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Edexcel Politics: Unit 1 (UK Politics) Summary and Evidence

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This document contains concise evidence and case studies for every sub-unit of UK Politics, including evidence from recent political events. (Unit 1, Edexcel) Evidence includes democracy and participation, group politics, general election case studies including statistics, media, voting behavio...

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UNIT 1⃣
Friday, 10 March 2023 15:46
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Brex
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Pressure groups, lobbyists, thinktanks
• BMA
•
○ Used to have an insider status
○ Influenced smoking laws in public spaces and in vehicles carrying •
children, led to the amendment of the Children and families bill 2014
to ban this
○ Junior doctors went ons strke in 2016 and recently in 2023 •
○ Lost their insider status over disputes over pensions
• CND •
○ Unpopular with the tory government
○ Had up to 200k members at its peak in the 1990s •
○ Pressured the government for unilateral disarmament in the 1990s
○ Created the prohibiiton of nuclear weapons treaty which can be Sco
signed by UN states •
○ Got a nobel peace prize for their work
• CBI •
○ Represents 190k businesses of all sizes •
○ Has an insider status with the tory government and has infleunced •
post-brexit business policy
○ Uses lobbying as main method
○ Has secured £500m in funding for training for t-levels which would AV
make stem careers more accessible and to retrain adults into in- •
demand careers •
○ Advocated for low corporate taxes to make busiensses more
competitive •
• Justice for Ghurkas
○ Wanted pension and settlement rights for Ghurkhas who fought for Citiz
Britain Citiz
○ Used lobbyin and BBC media campaign with Joanna Lumley
○ Led to blair changing the law to allow ghurkas to settle in the UK if
they retired after 1997 Re
• Extinction rebellion, Just stop oil, Insulate Britain Bad
○ Blocking motorways •
○ Throwing soup on paintings •
○ Gluing themselves to buildings
○ Has been called "wrong and arrogant" by Starmer, and as “an attack •
on the cornerstone of democracy”

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