Parliamentary influences
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- Created on: 30-11-22 19:40
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- Parliamentary influences
- Media
- The channel through which information is communicated to the public
- Examples
- Sarah's Law
- Dangerous Dogs Act
- Advantages
- Represents public opinion
- Supports pressure groups
- Raises public awareness
- Disadvantages
- Newspapers not required to be politically neutral
- Newspapers are profit-driven
- Dangers of media frenzy
- Examples
- The channel through which information is communicated to the public
- Politicians
- Political manifestos
- Advantages
- Every law has to be approved by a majority
- MPs are elected
- Certain
- Disadvantages
- If a different party is elected they might just repeal the previous laws
- Expensive to taxpayers
- Frequent changes to laws
- Advantages
- Political manifestos
- Pressure groups
- Groups which put pressure on the government to change the law
- Advantages
- Broad range of tactics and campaigns
- Wide use of social media
- Membership funds
- Disadvantages
- Not impartial
- Undesirable tactics
- Minority opinion
- Disadvantages
- Expert knowledge
- Disadvantages
- Not impartial
- Undesirable tactics
- Minority opinion
- Sectional pressure group
- Represents a section of society
- Cause pressure group
- Promotes a specific cause
- Insider pressure group
- Access to government
- Outsider pressure group
- No direct access to government
- Advantages
- Groups which put pressure on the government to change the law
- Lobbyists
- People who try to persuade individual MPs to support their cause
- Advantages
- Brings issues to the attention of MPs
- Accessible to everyone
- Disadvantages
- Easily exploitable
- Doesn't always work
- Advantages
- People who try to persuade individual MPs to support their cause
- Media
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