question 33

In 2015 minor parties received

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21% of votes and 10% of seats

Question 34

How can SPF be more democratic

Answer 34

Used in devolved elections in PR systems

Question 35

Steady income makes parties more complacent

Answer 35

Blair and his lack of support for TU after their membership declined, he didn’t need the money

Question 36

Opp leader funding excludes who

Answer 36

minor parties

Question 37

Public do not support

Answer 37

since 2009 expenses scandal, 57% said to IPPR that politicians are out for themselves

Question 38

SPF could lead to extreme parties

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Gaining seats

Question 39

SPF Violates what right

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Freedom of speech - right to donate if you want to

Question 40

2015 lab members increased to

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450k due to younger voters

Question 41

Parties try to “catch all”

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Vote of ceasefire and sunak pushing through on immigration after YouGov said it was top 5 issues for electorate

Question 42

catch all post office scandal

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emergency legislation from petition for former PO boss to be removed

Question 43

Parties may choose leaders who are popular in the party

Answer 43

Truss tax polices, membership chose her for their own gain rather than country

Question 44

People who strongly aligned with party %

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9%

Question 45

Becoming catch all negatives

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Less of an ability to help specific groups and then have weaker ties to the party

Question 46

pressure group increase

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26% would pay to join 2019 11% would be party member

Question 47

Lab and Con have some of what type of seats

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safe seats

Question 48

constituencies get £

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£30k SPF

Question 49

SNP won how many seats in scot in 2019

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56/59

Question 50

Green membership

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54k 2021

Question 51

Plaid cymru membership

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10k 2022

Question 52

Cons called for brexit due to

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UKIP winning 140 council seats in 2016 some which were trad con.

Question 53

Green party leaders

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Co leaders Carla Denyer and Andrew Ramsey

Question 55

Con party on brexit 2025

Answer 55

reaped the benefits" of Brexit due to the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal as an instance of success. They also cite the "ending of the supremacy of EU law" and "removing burdensome regulations" emphasise deregulation, euroscepticism and national sovereignty, a Thatcherite position on foreign policy.

Question 56

Labs 2025 right wing immigration policy

Answer 56

Impact of reform uk Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill measures to seize and search phones, expand detention powers, and create new offences against gangs selling small boats parts. make it impossible for a refugee who arrives in the UK on a small boat to become a British citizen, which attracted significant criticism from the Refugee Council and some Labour MPs.

Question 57

Lab 2024 turn on non doms and labs econ policies

Answer 57

increased tax for billionaires billionaires leave uk to counties with less/no tax agreed to make amendments to tax reforms to keep billionaires in the uk (pragmatic approach) similar to blair’s third way trad left wing policies with tempered by a recognition of market realities