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Cameron said in 2011 prisoners being able to vote made him feel
physically ill
number of European countries where prisoner voting is partially restricted
12
number of European countries where prisoner voting is fully restricted
13
ECHR dropped its case against the UK in 2017 when …
May allowed prisoners to vote on a temporary license
banning prisoners voting is in break of Article …
5 of the HRA
in 2004 the ECHR ruled the blanket ban on prisoner voting undermined
the principle of voting equality
16 and 17 year olds are not affected by policy on
tax and pensions
in Scottish Independence referendum turnout of 16-17s was
higher than 18-24s
percentage of 16-17s registered to vote in Indiref
89%
pressure group that is mainly online
38 degrees
how many people attended BLM protests
200,000
professional body organising nursing strikes
Royal College of Nursing
pressure group said to have spread false claims on COVID during the pandemic
World Doctors Alliance
Greenpeace YouTube video (name and views)
‘Everything is not awesome’ got 9 million views
Fabian Society’s independent review into justice crisis
Access to Justice: the Bach Commission
think tank promoting research into public, economic, social and technological sciences
Institute for Public Policy Research
Greenpeace number of members
55 million
how many people signed petition leading to Microbeads being banned
350,000
percentage of Tory MPs CFI donates to
80%
TPA private investments total from 2013-2018
£300,000
TPA successes
NI cut by 2p and alcohol duty frozen
Mick Lynch described as a ‘media …’ and ‘brilliant…’
‘star’ and ‘communicator and strategic thinker’
RMT successes
rail strikes and policy change on pensions of rail maintenance staff
BMA membership fees annually
£100 million
where do BMA membership fees go
strike fund
BMA success
junior doctors 2% pay rise
Green Party seats in Scotland
6
Green Party seats in NI Assembly
2
2015 UKIP seats in Welsh Assembly due to party list element
7
how many coalitions FPTP has created since 1950s
1
in 2015 UKIP won … of the vote and …
12% and 1 seat
in 2015 Labour won … of the vote and …
30% and 232 seats
percentage of MPs Tory or Labour in 2019
88%
NI quote on voter choice
‘I was spoilt for choice’
how many candidates can NI Assembly Election ballot papers have
10
MP for Putney
Fleur Anderson
Strormont Assembly has been suspended … times or …% of the time
8 or 40%
Act fast tracked through Johnson’s majority government
Coronavirus Act 2020
in 2022 NI elections Sinn Fein received … of votes and … of seats
29% and 30%
in 2022 NI elections UUP received … of votes and … of seats
11% and 10%
in 2019 European elections Labour received … of votes and … of seats
14% and 13%
in 2019 the Tories received … of votes and … of seats
43% and 56%
in 2019 Lib Dems received … of votes and … of seats
12% and 1.7%
under AMS in Scotland the Green Party won …% of the vote
8.1%
2019 Tory campaign slogan
‘Get Brexit Done’
Peter Pulzer quote on class
‘class is the basis of British party politics’
from 1964-1966 …% of the working class voted Labour and …% of the middle class voted Tory
64% and 62%
in 2015 …% of ABC1 voted Tory
45%
in 2015 …% of C2DE voted Labour
41%
phenomena causing class to change
partisan dealignment
in 2005 only 10% of voters said they had a
‘very strong’ identification to any party
in 2019 Tory’s won …% of C2DE votes
47%
in 1997 Labour saw a …% swing in ABC1 voters
10
1979 campaign slogan
‘Labour isn’t working’
1992 campaign Major stood on a
soapbox to address the nation
in 2017 YouGov said
‘age is the new dividing line of British party politics’
in 2017 …% of 18-24s voted Labour
60%
in 2017 there was a …% increase in turnout among 18-24s
11%
Scottish Independence impact on Scottish Labour’s seats
fell from 46 seats to 1 seat in 2015
Blair’s 1997 policies
cutting class size, cutting NHS waiting lists, no rise in income tax etc.
age where someone becomes more likely to vote Tory
39
for every 10 years older someone is they are … points more likely to vote Tory
9
in 2017 age cut off was … but in 2019 dropped to …
47 and 39
2013 saw coalition forced to reverse … due to private opinion polls
3p rise on tax on fuel
in 2017 May had to reverse … policy due to voter intuition polls halving
Dementia Tax
2012 Osbourne budget became known as the
Omnishambles Budget
in 2017 Tories averaged a …% lead in polls but final result was a …% lead
17% and 2.4%
between 2016 and 2019 political parties found themselves out of touch with the public on
Brexit
in 2015 election last week saw …% of all media devoted to opinion polls
22.7%
parties increasingly become … parties
catch-all
Labour membership rose from … in 2015 to … in 2016
190,000 to 515,000
3 major parties memberships fell from … in 1960s to … in 2015
3 million to 380,000
turnout in 2015 election
66%
constituencies where Tory activists stopped sitting MPs from standing again in 2015
Thirsk and Malton and South Suffolk
percentage of population that elects party leaders
2%
Liz Truss term length
45 days
Starmer opposed … on businesses in 2021
immediate tax hikes
speech at Resolution Foundation in 2023 saw Starmer set out a
‘new era’ for growth and generating wealth
Ed Miliband pledged to bring back
50p income tax top rate
in 2015 Corbyn set up a … with a raise in …
progressive tax system, highest rate
in Labour’s 2017 manifesto they pledged to nationalise
rail, water, mail and electricity
in Labour’s 2019 manifesto the health budget was increased by
4.3%
in Labour’s 2019 manifesto they promised ‘alignment to the …’
EU single market
in 1999 Blair supported the
NATO intervention in Kosovo
in 2023 Labour Party sang
the national anthem in Parliament
in 2015 Labour manifesto Miliband pledged he would not transfer
any more power to Brussels without a referendum
Corbyn tweets were critical of
the EU
Act Starmer was in support of to prevent illegal wars
Military Intervention Act
fraction of the vote won by minor parties in 2015
1/3
year the SNP formed their first majority government in Scotland
2011
all governments since 1945 have been led by a
Tory or Labour PM
Lib Dem policies ditched in the coalition
scrapping tuition fees and opposing nuclear power
percentage of seats won by 2 major parties in 2019
87.3%
ideologues causing Major’s party to be un-unified 1990-1997
Eurosceptics
1990s Tory MP scandal
cash for questions
Blair’s popularity percentage before 1997 election
93%
how many points Labour were ahead before the 1997 election
26
The Sun headline 1997
The Sun backs Blair
what has every Tory leader focused on cutting to protect ‘national culture’
immigration
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