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Democracy Flashcards
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- 1What are the key features of a Democracy?P - Elected by the people
E - The people vote for their leaders every
few years to keep their voices heard.
E - SP elections - most recent in 2021
P - Many political rights
E - These are the rights that grant us political freedom, like freedom of speech, protesting and voting.
E - Pressure groups and protesting, such
as Greenpeace activism and BLM
marches
P - Free speech
E - Being able to discuss anything in
media and criticise government
without fear of punishment.
E - Many Scottish newspapers scrutinised Nicola Sturgeon for her handling of the COVID-19 Pandemic - 2Devolved PowersP - Health
E - To make sure the Scottish people are as healthy as possible and have the medical access needed.
E - Health and Sports Committee looked at The Organ Donation Bill
P - Education
E - Have the best education possible by granting opportunities to students and adding t the curriculum.
E - Laptops for learning, 2020
P - Law & Order
E - To keep Scotland safe and a decent place to live for everyone, by passing laws, such as law enforcement bills.
E - Hate crime bill, April 2021 - 3Role of First MinisterP - Lead Scottish Government
E - Approve Free Bus Travel for Scottish people up to the age of 22
P - Represent Scotland
E - Attend COVID COBRA Meetings/Promotes Scotland to other
countries
P - Appoint Cabinet Secretaries and Government Ministers
E - John Swinney - Covid recovery - 4WHy is the First Minister powerful?P - The FM is the leader
E - she is in charge of the SNP and parliament, she gets the final say on things such as bills.
E - approved the Covid Lockdown strategies
P - The FM can appoint and
remove cabinet members
E - The Scottish Cabinet is the group of
people who form the government and
help lead the country. The FM can add and remove MSPs to the cabinet if she thinks they are good or not good enough.
E - Shirley-Anne Somerville was recently appointed as the Education Secretary
P - The FM approves deals with
other parties
E - Free Bus Travel for Scottish
teenagers that was a Green Party policy - 5Why isn't the First Minister powerful?P - The FM is only
responsible for devolved matters
E - The FM has no control over
international borders
P - The FM must make deals
with other parties to pass bills
E - The SNP and FM need to make deals because they do not make up the majority of the parliament.
E - The SNP has had to make a deal with
the Greens. They agreed to fund free
bus travel for under 18s
P - The FM is accountable to
parliament
E - She has to
E - FM Question time, Thursday 12PM
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