UK Politics Component 1 Think Tanks, Lobbyists and Corporations

[@Alex-xd1uy]

It's weird because the course hardly covers think tanks, lobbyists or corporations and yet we're expected to answer a very detailed 30 marker on them

[@Alex-xd1uy]

Which is to say they hardly mention any of the things you covered in this video - so thank you!

[@caavalca]

this was very helpful! ive always had a bit of a hard time understanding lobbying and lobbyists but this made it clearer. thank you :)

[@AlanHistoryNerd]

Glad it helped!

[@meeraassan3098]

Currently revising for my upcoming assessments, thank you for the help! :)

[@AlanHistoryNerd]

Glad it was helpful! Good luck with the assessments

[@aemiliacape4037]

You’re a legend

[@AlanHistoryNerd]

Thank you!!

[@sophiaosborne5058]

This was so useful thank you so much!!

[@AlanHistoryNerd]

You're so welcome!

[@rev6241]

i suppose David Cameron is an example of the revolving door.

[@bluecomedy864]

Thank you for these. Are you going through the entire A-Level Politics course?

[@AlanHistoryNerd]

I’m going to do my best to

[@brucejones1123]

Please do a half hour just on lobbying.

[@amyukulele]

Thank you so much for this video, Alan! Do you think lobbyists have any positive impact on democracy at all? I'm trying to write pros and cons of each in my revision notes but it just seems like a huge corrupt mess ahaha

[@AlanHistoryNerd]

Hi Amy, it is hard to balance up but they do represent charities and interest groups looking to do good as well as corporations. They act as a channel that enable ideas and research to be presented to decision makers. In this way they play a role in pluralism. Without lobbyists you could argue that government would be making decisions based on less information and without all interested groups presenting their views.

[@j.m.r.f6286]

Thank you

[@AlanHistoryNerd]

You're welcome

[@eviebeeswax1307]

is this for edexcel? havent seen corporations before

[@AlanHistoryNerd]

Yes edexcel

[@annuntirith7314]

I enjoy think tanks

[@AlanHistoryNerd]

Good to hear

[@mustafakhan131]

For the edexcel spec do we have to know all the different think tanks and pressure groups eg for think tanks as long as we know one eg fabian society is that ok or do we need to know adam smith and a neutral one too

[@AlanHistoryNerd]

I'd suggest you need a good range of examples, making sure you have examples for the different types and examples that are associated with the main political parties (good for illustrating how an outsider group can become an insider group and vice versa) and of ones that are more neutral

[@sadiawahid5986]

Thank you for this. Is it possible to access the presentations anywhere?

[@AlanHistoryNerd]

Unfortunately not at the moment other than through KZbin

[@sophieseitler7639]

hi alan- do you do essay marking ?

[@aaminahhussain2053]

Howdy Alan, do you know any good examples/cases of when a corporation pressed the government to change policy in order to gain an advantage against foreign competition?

[@sophieseitler7639]

has lobbying really had an impact on political parties to change policy?

[@AlanHistoryNerd]

I would say yes, this is an interesting article on lobbying www.politics.co.uk/reference/lobbying/

[@MuhammadAhmed-oc6ol]

@@AlanHistoryNerd do you have any specific examples of policy changes due to lobbying? Thanks

[@rattlesnakejake9874]

@@MuhammadAhmed-oc6ol exam is in 9 hours bro, just make one up in the exam 💀

[@aaaaaaa6954]

Did Nissan and Ford and the banking sector get lower taxes?

[@AlanHistoryNerd]

They got various perks to make them staying worthwhile, both financial and regulatory I believe

[@aaaaaaa6954]

@@AlanHistoryNerd thanks for the help

[@terataaileen6589]

SIR why think tank made a very BAD analysis on our future President Marcos Jr.?i hope you can make video abt this.Our election next May can impact bad impression international community.thank you