Voting And Debating

Question 1

Voting and debating:

Question 2

KU: explain that the govt can be held to account via voting

Answer 2

but it doesn’t work very well because if the govt has a large majority they’ll usually win the votes anyway. Eg

Question 3

A: important because it limits scrutiny since it’s difficult to persuade loads of govt MPs to vote against their party

Answer 3

so it’s not a good way of telling the govt their idea is bad or failing.

Question 4

KU: a split opposition is when the opposition to the leading party is made up of many different political parties

Answer 4

from all different parts of the political spectrum. They’re usually in the minorities compared to the leading parties numbers

Question 5

A: important because it limits scrutiny because they all have different views and so it’s difficult for them to come up with an agreement on what they’ll vote for

Answer 5

they’ll need to work together to have a chance which is unlikely

Question 6

E: voting and debating is never effective because the leading party usually has a huge majority anyway

Answer 6

they also have the whip system so they make their MPs vote for them through that.