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Outline two functions of political parties Two functions of political parties are the representative function and the participation function. The representative function of parties is to enable the views of the general public and their members in particular to be heard. Some parties also represent specific sectional groups, for example the Labour Party traditionally gives a voice to Trade Union members. The participation function is to encourage the public to become active in politics, and to provide a forum in which people's views can be shown and discussed. How different is 'new' labour from 'old' labour? When Tony Blair became leader of the Labour Party in 1994 he believed that rapid social and international change had made many traditional ideologies from both right and left redundant. Blair, like Clinton, is an advocate of the Third Way, and built New Labour around Third Way philosophies, changing many of the ideas and...

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