Facts and Figures

UK

  1. 1 65% voted in 2010 in General election
  2. 46% of people voted for Russell Brown
  3. Glenda Jackson – 42 more votes than competitors
  4. David Mundell won constituency with 38% of votes
  5. Recent laws – Universal credits/ replace various benefits with one single payment / bedroom tax
  6. Recent Debates/ Prime Minister Question Time = Fracking/ Syria/Universal Credits
  7. Famous Faces – Michael Gove – Education Minister. Maria Miller – former Minister of Culture – resigned due to expenses
  8. Insider – British Medical Association – Outsider – Fathers4Justice
  9. Proportional Representation is fairer than FPTP. As in PR the number of seats won is in proportion to the number of votes.
  10. Labour won 29% of votes and got over 200 seats, but Lib Dems won 23% of votes but only got 57 seats.
  11. Alan Sugar – business expert in house of lords. Sebastian Coe – Sports expert – helped with Olympic bid
  12. Lord Hanningfield – House of Lords expenses – clocking in – over £300 a day
  13. Private Members bill – Any MP can introduce a bill e..g currently being debated is return to capital punishment for some crimes
  14. Select Committees – MPs and Lords are members e.g. MP might join environment committee if a new runway was being built in their area, to serve constituents.
  15. UK reserved powers – currency/ benefits/ war/immigration
Crime and the law
  1. 60% of people reoffend in 2 years
  2. Cannabis – Grade B drug
  3. Sheriff – Max with solemn procedure is unlimited fine and 5 years prison
  4. District court – Max ( summary only) 60 days prison and £1000 fine
  5. 50% of crime committed under alcohol influence
  6. Most prisoners in Scotland come from the most deprived areas in Scotland
  7. Most sectarian crime ( over religion) takes place in Glasgow. Football – Rangers (Protestant) versus Celtic ( Catholic)
  8. London riots – Type of crime – damage to property/ opportunist/ poverty/young people committing crime/ impact on communities e.g. loss of business and homes
  9. MP expenses scandal – recent Culture Minister Maria Miller – Fraud / Greed
  10. Over £25,000 for prison for a year
  11. Murder – SECC security guard
  12. Peak age for male crime is 19-20 ( Most males drink driving(
  13. Minimum price act – 50p per unit. Bottle of wine £4.69
  14. Are alcohol laws successful – Focus on problems with minimum price / should be higher age limit for buying / current youth drinking problems
  15. Only 10% of London rioters were female
  16. Traffic offences – speeding/mobile/drunk/no insurance/ no seatbelt/no licence
  17. Successful traffic laws J drop in deaths due to speeding/no seatbelt L Tighter laws needed for young people e.g Young Men – curfews/ limits for passengers

America

  1. 81% of 113th congress are white
  2. 80% of 113th congress are male
  3. 8% of 113th congress are black but make up 12% of population
  4. 50% of blacks are middle class
  5. 74% of whites are middle class
  6. Highland park is 95% black
  7. Hispanics are group with least health care
  8. TANF – payments only 5 years
  9. Fannie May collapse in housing sparked world wide recession
  10. American brands and AMericainsation of culture e.g. Google/ Microsfot/GAP/ Subway
  11. Type of Govt in USA – Democracy - Federal democracy ( whole country) State ( individual) e.g. state decide on death penalty – texas / age of consent. A president – commander in chief / represents USA abroad. ( Separation of powers split – Judicial branch- supreme court / Legislative branch (Congress) / Executive- President and White house)
  12. Recent laws – sanctions on russia for Ukraine/ Obamacare
  13. Interest group -National Rifle Association