Democracy
Plurality
A petition on banning who from entering the UK recieved nearly 2 million signatures?
Donald Trump
What are the NFU?
National Farmers Unions
What is a lobbyist?
Someone hired to help target a groups message, normally by utilising close links to government.
What is the difference between the SUffragettes and the Suffragists?
Suffragettes were willing to use direct action, gists used peaceful methods
100,000
Which political party has the biggest membership at the moment in the UK?
Labour
Why is the PG Liberty an outsider by choice?
So that they can retain independence to criticise government policy.
Name a corporation that was unhappy at the UK's digital sales tax
Google, Amazon,
Which group of people would you associate the following people, William Lovett, Francis Place and Fergus O'Connor?
The Chartists
When can a recall petition be forced?
When 10% of constituents sign a petition. However, it must only be called if an MP has been imprisoned or suspended from Parliament
PCC elections increased by 15% between 2012 and 2017. What does PCC stand for?
Police and crime commissioner
What was Section 28?
The banning of promoting homosexuality by media and councils etc.
What did the lobbying firm Morgan Roberts get the government to introduce?
UK wide HPV immunisation
Name of the founder of the Center for Social Justice who went on to be leader of the Conservative Party?
Iain Duncan Smith
What are the two Greek words that make up the word democracy?
Demos and Kratia
It means voters are no longer loyal to a party based on class but now rather issues decide how they vote.
Which celebrity took up the cause of the Gurkha Justice Campaing?
Joanna Lumley
What were Labour ministers Jack Straw, Geoff Hoon and Patricia Hewitt all suspended for?
Accepting money to work for a fake consultancy firm
Dennis Skinner
MP Kate Hoey, continuously voted for Brexit despite her constituency voting remain. What was her constituency?
Vauxhall
How high was turnout in UK elections in 1950? (5% either side)
84%
Name the pro-smoking PG
Name the anti-smoking PG
pro - FORREST
anti - ASH
Institute for Economic Affairs
What did the Cat & Mouse Act allow the government to do in the early 20th century?
Force feed suffragettes who were on hunger strike.