11 - Problems For The Labour Government Flashcards
With what sector did Labour have poor relations with? What did this disrupt?
Industry
Distribution
Where did The Troubles begin in the UK?
Northern Ireland
What groups did Labour initially have strong relations with? What did they not work in?
Trade unions
Harmony
What type of unrest was present in the 1960s? What damaging strike took place in 1966?
Industrial unrest
Seamen’s strike
Why did the Prices and Income Freeze of 1966 fail?
Unions struck for higher pay
What White Paper was produced in 1969? What did this restrict?
“In Place of Strife”
Strikes
What was needed to strike under the White Paper? What periods were proposed?
A proper ballot
Cooling-off periods
What would employers have to honour under the White Paper? Who would they have to consult to undergo changes?
Agreements
Trade unions
What did the White Paper split? Who particularly opposed the document?
Government
James Callaghan
What groups refused to co-operate with the Paper? What were they threatening Labour with?
Trade unions
Budget cuts
What happened to the White Paper? What did a lack of policy contribute to in 1970?
Abandoned
Election defeat
What is Northern Ireland also known as? What did part of Ireland form after splitting in the 1921 settlement?
Ulster
Independent Irish Republic
Where was Ulster’s parliament located? What did it take responsibility for?
Stormont
Domestic affairs
What religious group dominated Stormont? How did they retain power in elections?
Protestants
Gerrymandering - unfair political advantage
What did Ulster’s Catholic minority face? Where did this take place in particular?
Discrimination
Housing and jobs
What Ulster group was seen as an organisation of repression by Catholics?
Royal Ulster Constabulary
By what time were tensions and violence mounting in Northern Ireland? What time period did this contrast?
Late 1960s
Peace of the post-war period
What rights did Catholics demand in the late 1960s? From who did their protests come under attack from?
Civil rights
Protestants
Where was there a serious outbreak of Catholic and Protestant violence in August 1969? How did Labour respond to this?
Londonderry
Sent out troops to restore order
What organisation was formed to get the Irish to take back control of NI?
The Provisional IRA
How did NI see the Provisional IRA? What did they feel could be reached if they left the Protestants alone?
As a colonial power
A settlement
Who opposed the Provisional IRA?
Protestant Ulster Unionists
What 2 groups did the Protestant Ulster Unionists form?
Ulster Defence Association (UDA)
Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF)
What was the state of Ulster like religiously by the early 1970s?
A civil war between Protestants and Catholics
