Public support

• Influential- pressure groups can demonstrate large scale public support as they are most likely to have influence

  Snowdrop Campaign


  • Successful largely because of the public reaction to the 1996 Dunblane primary school massacre
• Non influentia- government attitudes may matter more than public opinion

  
  

  2013 badger cull

  • Went ahead, regardless of the public outcry and concern from animal welfare groups