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

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Reply 1380

hanhan19

What were you supposed to write for he 10 marker for parliament? I didn't really include examples do lose marks

Reply 1381

Vinidor

Original post by alevelpain

Lol we said the exact same thing then. I also include vote of no confidence

Yea idk
I did
Parliament veto vs Party line and whips
Lords veto e.g tax credit cuts vs 1 year then can be overruled
vote of no confidence James Callaghan vs prerogative powers e.g syria
but no conclusion what you think I get cos like not many examples

Reply 1382

lulub47

Original post by Adam_Budd

I thought that paper was really good as well, compared to last years exam and unit 1 i thought it went well. The judiciary 40 marker was so nice compared the the constitution one i thought as well.

I was so confused for the judiciary.. What did you put?

Reply 1383

mg1234

What did people write about the 40 marker on constitutional reform? I literally spewed out knowledge on every reform I knew but feel like I got it all wrong!!!

Reply 1384

Vinidor

Original post by hanhan19

What were you supposed to write for he 10 marker for parliament? I didn't really include examples do lose marks

Oh god idek
I put
Chilcot inquiry
George Osbornes first budget
Expenses scandle
but not sure if any of that is right or relevant
tbh I recon you can still almost get full marks without, I didnt explain anything really just examples and that they cant force government to pass things

Reply 1385

hanhan19

For the 5 marker on parliament i wrote about legislative departmental and back bench

(edited 7 years ago)

Reply 1386

King Geedorah

For the Parliament 25 Marker I explicitly only mentioned the Commons rather than both the Commons and the Lords. Can someone tell me how many marks I am likely to lose? Would be very helpful.

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Reply 1387

mollyadtr

Original post by alevelpain

No it isn't 0, you can't get full but codification is a reform that could happen

Really? Oh I'm glad I'll get at least 15 marks or something at least I didn't totally flop

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Reply 1388

aamirac

Did anyone plan their 40 mark question?

That UK Constitution was quite alright imo. :yep:

Reply 1389

jamieleeee

On the 40 marker i spoke about the arguments for and against the reform of the constitution, am i wrong?

Reply 1390

Vinidor

Original post by lulub47

I was so confused for the judiciary.. What did you put?

I have no idea if this is right but I put

Pro Judiciary
Independence and the whole idea of no interference when sub justice? meaning no media or pop opinion pressure ? e.g Abu Qatada

Gov is bad at protecting rights e.g Terror legislation 06 case pushed through against the advice of ECHR after the blemarsh case

Judicery is good at protecting the rule of law, even against government body e.g herceptin case where NHS trust acted ultra vires

Pro Gov
Accountable

Maybe their history is not that bad with civ lib e.g HRA and the fact they are fighting for Civil Liberties in other countries (tho I think thats not valid at all)

Judges have a very unrepresentative background, mostly oxbridge, white... might make them bias

No idea tho if any of that is right

Reply 1391

dil797

For the 10 marker for parliament, did you need to evaluate cause it said 'HOW effective are committees'

Reply 1392

andrewdwilliams

Original post by jamieleeee

On the 40 marker i spoke about the arguments for and against the reform of the constitution, am i wrong?

That's what I did because that's what I thought the question was asking. That does not appear to be what other peole have done.

Reply 1393

Vinidor

Original post by dil797

For the 10 marker for parliament, did you need to evaluate cause it said 'HOW effective are committees'

yea I think so

Reply 1394

hanhan19

Original post by dil797

For the 10 marker for parliament, did you need to evaluate cause it said 'HOW effective are committees'

I didn't know whether to evaluate it but i did anyway.

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Reply 1395

alevelpain

Original post by jamieleeee

On the 40 marker i spoke about the arguments for and against the reform of the constitution, am i wrong?

Yeah sounds good, I did electoral reform, codification, HoL, Bill of Rights, briefly mentioned EU referendum and then did a paragraph saying we've had enough and we don't need anymore. I did a for and against for all of those

Reply 1396

mollyadtr

Original post by andrewdwilliams

That's what I did because that's what I thought the question was asking. That does not appear to be what other peole have done.

I feel like that question was really misleading in general

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Reply 1397

alevelpain

Original post by dil797

For the 10 marker for parliament, did you need to evaluate cause it said 'HOW effective are committees'

No, there is no evaluation mark for 10 markers, check the mark scheme if you don't believe me :tongue:

Reply 1398

hanhan19

Original post by alevelpain

No, there is no evaluation mark for 10 markers, check the mark scheme if you don't believe me :tongue:

Then what were you supposed to write about ?

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Reply 1399

username1343919

didnt finish the paper, it is too tight
managed to finish both essays though the 40 marker was decent- i interpreted it as the actual reforms eg house of lords act, HRA, freedom of info act etc need futher reforms but some people saying its about codifying the constitution?? im sure they will credit both though.

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