Topic-general drill · pressure groups
Pressure groups · Quiz
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How this works. 12 multiple-choice questions on the named evidence, key concepts and analytical lines for this question. Select one answer per question, then Submit to mark.
Q1
Who coined the insider / outsider pressure-group distinction?
A Robert Dahl
B Wyn Grant
C Joseph Nye
D Susan Strange
Explanation. Wyn Grant. The distinction is central to AO2 analysis on this topic.
Q2
What are Wyn Grant's three tiers?
A Insider / outsider / hybrid
B Sectional / cause / promotional
C Core / specialist / peripheral
D Primary / secondary / tertiary
Explanation. Core insider (institutionalised), specialist insider (technical), peripheral insider (occasional).
Q3
Which group secured a 22% pay deal under Labour in September 2024?
A NFU
B BMA junior doctors
C RCN
D NEU
Explanation. BMA junior doctors. Largest sustained NHS industrial action in history.
Q4
Which group won three judicial reviews on UK air quality 2015-18?
A Friends of the Earth
B Greenpeace
C ClientEarth
D Extinction Rebellion
Explanation. ClientEarth. Forced Westminster to produce a compliant Air Quality Plan.
Q5
Just Stop Oil disbanded in which month?
A October 2024
B December 2024
C March 2025
D May 2025
Explanation. March 2025. JSO announced the end of disruption campaigns. Never reversed a single oil licence.
Q6
Which Act was passed in direct response to Insulate Britain / JSO direct action?
A Police Act 2022
B Public Order Act 2023
C Protest Act 2024
D Civil Disobedience Act 2022
Explanation. Public Order Act 2023. Created new offences targeting protest-related obstruction.
Q7
Which think tank cluster drove the September 2022 Truss-Kwarteng mini-budget?
A IPPR / Resolution Foundation
B Demos / Fabian Society
C IEA / ASI (Tufton Street)
D Chatham House / RUSI
Explanation. IEA and ASI — Tufton Street free-market cluster. Mark Littlewood (IEA) was the pipeline figure.
Q8
What did the Greensill scandal 2021 expose?
A Foreign donations to MPs
B Gap in the Transparency of Lobbying Act 2014
C Civil-service corruption
D EU lobbying
Explanation. Cameron's text-message lobbying revealed the Lobbying Act 2014 only covered consultant lobbyists, not in-house.
Q9
What was Stellantis 2024?
A Donated to Reform UK
B Threatened Vauxhall closures over ZEV mandate
C Sued the UK government
D Acquired Ford UK
Explanation. Threatened to close Vauxhall plants over the Zero Emission Vehicle mandate. Westminster softened the rules. De facto core insider.
Q10
When did the NFU lead a mass London protest?
A October 2023
B April 2024
C November 2024
D February 2025
Explanation. November 2024. Against the inheritance-tax change. Core insider using outsider tactics.
Q11
What did ASH achieve in 2006?
A Health Act (smoking ban)
B Tobacco Display Act
C Plain Packaging Act
D Sunak phased tobacco ban
Explanation. Health Act 2006 banned smoking in public places. Specialist insider win for ASH.
Q12
What is the central line of argument on pressure-group influence?
A Pressure groups dominate all UK policy
B Pressure groups have lost all influence to lobbyists
C Pressure groups remain significant but unevenly across policy areas
D Pressure groups now matter only on social policy
Explanation. Influence is significant but uneven. Sectoral wins, judicial wins, outsider failures. Policy-area dependent.
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