POLITICS A LEVEL PAPER 1 EDEXCEL
ESSAY PLANS
Using the source, evaluate the view that 'pick-and-mix' politics is replacing 'Left-Right' politics and
political parties are becoming more internally divided than ever. - ✔✔✔
Using the source, evaluate the view - with specific reference to at least one devolved region using an
alternative electoral system - that the case for PR to replace the Westminster FPTP voting system has
now been established. - ✔✔✔
Evaluate the view that it is the media not pressure groups that has the greater influence on
governments. - ✔✔✔
Evaluate the view that neither individual rights nor collective rights in the UK are adequately protected
and guaranteed. - ✔✔✔
To what extent are conservatives united in their attitude towards the state? - ✔✔✔
To what extent is socialism more disunited than united? - ✔✔✔
Using the source, evaluate the view that opinion polls bring more advantages than disadvantages to
elections and referendums. - ✔✔✔
Using the source, evaluate the view that in a democracy MPs are free to ignore referendum results and
their own political party's manifesto. - ✔✔✔
Evaluate the view that the emergence of multiple parties in the UK means that the Westminster
electoral system must be changed. - ✔✔✔
ESSAY PLANS
Using the source, evaluate the view that 'pick-and-mix' politics is replacing 'Left-Right' politics and
political parties are becoming more internally divided than ever. - ✔✔✔
Using the source, evaluate the view - with specific reference to at least one devolved region using an
alternative electoral system - that the case for PR to replace the Westminster FPTP voting system has
now been established. - ✔✔✔
Evaluate the view that it is the media not pressure groups that has the greater influence on
governments. - ✔✔✔
Evaluate the view that neither individual rights nor collective rights in the UK are adequately protected
and guaranteed. - ✔✔✔
To what extent are conservatives united in their attitude towards the state? - ✔✔✔
To what extent is socialism more disunited than united? - ✔✔✔
Using the source, evaluate the view that opinion polls bring more advantages than disadvantages to
elections and referendums. - ✔✔✔
Using the source, evaluate the view that in a democracy MPs are free to ignore referendum results and
their own political party's manifesto. - ✔✔✔
Evaluate the view that the emergence of multiple parties in the UK means that the Westminster
electoral system must be changed. - ✔✔✔
