political parties

Question 1

current party funding

Answer 1

• membership fees
• donations
• short money

Question 2

new labour and party funding

Answer 2

• historically mainly funded by trade unions
• tony blair tried to decrease trade union efforts
• new labour, party was funded by wealthy individuals

Question 3

jeremy corbyn and party funding

Answer 3

• smaller donations
• rise in income from trade unions

Question 4

conservative party funding

Answer 4

• wealthy donors
• 2017 ge came from hedge funds and bankers

Question 5

funding controversies

Answer 5

• wealthy donors can have influence in policy making

Question 6

ppera regulation

Answer 6

• political parties election and referendums act 2000
• spending limits for parties at 30k per constituency
• parties must make public any donations over 5k

Question 7

state funding

Answer 7

state funding has been put forward as a new means of providing funding for political parties. the phillips report in 2007 suggested funding per voter or per member for each party.

Question 8

current public funding

Answer 8

• exists through short money, cranbourne money which is paid opposition parties in hol and policy development grants

Question 9

the case for state funding

Answer 9

• remove influence + access to private donors
• minorities party benefit
• more time to focus on other thing than worry about capital

Question 10

the case against state funding

Answer 10

• tax will be higher
• taxpayers would be giving money to their opposition parties
• free society so should have to
• parties have different levels of membership

Question 11

david cameron

Answer 11

• known as the ‘heir to blair’
• stepped down during Brexit
• elected as leader in 2005
• became pm in 2010

Question 12

party image + ideology

Answer 12

• focused on making party more electable
• end nasty party rep
• focus on environment instead of controversial issues such as Europe
• limit state intervention
• liberal approach to environment

Question 13

2010 election policies

Answer 13

• stronger economic management
  replacing human rights act with bill of rights
• tougher exams and reduced state control over schools
• accepting eu principles but opposed of taking powers away from uk

Question 14

2010 coalition government

Answer 14

• no party had majority
• conversation and lib dems formed a coalition
• ended in 2015

Question 15

theresa may

Answer 15

theresa may became party leader following the eu referendum in 2016. she is the second female leader of the conservatives, and the second female pm in the uk.

Question 16

theresa may policies

Answer 16

• replacing departments of climate snd environment with brexit issues
• proposals in favour of grammar schools
• abandoned northern power house plans

Question 17

2017 general election

Answer 17

• called snap election in 2017
  lost its majority so called a confidence and supply deal with the dup
• agrees not to vote against and support budget

Question 18

history of labour: founding

Answer 18

• est at the start of 20th century by trade union congress
• aim of representing working class

Question 19

old labour

Answer 19

• socialism and working class
• nationalism
• equality
• redistributing wealth to the poor
• welfare services
• state control

Question 20

clause iv 1918

Answer 20

outlined beliefs of wealth distribution and nationalisation

Question 21

thatcherism / new right

Answer 21

• individual needs over society
• small state with minimal state intervention
• individualism
• privatisation
• national sovereignty
• fewer taxes and reducing benefits
• pm from 1979 - 1980

Question 22

neo-liberalism

Answer 22

• the free market
• monetarism
• less regulation

Question 23

one nation conservatism

Answer 23

• pragmatic approach
• organic society
• paternalism
• small and gradual changes
• mixed economy

Question 24

conservative party beginnings

Answer 24

• traditionally one nation
• est from the tory party in 1830
• after industrial revolution