Political Parties

Cards (3)

  • What is a political party and what are its aims?
    An organisation who exists to achieve power by elections to government.
  • What do the terms ‘left’, ‘right’ and ‘centre’ mean?
    Left wing are Labour and are associated with the needs of social change and more equality, right wing are mainly Conservative and they resist big changes and want to keep things as they are. The centre as Liberal Democrats.
  • What are right wing and left wing parties typically seen to be like?
    The right wing are seen as traditional in their thinking and not changing, the left wing are seen as social changing and creating more equality in society.