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Democracy and Participation
Direct & Representative democracy
Reform?
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Cards (4)
Elections unfair - System leads to underrepresentation of minority views and wasted votes
Use FPTP - n.o of seats not equal to votes cast
2024 - Lab won 33.7% vote but 63% seats winners bonus
Reform won 14.3% vote but 0.8% seats
Low turnouts means government lacks popular vote and so is illegitimate
2024
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Lab
govt won win
33%
of vote
HOL lacks democratic legitimacy
Tony cronies
- appointed
Drayson
after donated, Dave’s faves - appointed friend
Feldman
to lords
Boris
gave brother a
peerage
Sunak
made
Cameron
a peer
Institutions unrepresentative of people serve
Women
50%
population but only
40%
MPS
2024
Ethnic minorities
18%
but
14%
2024
Disabled
24%
but
1%
MPS 2024