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What is the term given to the right of the governing party to pursue the policies it sets out in its general election manifesto?
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Mandate
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What is the type of party that the three national political parties fall under?
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Mainstream Parties
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What is the type of party that look to nurture the cultural identity of a specific area?
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Nationalist Parties
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What is the type of party that campaign on a particular issue or offer a wide-ranging programme of policies rooted in a particular ideological perspective?
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Single-Issue Parties
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What is the term given to when two fairly equally matched parties compete for power at elections and others have little realistic chance of breaking their duopoly?
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Two-Party System
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What is the term given to when many parties compete for power and the government consists of a series of coaltions formed by different combinations of parties?
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Multiparty System
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What is the term given to when many parties exist but only one holds government power for a period of time?
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Dominant-Party System
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Who is seen as having birthed the Conservative Party after the Tamworth Manifesto in 1834?
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Robert Peel
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What is the traditional ideology of the Conservative party? It is an ideology that favours a pragmatic approach to dealing with problems, seeks to preserve the status quo, and looks to work with and improve upon what exists already.
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Conservatism
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What is the economic theory which advocates controlling the money supply as a means of keeping inflation in check? It usually goes hand in hand with the neo-liberalism, the side of the Conservatives seen in the Thatcher years.
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Monetarism
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In contrast, what is the other side of the Conservatives which favours slow and gradual change, a Keynesian mixed economy, support for a universal welfare state, and greater European integration?
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One-Nation Conservatism
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What is the traditional ideology of the Labour party? It is an ideology that advocates for greater equality and the redistribution of wealth. It favours greater government intervention, in both economic and social policy.
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Socialism
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When was the Labour party constitution?
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1918
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What was the term given to the characterisation of the party that emerged to fight the 1997 general election following a process of party modernisation completed by Tony Blair?
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New Labour
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What is the traditional ideology of the Liberal Democrat party? It is an ideology associated with notions of personal liberty, toleration and limited government. It is often subdivided into tow seperate strands.
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Liberalism
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When was the Liberal Democratic party founded, after a merge between the Social Democratic Party and the Liberal Party?
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1988
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Where are the headquarters of the Conservative party, where the national party is organised?
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Millbank
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What is the main national organ of the Labour party which enforces party discipline and oversees the smooth running of the party?
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National Executive Committee
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What is the body that shapes the strategic direction of the Liberal Democrats and oversees the work of the party's other federal committees?
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Federal Board
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What was the membership of the Conservative party in 2016? Consider that the membership of the Labour party at this time was 515,000.
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149,800
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What is the Labour party's initiative which requires a constituency party to draw up an entirely female shortlist from which their parliamentary candidate will be chosen?
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All-Women Shortlists
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What was the Act in 2000 which imposed an overall limit on party spending in general election campaigns, established additional spending limits for elections to devolved bodies and the European Parliament, and required parties to declare all donations over £5000 to the Electoral Commission?
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Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act
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What was the Act in 2009 which imposed tighter regulations on spending by candidates in the run-up to an election, allowing the Electoral Commission to investigate cases and impose fines, restricting donations from non-UK residents and reducing the thresholds for the declaration of donations?
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Political Parties and Election Act
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What is the term given to the funds paid to opposition parties in the House of Lords in order to help them cover their administrative costs and thereby provide for proper scrutiny of the government?
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Cranborne Money
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What is the term given to the funds paid to opposition parties in order to help them cover their administrative costs and thereby provide for proper scrutiny of the government? It is available to all opposition parties that win at least two seats at a general election.
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Short Money
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