POLITICAL PARTIES

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Olivia Cockle

Cards (86)

define right wing
advocates for free enterprise and private ownership and traditional values
define left wing
emphasise on freedoms, equality and rights
name some right wing parties
UKIP, conservatives
name some left wing parties
labour and greens
name a central party
Liberal Democrats
what is a 1 party system
when 1 dominant party controls the political system, often dictators
what is a 2 party system
2 equally matched parties compete for power and its a duopoly
what is a multi-party system
a political party where many parties compete for power and the gov is usually made up from a mix of parties
name a two party state
UK
name a 1 party state
cuba, china, russia, North Korea
how are MPs paid
through taxation
how are the conservatives mainly funded
individual benefactors
how are labour mainly funded
trade unions and donations
how are smaller parties funded
public funding and party membership
why do some parties receive more funding than others
bigger parties receive more funding due to better and increased social connections and more public involvement
give an example of a party funding backlash example
in 1997 Blair faced backlash due to Bernie Ecclestone donating £1m to labour
what act was introduced to combat illegitimate party funding
2000 political party act
what did the 2000 political party act introduce
donations over £1000 must be declared, donations from individuals on the electoral roll was banned and spending was capped at £30,000 a constituency
who is Hayden Philip and what was his idea
deputy secretary in the cabinet office and a civil servant and he labelled a theory pence per vote in 2007
give some reasons for state funding for parties
1 - parties play a big role 2- removes unfair financial advantages 3- improves party performance
give some reasons against state party funding
1 - weaken political social connections to wider society 2- could be biased towards bigger parties 3- reduce party independence 4- politicians may become lazy
is uk party funding fair
no - it benefits larger parties
how much funding did the conservatives receive compared to the greens in 2019
conservatives got £19.4m in funding and the greens got £245k
give a recent party funding scandal involving a conservative MP
in 2024 tory MP Mark Menzie was suspended over alleged campaign funds expenses - total of £20k spent on personal rather than his campaign
what percentage of party donors have been nobles
70%
give two examples of party benefactors that have been given honours from labour and the conservatives
from labour - Lord Sainsbury gave £3 million to labour in 2023 under Starmer and from conservatives a party treasurer who donated £5million to conservatives was knighted by Sunak
who founded traditional conservatism
Robert peel
when was conservatives founded roughly
1830s
who founded one nation conservatism
Benjamin Disraeli
who founded new right conservatism
Margaret thatcher
give some ideas one Nation conservatives would favour
bridge the gap between the rich and poor, middle class have a duty to the working class, pro-eu and pro-foreign aid and mixed economy system
give some new right conservative ideas
reduce state intervention in the economy, more traditional society values, anti-eu, anti-foreign aid and increased privatisation
what strand of conservatism are the conservatives currently  
Cameron, johnson and may - one nation Sunak, truss - new right
name a one nation policy from Cameron
ban on smoking in cars with children 2015
name a one nation policy from May 
JAMS (helping with wc families)
name a one nation policy from Johnson
Covid-19 furlough scheme
name a one nation policy from Sunak
support of Ukraine
name a new right policy of Truss 
mini-budget (huge tax cuts)
name a new right policy from Sunak
Rwanda immigration policy
what is the current conservative view on the economy
raise tax threshold and increase taxation