Lib dems - Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

'Evaluate the view that the only political parties that matter in our political system is labour and conservative' - INACCURATE - ANS 1) The two parties have struggled to deal with many of the issues that smaller parties have raise. UKIP - fringe nationalist party started in 1991, whose main objective was Britain's membership in the EU. It grew to a sense of dissatisfaction with the way the three main parties would have to accommodate to the quickening pace of European Intergration. In 20...

Conclusion: - Critique the definition of a 'major party'- the Lib Dems should not be in the same category as Labour and the Conservatives. Intro: Justification? - -They are the dominant force because: -They enjoy electoral dominance. -They enjoy parliamentary dominance. Intro: Overall argument? - Agree with the view: Major parties do still remain the dominant force in UK politics. Para 1: Against - A secure victory is now not the expected norm for either Labour or Conservative Parti...

1D - HoLs reform and HoCs boundary reform - - Elected HOLS dropped after rebellion of 91 backbench Conservative MPs - LibDems retaliated by blocking implantation of legislation designed to reduce number of MPs from 650 to 600 > would produce a smaller number of constituencies of more equal size so that all those would have had more equal value across the country - LibDems opposed as it mainly favoured Cons. End of coalition, new conservative gov confirmed reform in time for 2020 elec...

1D - HoLs reform and HoCs boundary reform - - Elected HOLS dropped after rebellion of 91 backbench Conservative MPs - LibDems retaliated by blocking implantation of legislation designed to reduce number of MPs from 650 to 600 > would produce a smaller number of constituencies of more equal size so that all those would have had more equal value across the country - LibDems opposed as it mainly favoured Cons. End of coalition, new conservative gov confirmed reform in time for 2020 elec...

1D - HoLs reform and HoCs boundary reform - - Elected HOLS dropped after rebellion of 91 backbench Conservative MPs - LibDems retaliated by blocking implantation of legislation designed to reduce number of MPs from 650 to 600 > would produce a smaller number of constituencies of more equal size so that all those would have had more equal value across the country - LibDems opposed as it mainly favoured Cons. End of coalition, new conservative gov confirmed reform in time for 2020 elec...

A total case study into the Liberal Democrat 2015 general election cycle. This content is very important for essay writing, and the document is complete breakdown of what was a disastrous election campaign for Clegg and the Lib Dems. Includes massive amounts of evidence and statistics, all of which is relevant to other areas of the course. Further helps with third party related essay topics, aside from general election knowledge and question answering.