AO1: Our system of FPTP fails to provide results which accurately reflect how people voted. AO2: Results are skewed beyond belief. MPs and Governments secure victory on far less than 50% support of the voting public. Election after election continues to expose the flaws in FPTP. AO3: We arrive at the conclusion that only PR can solve this problem – which is in essence one of legitimacy. AO1: Fatigue and disengagement continue to rise in politics amongst the general public. AO2: Ordinary citizens feel out of touch with the people who govern them, the process is one of alienation and if this fatigue and disengagement continues it will produce rule by an ever-smaller elite. AO3: We can reach a verdict that it can undermine the system of democracy itself. AO1: There is a lack of accountability by professional politicians. AO2: Elected politicians avoid taking responsibility for their decisions. This is achieved by either simply not revealing the truth or at worse lying. This affects the public when the decisions made have an impact on them. Democracy has to rely on accountability and transparency and when this disappears so does true democracy. AO3: We can conclude that If we cannot see what actions have been taken in the public's name democracy is undermined. AO1: Power over individual rights is excessive and corrodes liberal democracy. AO2: Governments are keen to preserve their power and status and have over time chipped away at individual rights and increased their power over ordinary people to do such things as legitimately protest and discover truths concealed from them. AO3: It becomes easy to conclude that when rights are denied by government a whole array of democratic opportunities is lost.

AO1: Democracy in the UK is distinguished by open and free debate. No views are silenced, and we tolerate differing points of view. AO2: The different views in the UK are seen by not having any restrictions on new parties and pressure groups forming to put their views across. This openness so very much integral to our democracy reveals a pluralist democracy with numerous avenues for open debate and a regular increase of democratic channels. AO3: It is easy to conclude that this makes the UK a healthy democracy. AO1: New governments are formed and old ones are removed by the public. AO2: As new governments form with a mandate for change it means that new ideas and new policies become available in the UK democratic system. AO3: The peaceful transition of power – or indeed the sharing of power in a coalition government - is a beacon of democracy as parties give way to others. AO1: Our system of democracy is well furnished with methods of ensuring accountability. AO2: Government ministers and PMs are held to account by an assembly of all parts of the UK – Parliament. Sitting MPs can be subject to recall in certain circumstances. The ballot box can and does remove politicians and parties who have failed. Legislation is in place which ensures transparency such as the Freedom of Information Act – and this has been effectively deployed to hold politicians to account. AO3: This shows that democracy is alive and well in the UK. AO1: Our electoral system is seen as being 'free, fair and open.' – it thus has legitimacy and competence. AO2: On a practical side, FPTP almost always transfers governing power to the party with the most support in the country, it also allows governments who can implement their election manifesto and get things done. AO3: To conclude we see FPTP as having more strengths than weaknesses across a range of issues from geographical representation to keeping out extremism.