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AQA Element 3.1.2.3: Political events: insurance policies of minor events and their impression on political debates and political agenda
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Edexcel Element 1, Part 2.3: Rising and minor UK political events
Background: what it’s essential know
This text highlights the best way during which Reform UK (previously the Brexit Occasion) has capitalised on the disenchantment of many conventional Conservative voters with their occasion. Key components embrace concern over unlawful immigration, the price of residing disaster, tax rises and issues with public companies.
The Brexit Occasion’s resolution to face apart in 317 Conservative seats performed an element in Boris Johnson’s victory on the 2019 basic election however there appears no prospect of comparable co-operation subsequent time. The article means that this might jeopardise the Conservatives’ maintain on many former ‘pink wall’ seats within the north and the midlands. These are the areas the place the federal government’s perceived failure to ship concrete outcomes from Brexit is most keenly felt.
Click on to learn the articles under after which reply the questions:
How much of a threat is Reform UK to the Tories?
Query within the type of AQA Politics Paper 1
Query within the type of Edexcel Politics Paper 1
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Consider the view that minor events are more and more vital in UK politics.
You need to contemplate this view and the choice to this view in a balanced approach. [30 marks]
TIP: The article assesses Reform UK in depth, however it is best to contemplate the importance of different small events such because the Inexperienced Occasion. How susceptible are the established events to challenges from minor and rising events? The latest success of the SNP in Scotland, traditionally a Labour stronghold, is one other potential case to take a look at.
Graham Goodlad, Portsmouth Excessive Faculty
