Politics

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  • AV Dicey Wrote about the "Twin Pillars"

    AV Dicey Wrote about the "Twin Pillars"
    Rule of law - everyone is accountable. E.g. Partygate 2022, Boris Johnson (the PM) was forced to pay a fine for breaking the law over COVID-19 regulations.
    Parliamentary Sovereignty - Parliament is sovereign so can recall any devolved powers. E.g. 2017, Devolution in NI collapsed causing Westminster to rule for 2 years allowing them to legalize abortion.

  • Parliament Act 1

    Reduced the amount of time the Lords could stall legislation from indefinitely to 2 years.

  • Parliament Act 2

    Reduced the amount of time the Lords could stall legislation from 2 years to one year.

  • 1979 General Election

    1979 General Election
    Thatcher wins the election against Callaghan, she continues to be PM until 1992 when Major takes over.

  • 1997 General Election

    1997 General Election
    Tony Blair Wins landslide of 418 seats, but only 43.2% of the vote (this is an example of winners bonus
    Blair's Babes - half of the Labour candidates in safe seats were female - 101 women elected.

  • 1998 Human Rights Act

    Article 5 - right to marriage and to start a family - as seen by the legalization of gay marriage in 2014. However there are some limitations such as not being allowed to marry family etc.

  • 1998 Good Friday Agreement

    Due to the troubles in NI the Queen's cousin Lord Mountbatten was assassinated 1979., a referendum was held with 81.1% turnout an 71.1% in favor. This allows NI to have a STV voting system which is very proportional (e.g. 2017 DUP received 28% of the vote and 28 seats).

  • HOL Act

    Tony Blair abolishes all by 92 Hereditary peers and sets up the HOL Appointment Committee.

  • Freedom of Information Act

    Allows the public to discover information that was not available in the past. E.g. the Daily Telegraph published the MP expenses scandal in 2009

  • 2010 Coalition Government

    2010 Coalition Government
    The Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats form a coalition with David Cameron as PM and Nick Clegg as deputy PM. There are 3 members of the LD in the Cabinet including Cable as Business sectary.

  • 2011 AV Referendum

    42.2% turnout 72.2% against.

  • Fixed Term Parliament Act

    Binds the PM to call an election every 5 years - can be overridden by a 2/3 majority. Was suspended in 2022.

  • 2014 Scottish Independence Referendum

    84.6% turnout 55.3% against. The pressure groups campaigning were Better Together and Yes Scotland.

  • Recall of MPs Act

    This act established that is a MP goes to jail, their constituents can sign a petition to trigger a by-election and get a new MP. E.g. Fiona Onasanya was arrested for parking tickets and was voted out.

  • 2016 EU Referendum

    72.2% turnout, 52% for.

  • Sadiq Khan becomes the Mayor of London

    Sadiq Khan becomes the Mayor of London
    Largest personal mandate in history of 57%.

  • 2017 General Election

    2017 General Election
    Theresa May calls election to strengthen her mandate on Brexit - has to form a coalition with the DUP. Within this government May suffered 33 defeats - 15 PBMs were passed.

  • Windrush Scandal

    Windrush Scandal
    Home Sectary Amber Rudd was forced to resign over the scandal that was the deportation of the grandchildren of the windrush generation. MP Yvette Cooper (Chair of the Home Affairs Committee) held her to account.

  • 2019 General Election

    2019 General Election
    Boris Johnson becomes PM with majority of 365 seats with the slogan."Get Brexit done". Fall of the Northern "Red Wall", e.g. Dennis Skinner (MP for Bolsover for 49 years) loses his seat to a conservative.

  • Boris Johnson makes his brother a lord

    Jo Johnson is nominated to be a life peer.