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1998; incorporates the European Convention on Human Rights into Statute Law

2017: 69% (nice)

2001: 59%

1979: 76%

In the 2015 General Election, 50% of votes cast were for a losing candidate

2014 European Election: 35.2%

2012 Police Commissioner Election: 15.1%

42%

85%

92%

Insider Pressure Group: British Bankers Association - after the 2008 recession

Greenpeace

Fathers4Justice climbing Buckingham palace as Batman

February 2024 BMA Junior Doctor Strike for Better Wages

Age UK representing 12 million pensioners constituting a large voting block.

Stonewall campaigned for equal rights and marriage equality for gay and trans people, leading to the Equality Act (2010) and the legalization of same sex marriage in 2014.

Human Rights Act 1998 - Incorporates the ECHR

Freedom of Information Act 2000 - Allows anyone to request information from the UK government

The Equality Act 2010 - made discrimination on certain grounds illegal.

Abu Qateda was prevented from being deported in 2012 under the ECHR due to the risk of him being tortured but eventually he was removed from the country.

£350 million a week

Left Wing, Jeremy Corbyn supporting faction of Labour

In 2015, they received 3.8 million votes but only 1 seat where they proportionally would’ve gotten almost 90.

68 governments in 76 years because of Proportional Representation.

Osborne - former Chancellor of the Exchequer - became the editor in chief of the Evening Standard whilst an MP.

57% in 2023.

52-48%

79

Labour faction which has conservative values, harsh on immigration but left-leaning on economic policies