democracy and participation examples

• (direct democracy)voter turning out in 2016 referendum - 72.2%
• (direct democracy) 7.6% voting increase 2016 referendum
• (direct democracy) voting turnout in 2014 scottish referendum- 84.6%
• representative democracy -(2017)general election turnout 68.8%
• over 89% of 16-17 years old registered for the Scottish independence referendum
• in 2023 Just Stop Oil stopped disruptive protests in UK after being scolded by Tory govt
• (insider group)bma - lobbied policy makers through direct meetings, media to ensure the HEALTHCARE ACT 2022 addressed their concerns
• fathers4justice- had to abandon methods of throwing purple flour on Tony Blair during the commons meeting
• 2022- liz truss had important links with neo-liberal think tank ‘institute of economic affairs’ where she had spoken at more of their events than any politician in the last 12 years
• november 2021- owen patterson left the commons after being accused of breaking lobbying rules
• 1997- bernie ecclestone affair , where blair faced criticisms of bernie donating £1MIL to the Labour govt

  • was alleged that there was link between the donation and the delay in implementing a ban on tobacco advertising in F1 racing
  • blair was forced to justify himself on tv and say the events weren’t connected but the money was returned
• freedom of information act 2000- public bodies must publish information about their activities and decisions
• 2013- court of appeal upheld legal challenge by 5 disabled people over the decision to abolish the independent living allowance
• abu qatada case 2012- deportation to jordan was blocked due to the belief that evidence after torture was used against him

  • after 10 yrs he was eventually deported with the promise from Jordan govt that they would not use the evidence
• representative democracy- (2021) london mayor election- 19.1%
• (outsider group) green peace- influenced the decisions by michael gove to ban bee harming pesticides however the ban was repealed in 2023
• 73% of MPs did not want Brexit but caved at the will of the people (Cameron opposed brexit even though he promised the referendum)
• public bill order 2023- infringes on the right to free speech and protestings
• 2013- cameron legalised gay marriage
• rwanda bill - suggests that human rights may not supercede law ( SC has deemed this unconstituitional)