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Explain and analyse 3 sources of the UK constitution - ANS 1) Statue law. Explain: Laws created by parliament. AOP must be approved by HOC, HOL and monarchs. Example: GRA 1932, extended the franchise. Fixed term parli act 2011, est. 5 yrly elect. Analysis: Shows legislation enacted by parli is used as a source of the const. Although the FTPA was repealed it demonstrates the unentrenched nature of the UK const emph PS as a key principle underpinning uk const. 2) Common law Explain: laws de...

9 MARKERS - GOVERNMENT AND UK POLITICS - ANS Explain and analyse three circumstances under which referendums have been held in the UK. - ANS P1 - TO FULFIL PLEDGES MADE BY PARTY MANIFESTOS E1 - Labour in 1997, promised to hold a referendum on a mayor of LONDON. 2015 Tories said they would hold an IN/OUT ref on the EU P2 - TO SATISFY TERMS OF AN AGREEMENT E2 - AV in 2011, Lib Dem/Coalition Agreement P3 - WHERE GOV ITSELF IS DIVIDED E3 - EU Referendum (2016) with parliament and other membe...

Evaluate the view that representative democracy is superior to direct democracy. (AGREE) - ANS Agree: - Protects against Tyranny of the Majority. - Practical - Allows politicians to become experts and protects the interests of minorities. Evaluate the view that representative democracy is superior to direct democracy. (DISAGREE) - ANS Disagree: - Can show will of the people on big constitutional decisions. - Can provide clarity on difficult issues. - MPs are often not representative of...

2015 General Election turnout? (evidence for different elections turnout dropping thus showing participation crisis) - ANS 66.1% What percentage of potential voters voted conservative in 2015 General Election (evidence for different elections turnout dropping thus showing participation crisis) - ANS 24.4% European Parliament Elections 1959 turnout (evidence for different elections turnout dropping thus showing participation crisis) - ANS 23% Police and Crime Commissioner 2015 election (evi...

Evaluate the extent to which constitutional reform has significantly improved Democracy in the UK. (or Evaluate the extent to which constitutional reform in the UK since 1997 has removed constitutional weakness) para 1 - failed to remove weakness - Demo deficit - House of Lords Act (1998) → all but 92 hereditary peers were removed and replaced by life peers, which are appointed by the government of the day + remain for life/retirement. Unelected and not accountable to the electorate. = un...

Analyse and evaluate the factors that determine the success of pressure groups in the UK - pressure groups are organisations that usually have a single interest or goal insider vs outsider: success - -insider PGs have better access to government -most influential derive from the financial services industry- successive governments have been reluctant to address the abuse of power within the FSI -excessive influence? Pressure groups with access to key political decision-makers, such as the ...

'Evaluate the view that constitutional reforms in the UK since 1997 have been weak, incomplete and require further change' - P1) No english parliament - The next logical step to devolution would be that there should be an English Parliament - The EVEL created two levels of MPs but it has now been removed - Strong regional identities in Yorkshire, Devon and Cornwall - The North had a devolution referendum in 2004 and 78% of people voted against it - EVEL has been abolished as of 2021 P2)...

Evaluate how far an uncodified constitution remains appropriate in modern British political process - 1. flexible so can adapt to modern times - lack of proper restraints means that serious constitutional change can happen without proper regulation 2. effective govt as govt can easily pass legilsation through parliamnent - codified constitution would allow to limit govt more and seperation of powers 3. introducing codification could politicise the judiciary - codified constitution would al...

Should the UK have a codified constitution? - A codified constitution protects the rights of the people which can easily be taken away by the sovereign parliament (in 2015 the ECHR ruled in favour of the 1000 prisoners who appealed their right to vote, however, the UK government refused to comply) /An un-codified constitution is more flexible and can adapt to change, which is vital as the needs of the country are constantly changing, creating competing rights. Plus, rights in the UK are prot...

Using the source, evaluate the view that the major parties still remain the dominant force in UK politics. - ANS AGREE the source leads to the view that it would be difficult to operate our current system of representative democracy without the major political parties, they dominate both the process and ideas of mainstream politics • other parties have always existed but the sheer dominance of the major parties ensures their continued supremacy. AO1 major parties operate all the main fun...