Edexcel A2 Government and Politics May/June 2012

I concur. The time limit is ridiculous. Even 1 1/2 hours would give us some time to think.

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I got extra time, and STILL I got timing wrong. An hour and 20 minutes just flew by, by the time I started Section B I had about 30 minutes left.

I did unit 2 yesterday, cabinet for section A and backbenchers for section B.

the time limit is ridiculous! i had extra time, and i don't know how i would have completed the exam if i hadn't!

i'm worried about what i put for the backbenchers Q..

i put: back bench rebellions
power of patronage
departmental select committees
legislative commitees

anyone write along these lines?

i wrote that too, don't worry
Agree that the limit is ridiculous, could do so much better with even just another 10/20 minutes.

but i soon ran out of ideas..?what else did you write?

yeah, i got 25% extra time = 20 mins so that really helped!
the time limit makes it so much harder to get the depth that they want..

I expanded loads on committees, then I wrote about rebellions, then I wrote about questions to ministers & adjournment debates. Then for against I did whips, patronage and lack of time/resources. That was all I had time for.

Wait, so I'm the only one who did the Constitution and the Judiciary? Oh God, I'm so screwed. XD

Wait, so I'm the only one who did the Constitution and the Judiciary? Oh God, I'm so screwed. XD

That was an awesome paper! Though when I looked at question3 I nearly fainted but then I saw question 4: It was great, I wrote about 7 and a bit pages for that question: talked about HRA, Judicial Review and Independence/ neutrality for they can protect and parliamentary sovereignty, still some executive influence and that judges cannot be proactive.

I chose qn1 though because of part c eventhough a and b of 2 were easier than 1.
Part a and b were awesome and for part c i talked about how they were very important but declined alongside increase in prime ministerial power but that they still have important functions: timetable, policy decisions etc.

How did everyone else find it?

Am I the only one who did the constitution question?? For the 25 marker I included -

House of Lords reform
Electoral reform (AV)
Introduction of mayors (recent referendums)

And some other reforms I cannot remember at the moment. I then explained the advantages+ disadvantages (basically the two point of view) of the proposals... was this the right way to answer this question or have I made a mess of it??

Section 2 (40 mark questions) I found horrible, I ended up doing the judiciary (did a little revision on the topic) and managed to develop it okay, however I wished I had revised for it more!! Was it okay that I mentioned the constitutional reform act of 2005, since I explained that the introduction of a supreme court led to less political interference since before the highest court in the land was in the H.O.Lords?

All in all, I just hope I get at least B, but im fearing for the worse!!

Section 2 (40 mark questions) I found horrible, I ended up doing the judiciary (did a little revision on the topic) and managed to develop it okay, however I wished I had revised for it more!! Was it okay that I mentioned the constitutional reform act of 2005, since I explained that the introduction of a supreme court led to less political interference (thus protecting the rights of individuals from the state) since before the highest court in the land was in the H.O.Lords? Or is the act seen as increasing the independence of the judiciary insted of protecting civil liberties?

I did these questions as well. I included the same things for constitution, but I talked about scottish independence and how it had led on from devolution, which made it less controversial

Judiciary I'd revised for and could right about, there was almost too much to write about.
Yes you're right to put in about CRA '05, and supreme court. This leads to separation of power and means judges are less under the govt, ie more independent.

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I did cabinet and judiciary and don't worry most of my class did the judiciary question.

Thank you! So if the eurozone crisis comes up, what would they ask?

That paper was so difficult !

Perfect same here, i also wrote about how some politicians in the cabinet like Theresa May was able to comment on a case relating to abu qatada (which i spelled wrong but my teacher said it would be alright) And Mosley how it breached his privacy and false detail etc