A helpful quiz about UK politics - great for the Pearson Edexcel A-Level Government & Politics Exam.
Questions on: the judiciary, rights, party politics, and election case studies.
Helped me get an A* in A-Level Government & Politics!
How can judges challenge government policies?:
Provide an example of this:
List three limits/tensions of UK’s rights-based culture:
The Labour Party was established in an attempt to get more __ ___ into _________ and they sought
the n________ of k__ i_______/s______.
Wealth creation Control spending on Increased police and Tough on crime and
Conserve wealth benefits judicial powers its causes
Private firms building Curb benefits to better- Legal limits on power of ASBOs
schools/hospitals off pensioners trade unions Curb civil liberties to
Increased spending on NHS prevent terrorism
Preservation of Remain in EU New Labour Cut costs and Increased
personal freedom encourage those
Liberal investment
whilst fighting crime Reduction of on benefits to be
Democrats Reduce regional
Defence of civil budget deficit more self-reliant inequalities
liberties Austerity Universal credit to
Thatcherite/ 50% tax band
Rehabilitation of simplify welfare
prisoners New Right
Sought to system Assertion of
Conservatism
reduce British interests
Strong links to USA poverty but One-Nation/ Strongly opposed abroad
Support for airstrikes didn’t Present Day benefit cuts Protection of
against Islamic prioritise this Conservatives Wholly state-run national
terrorist groups National NHS sovereignty
Pragmatic minimum Corbynite Opposed tuition against growth
Euroscepticism wage Labour fees of European
Community/EU
Voted against Opposed hard-line policies of New
Tough sentencing but use of force Labour Eliminating budget
‘rehabilitation Abolition of Opposed police cuts deficit in a way that
revolution’ Trident is fair to the poor
Control of public spending
Tough on crime and weapons “Borrow less than
Privatisation of industries and
its causes programme Labour, cut less
services
Remainer than the Tories”
Ed Miliband attacked… He also called for the restoration of ___ ___
____ and sought to re_____ Labour as a c_______ m______ of t__ e______.
Four common causes for holding a referendum are (1 public, 1 party, 1 gvt, 1 inter-party):
Between 1945-74, Labour and Conservatives won, on average, (74/79/85/86/91/93)% vote.
Between 1979-2010, this had decreased to an average of (64/71/73/74/79/82/86/87)%.
The ‘Winter of Discontent’ was:
Its impact was:
‘Black Wednesday’ refers to:
Its impact was:
Three aims/priorities of New Labour include: m________, a_________ t________ p_____ p______
and t____ o_ l__ & o____.
Give three reasons for Gordon Brown’s poor reputation/image prior to the 2010 election:
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