British Politics
- Created by: Scott Lindsay
- Created on: 14-11-12 16:15
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- British Politics
- Why is voting impotant
- If you do not vote you have no right to criticize decisions made by parliment
- If you do not vote an extremist party may get in to power
- British Nationalist Party
- If you do not vote you have no right to criticize decisions made by parliment
- It is a democratic right
- Not every country has access to this right so we should make the most of it
- Ways of participating in election Campaigns
- Join a political party
- This will boost membership and will make the party more powerfull
- Canvasing
- Go door to door to help gain support for a particular party or repressentive
- Provide Transport
- Not everybody can easily get to their polling station
- Elderly make up approximatiy 14 percent of the population and they are the most affected by lack of transport
- Not everybody can easily get to their polling station
- Join a political party
- Ways MPs represent constituants
- In Parliment
- Debating
- MPs can start or join a debate about the issues of their constituants
- Questions
- The MP can raise a question in parliament for a constituent
- First Minister question time
- The MP can raise a question in parliament for a constituent
- Debating
- In the constituency
- Media Interviews
- The MP can hold a media interview to draw atention to issues in the constituency
- Surgeries
- MPs hold surgeries so that constituents can meet with the local MP/MSP to discuss issues which affect the constituency
- Media Interviews
- In Parliment
- Opposing New Laws
- Media
- People can use the media to draw attention to their issue
- This allows them to get their point across to a wider audience
- People can use the media to draw attention to their issue
- Petitions
- People can set up petitions to allow people to register their suport to a cause/issue
- Protest
- We Have the right to protest peacfully, if we are against something
- Media
- Under-Representation In Politics
- Woman
- Male dominated enviroment
- Woman feel less confident and intimidated
- Predijuce
- Sexist views that women cant handle this kind of job
- Combating
- The Scottish parliament has brought about a major change and is encouraging woman to become MSPs
- Male dominated enviroment
- Ethnic Minorities
- Intimidated by Extremists partys
- Woman
- Why is voting impotant
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