A-Level Politics Edexcel UPDATED SCRIPT
2026 PRACTICE SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
● Anti-permissiveness. Answer: A rejection of permissiveness, which is
the belief that people should make their own moral choices, suggesting
there is no objective right and wrong.
● Atomism. Answer: The idea that society is made up of self-interested
and self-sufficient individuals (known as also known as egotistical
individualism)
● Authority. Answer: For Conservatives, this is the idea that people in
higher positions in society are best able to make decisions in the
interests of the whole society;authority thus comes from above. From the
anarchic perspective authority is the the right of one person or institution
to influence the behavior of, and is seen as commanding, controlling and
corrupting.
● Autocratic State. Answer: A state that is ruled by a single person with
unlimited power.
● Backbenchers. Answer: MPs or Lords who do not hold any
government office.
, ● Cabinet. Answer: The Prime Minister and senior ministers, most of
who lead a particular government department.
● class consciousness. Answer: The self-understanding of social class
that is a historical phenomenon, created out of a collective struggle
● Class dealignment. Answer: The process where individuals no longer
identify themselves as belonging to a certain class and for political
purposes fail to make a class connection with their voting pattern.
● coalition government. Answer: A government that is formed of more
than one political party. It is normally accompanied by an agreement
over policy options and office of state, as was the Conservative-Liberal-
Democrat coalition from 2010-2015
● collective responsibility. Answer: Principle by which ministers must
support Cabinet decisions or leave the Executive.
● Common ownership. Answer: Ownership of the means of production
so that all are able to benefit from the wealth of society and to
participate in its running.
● Confidence and supply. Answer: The rights to remove the government
and to grant or withhold funding. Also used to describe a type of
informal coalition agreement where the minority partner agrees to
provide these things in exchange for policy concessions.
2026 PRACTICE SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
● Anti-permissiveness. Answer: A rejection of permissiveness, which is
the belief that people should make their own moral choices, suggesting
there is no objective right and wrong.
● Atomism. Answer: The idea that society is made up of self-interested
and self-sufficient individuals (known as also known as egotistical
individualism)
● Authority. Answer: For Conservatives, this is the idea that people in
higher positions in society are best able to make decisions in the
interests of the whole society;authority thus comes from above. From the
anarchic perspective authority is the the right of one person or institution
to influence the behavior of, and is seen as commanding, controlling and
corrupting.
● Autocratic State. Answer: A state that is ruled by a single person with
unlimited power.
● Backbenchers. Answer: MPs or Lords who do not hold any
government office.
, ● Cabinet. Answer: The Prime Minister and senior ministers, most of
who lead a particular government department.
● class consciousness. Answer: The self-understanding of social class
that is a historical phenomenon, created out of a collective struggle
● Class dealignment. Answer: The process where individuals no longer
identify themselves as belonging to a certain class and for political
purposes fail to make a class connection with their voting pattern.
● coalition government. Answer: A government that is formed of more
than one political party. It is normally accompanied by an agreement
over policy options and office of state, as was the Conservative-Liberal-
Democrat coalition from 2010-2015
● collective responsibility. Answer: Principle by which ministers must
support Cabinet decisions or leave the Executive.
● Common ownership. Answer: Ownership of the means of production
so that all are able to benefit from the wealth of society and to
participate in its running.
● Confidence and supply. Answer: The rights to remove the government
and to grant or withhold funding. Also used to describe a type of
informal coalition agreement where the minority partner agrees to
provide these things in exchange for policy concessions.
