Edexcel Government & Politics - Unit 2 Governing the UK (09/06/16)

where would you use this information for unit 2?
thanks,

You can state this in the Parliament section. Our teacher gave us this example and told us we should say:

An example of Parliament fulfilling its function of Redress of Grievances through Select Committee investigation is Sport Direct's founder Mike Ashley had admitted that the workers at its Derbyshire warehouse were paid below the minimum wage and its policy of fining staff for being late was unacceptable. You can say something alongside the line of that . This shows the effectiveness of Select Committee as they can hold people to accountable for their actions which could help them represent the public further(as they resolve corruption).

I think I rambled a bit too much but this example shows parliament is fulfilling their redress of grievances function.

Thank you so much! Also, I had a thought that perhaps you could use it in essays to show the Opposition illustrates the government as weak by criticising them in todays PMQs for not supporting workers rights in this case? Weak point? Let me know ur thoughts.

how many of the unit 1 questions did you predict successfully?

You know the sports direct case
Which mp basically fought it and which comittee?

If your point is strong enough then it's great! Wait, what happened in todays PMQS???

This is really brief but you could say:
1) LEGISLATION
discuss the role of HofL and Public/Private Member Bills
party discipline - party whips ensure proposals are rarely defeated which defeeats the purpose of effective scrutiny
electoral system is not truly representative of society because of FPTP system



2) SCRUTINY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
Question time is parliamentary theatre rather than effective scrutiny
Select Committees are much more effective in scrutinising government departments such as recent work of Ian Wright against Sports Direct's Manager Mike Ashley

3)REPRESENTATION
mps are elected from single member constituencies and therefore there is a strong link between constituents and MPS
discuss descriptive representation
very few female Mps ( look at the guardian's article on representation)
BME (black and minority ethnicities) only make up 4% of commons compared to the 14% BME population of UK
90%MPs went to uni but only 20% of population are uni graduates

My teacher just sent us his new predictions for tomorrow, they're similar to the ones we've already spoken about which is good


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thanks; it was basically just a question from Corbyn to Cameron, asking why the govt. doesn't protect worker's rights effectively:

https://twitter.com/jeremycorbyn/status/740521149226881024

note; there's also an element of lack of collective responsibility here, due to employment minister giving statements implying the govt. should leave, when really, DC wants to remain.

thanks; it was basically just a question from Corbyn to Cameron, asking why the govt. doesn't protect worker's rights effectively:

https://twitter.com/jeremycorbyn/status/740521149226881024

note; there's also an element of lack of collective responsibility here, due to employment minister giving statements implying the govt. should leave, when really, DC wants to remain.

Corbyn would make such a great PM. Thank you for the video

What topics are you currently revising on? Have you finished with everything?

I believe that's Priti Patel and yes a good example however the EU Referendum has been a circumstance where David Cameron has given his cabinet a 'free vote' although most of his cabinet have collectively declared that they are supporting the Remain side. However the leave supporting ministers do undermine the government's position when they are campaigning even though in reality these are colleagues who sit around their cabinet table and chat with them on a regular basis..

I'm currently revising the constitution- i honestly hope constitutional reform since 1997 comes up, with executive module, i'm a bit worried, because the wording of the questions always get me lol- parliament is alright, but i haaaate hol unelected/elected D:

wbu, have you finished?

I'm currently revising the constitution- i honestly hope constitutional reform since 1997 comes up, with executive module, i'm a bit worried, because the wording of the questions always get me lol- parliament is alright, but i haaaate hol unelected/elected D:

wbu, have you finished?

Molls hun, check my essay :* And also, 2 questions but i'll ask it here so other people can copy and appreciate your intellect! 1. How do we have a cabinet government? Well increased use since coalition... Needed to settle disputes. Also for cobra, serious conflicts. Also cab gove because they are important for policies as Michael gove helped for education policies and so did other cab ministers... (What else could you write)However its not a cab gov, undermined as cameron uses special advisers and other committee's, also not cab as patronage can control them? (What else for this)? Ik this question is similar to 'Assess the importance of cabinet' but it says 'now' so context changes fml...

2. The factors that affect the relationship between parliament and government? I've mentioned party disunity (e.g labour right now is weak, lords are strong and can scrutinize). Someone mentioned coalition and party majority but i don't get that? What else could I say? Thank youuuu

Oh yeah @mollyadtr I doubt the predicted parliament would come up , "parliament carries out none of its functions adequately" was 2014 , I'd imagine it will be about the divide between commons and lords or something

You know for that Qu
Do you only talk about 3 reforms? We won't have the time to address all of them will we?