AS General Studies - 2013

2.7 Is the UK really a democracy?

dēmos = "people" Kratos = "rule, strength”

The democratic method is one in which people campaign competitively for the people's votes to achieve the power to make public decisions.

What you should be able to do?

• Name some major political leaders and the parties they represent

• Identify some of the key features of the three parties and their approaches

• Recall the nature of the British Political System and method of voting

2.7 Is the UK really a democracy?

Students will gain an understanding of:• UK parties• Electoral Systems• UK’s Role in the world• Mathematical Reasoning

QUIZ

Round A – Name that Politician!

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Round A – Name that Politician!1 George Osborne Cons Chancellor of the

Exchequer

2 Theresa May Cons Home Secretary

3 Michael Gove Cons Secretary for Education

4 David Cameron Cons Prime Minister

5 Ed Balls Labour Shadow Chancellor

6 Jeremy Hunt Cons Secretary for Health

7 Iain Duncan Smith Cons Secretary for Work and Pensions

Round A – Name that Politician!8 Nick Clegg LibDem Deputy Prime Minister

9 William Hague Conservative Secretary of State for Foreign

and Commonwealth Affairs

10 Margaret Thatcher Conservative Ex Prime Minister

11 Vince Cable LibDem Secretary for Business,

innovation and Skills

12 Danny Alexander Lib Dem Secretary to the Treasury

13 Ed Milliband Labour Leader

14 Tony Blair Labour Ex Prime Minister

Round B – Genuine Party?

1 Liberal Party2 Socialist Equality Party

3 Official Monster Raving Loony Party4 Pensioners Party

5 British National Party6 Legalise Cannabis Party

7 Communist Party of Britain8 Christmas Party9 Socialist Party10 ProLife Party

Round B – Genuine Party?All are genuine parties except the Christmas Party Here is the full

list:Political parties in the UKBritish National Party Christian Peoples Alliance Communist Party of Britain Conservative Party Get Britain Back Party Green Party of England and Wales Labour Party Legalise Cannabis Alliance Liberal Democrats Liberal Party National Democrats Natural Partnership of Great Britain Official Monster Raving Loony Party Pensioners Party ProLife Party Respect - The Unity Coalition Revolutionary Communist Party of Great Britain Socialist Equality Party Socialist Labour Party Socialist Party Socialist Party of Great Britain Socialist Workers Party Third Way

UK Independence Party Veritas Political parties in ScotlandScottish Conservatives Scottish Green Party Scottish Labour Party Scottish Liberal Democrats Scottish National Party Scottish Socialist Party Political parties in WalesPlaid Cymru Welsh Liberal Democrats Political parties in IrelandAlliance Party of Northern Ireland Green Party of Northern Ireland Irish Republican Socialist Party Progressive Unionist Party Sinn Fein Social Democratic and Labour Party Socialist Workers Party in Northern Ireland Socialist Workers Party Ireland Ulster Democratic Unionist Party Ulster Unionist Party

Round C – Whose Mission Statement?1. “We exist to build and safeguard a fair, free and open society,

in which we seek to balance the fundamental values of liberty, equality and community, and in which no-one shall be enslaved by poverty, ignorance or conformity. We champion the freedom, dignity and well-being of individuals, we acknowledge and respect their right to freedom of conscience and their right to develop their talents to the full. We aim to disperse power, to foster diversity and to nurture creativity.”

2. “Our purpose is fairness: fair rules, fair chances and a fair say for everyone. We believe that by the strength of our common endeavour we achieve more than we achieve alone, so as to create for each of us the means to realise our true potential and for all of us a community in which power, wealth and opportunity are in the hands of the many, not the few.”

3. “Advancing opportunity, nurturing responsibility, protecting security.”

Round C – Whose Mission Statement?1. “We exist to build and safeguard a fair, free and open

society, in which we seek to balance the fundamental values of liberty, equality and community, and in which no-one shall be enslaved by poverty, ignorance or conformity. We champion the freedom, dignity and well-being of individuals, we acknowledge and respect their right to freedom of conscience and their right to develop their talents to the full. We aim to disperse power, to foster diversity and to nurture creativity.”

2. “Our purpose is fairness: fair rules, fair chances and a fair say for everyone. We believe that by the strength of our common endeavour we achieve more than we achieve alone, so as to create for each of us the means to realise our true potential and for all of us a community in which power, wealth and opportunity are in the hands of the many, not the few.”

3. “Advancing opportunity, nurturing responsibility, protecting security.”

LibDem

Labour

Conservative

Round D – Whose Policy? - 1• Current issues from early years provision, including Sure Start and nursery provision,

to school standards, school reform, and post 14, 16 and 18 choices for young people as well as apprenticeships, universities and adult skills.

• Tackling crime and antisocial behaviour, building safer and stronger communities, renewing the criminal justice system, policing, counter-terrorism, immigration and asylum, equalities, civil society, constitutional reform and increasing political participation. 

• A wide range of current issues including tackling climate change and working towards a secure, low-carbon energy supply, the structure and funding of local government, the provision of affordable housing, creating an integrated and sustainable transport network, rural affairs and the protection of our natural environment.

Round D – Whose Policy? - 2• Youth Contract to get young people off the dole and into work through

apprenticeships, work placements or training.

• Tax cuts to 24 million working people by making sure nobody pays any income tax on the first £10,000 they earn.

• Extra investment into schools targeted at the least well-off pupils, raising standards for everyone.

• Graduates repayments on their loan only when they earn over £21,000

• Lower waiting times in hospitals, more doctors reducing mixed-sex wards.

Round D – Whose Policy? - 3• Frontline of policing protected and the service to the public maintained. The

Proportion of officers on the front line increased. 

• A comprehensive programme to improve the quality of teaching, including scholarships to attract the best graduates, higher literacy and numeracy requirements for trainee teachers and a network of 'Teaching Schools' across the country.

• More Free Schools and more new Academies

• Incentives to drive the private sector to create more jobs bringing more people in work.

• A 'Benefits Cap' so that those out of work cannot get more in benefits than the average person earns in work.

Round D – Whose Policy?

1.Labour2.LibDem

3.Conservative