Politics lesson plan

The Campaigns. pg 195-196
Leadership. pgs 195-196
Immediate consequences. pgs 198
Divided outcomes. pgs 196-198
Longer-term consequences. own knowledge

Create an essay plan for this question:
Evaluate how far economic concerns explain the result of the referendum to leave the European Union in 2016
. three factors
. arguments/counter
. start with factor in the question, explain its importance and (if you can) counter it
. what other reasons were there for Brexit?

QUESTIONS: use pgs 173-174 + own knowledge of recent case studies, to answer questions on Brexit and the Supreme Court
1. What are the ECtHR and the ECHR, and which Act brought the ECHR into British law?
2. Why do some people want Britain to no longer follow the ECHR?
3. Why has leaving the EU not necessarily removed Britain from the ECHR?
4. What is the Council of Europe and how does it differ from the EU?
5. What is the ECJ and what impact has Brexit had on its role in the UK?
6. What impact could leaving the EU & maybe also the ECHR have on the power of the UK Supreme Court?
7. What did the Miller cases in 2017 and 2019 say about Supreme Court power?

IMPORTANT CASE STUDIES:
1) The 1997 General Election (electoral system, voting behaviour, power of the PM, efficiency of the Commons at scrutinising the government which makes the Lords more important).

BREXIT ON...
The UK constitution and devolution:
- massive change to the UK Constitution
- request for a second referendum on Scottish Independence (denied)
- DUP refused to endorse a Brexit deal that would lead to either a hard border on the island of Ireland or to Northern Island being treated differently from the rest of the UK.
- 2019 prorogation of Parliament described as a constitutional outrage by John Bercow (previous speaker)

Parliament:
- increase in power of Parliament, e.g. May's 33 defeats + Johnson's multiple defeats soon after taking office (weak position of government + no majority)
- Parliament more able to exercise responsibility of scrutiny
- parliamentary paralysis over what kind of Brexit should take place

PM and the executive:
- tells us what factors affect the strength of a PM, size majority + party unity.
- ended the premiership of David Cameron and Theresa May (who was forced out of her own party)
- Johnson's prorogation of Parliament overruled by the Supreme Court, limiting powers used by the PM

The Supreme Court:
- willing to limit the power of the executive in order to reinforce parliamentary sovereignty
- done by insisting that Parliament had to approve the triggering of Article 50
- also done by declaring Boris Johnson's prorogation of Parliament unlawful
- led to criticisms that Supreme Court has become politicised or activist