3.9 Labour Party in Opposition

Question 1

How many Labour Party members were there by 1979?

Answer 1

600,000

Question 2

Who was the Labour leader between 1970-74?

Answer 2

Tony Benn

Question 3

What did Tony Benn advocate for?

Answer 3

Wider state ownership

Unilateral disarmament

Withdrawal from the EEC

Abolition of the House of Lords

Reform of the Official Secrets Act

Greater democracy within the party

Question 4

What was the party vulnerable to?

Answer 4

Militants

Question 5

What ‘unpopular’ causes was the Labour Party associated with?

Answer 5

Feminism, homosexuality, and republicanism in Northern Ireland

Question 6

Who wrote Socialism Now in 1974?

Answer 6

Tony Crosland

Question 7

What did Tony Crosland attack in Socialism Now?

Answer 7

The failures of the 1960s governments for failing to regenerate the economy or promote economic growth

Question 8

Who was on the right of the Labour Party?

Answer 8

Jenkins and Shirley Williams

Question 9

What direction did the Labour Party seem to be looking in between 1970-74?

Answer 9

Backwards