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

Wasn't the question assess the means by which Parliament controls the executive?

I dunno how but I managed to decide that the executive and parliament are better guardians of civil liberties and rights than judges.. Why did it do that 😱

I spent the first 5 minutes just choosing what questions to do. I started with the 40 mark Judiciary. I talked about their independence and neutrality, the Human Rights Act being a tool for them to use, and the poor track record of politicians in protecting civil liberties. On the other side I wrote about how judges are unelected and unaccountable, how they don't take account of public opinion, how Parliament is sovereign and the Human Rights Act is not entrenched and the decisions the judges come to do not bind the government or Parliament, and that judges cannot undertake pre-legislative review.

I did the Section A question on Parliament, but I wish I had done it on the PM instead. The 5 mark was all well and good, but I really quite struggled with the 10 mark on the effectiveness of the Commons committees. It was relating it to the Source that I found difficult. I talked about how the chairs are elected by their peers and so are independent, how some of the reports have resulted in changes and have been influential, like that one about phone hacking they talked about, and that the reports of the committees are not actually binding.

The 25 mark was really bad for me. I didn't really know where I was going, and the structure was a bit dodgy. I talked about the domination of Parliament by the governing party and the whips, resulting in the largely futile debates on legislation, the failings of questions to ministers, the lack of financial control, the weakness of the threat of a vote of no confidence, and how the Lords can only block legislation for one year, and that their amendments do not have to be accepted.

Thoughts?

Anyone watch the Buzzfeed EU debates on Facebook today?


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no why whats happened?? i do not want the leave campaign to win

I just watched the Victoria Derby-whoever EU debate on catch-up. Really proud of the arguments for Remain. They were strong and largely factual and logical. Disappointed however in the fact that they did a better job than the so-called lead representatives of the Remain campaign. Excluding Sturgeon, she was alright really.

Honestly Dodgy Dave does about a good job at debating as a wet blanket. Couldn't have anyone worse fighting our corner. I suppose Farage on the other side balances it out, though.


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But the question was about constitutional reform not constitutional reformS. The use of the singular would suggest to me that it is asking about reforming the constitution not making reforms to elements of it. Therefore codified/uncodiefied works

Nooo way, remain embarrassed themselves and got destroyed debate wise. Man I hate Angela eagle, wanted to run on that stage and drop kick her in the face

As long as you have done at least a paragraph on each side of the arguement and a conclusion you should be fine.

Thankfully grammar and spelling doesn't actually count for the exam so that's one bonus I guess (there are no marks for spelling and grammar in case anyone didn't realise)


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You guys are still talking about the exam
Loool?

It is a thread to talk about the exam..
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