A level politics help

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follow DDD -> Definition, Discuss, Direction (ie. define key words, discuss the topic a bit more, say your line of argument)

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saying your line of argument is the most important thing you can do in your intro - always do it!! for example, state in your introduction whether you think rights are secure or not

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it is ideal to have 3 points, but 2 is sufficient

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one point counts as having a for + against argument

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eg. with the example of 'rights not being secure', this counts as 1 point:

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for - Human Rights Act makes rights secure because they protect people, we know what our rights are, etc.

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against - HRA is not entrenched, therefore rights aren't properly safeguarded (you could also impress a lot by mentioning Rishi Sunak + his Rwanda bill, where he wants to get rid of HRA)

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then do that for twice more!

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also, always have a mini conclusion at the end of each point - this is what gives you the evaluation skills

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say, in the intro, we said that rights are no longer secure, then in our mini conclusion (using the HRA as an example), we would write something like: despite the HRA 1998 being introduced to clarify and safeguard the rights of UK citizens, the fact that it is unentrenched means that human rights are vulnerable to populist governments. Rights are weakened further through parliamentary sovereignty, since the legislative branch are able to circumvent the HRA if it opposes their legislative agenda, as proposed with Sunak's Rwanda bill.

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these are also very important for AO3!!

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essentially sum up everything you've been saying, whilst always addressing your line of argument (in this example, that rights are no longer secure)