Pressure group examples Flashcards

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Liberty recent reform

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  • March 2026 misogyny as a hate crime,
  • coordinated over 150,000 emails to MPs inboxes
  • Led to government change on the Crime and Policing Act
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Outsider group using judiciary to make changes

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  • The Good Law Project
  • Used judicial review in Jan 2026
  • protesting the effect of Pharmacy first scheme which creates digital-only pharmacy bookings
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Civil disobedience from an outsider group

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  • Shut the System (STS) cutting cables Jan 2025
  • against ‘fossil fuel finance’ cutting fibre optic cables for companies such as JPMorgan and Allianz
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Example of Lobbyist

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Jim Murphy with Northrop Grumman
Former Sec of State for Scot and Labour MP
Increase defence budget to 2.5%

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