Compinent 2

Question 1

thatcher majority in 79?

Answer 1

43

Question 2

thatcher majority in 83?

Answer 2

144

Question 3

thatcher majority in 87?

Answer 3

102

Question 4

did thatcher use her cabinet much

Answer 4

no

Question 5

what policy did thatcher use to battle inflation

Answer 5

monetarism and this helped break away from post war consensus

Question 6

what thing that wasn’t related to thatcher led to her strength

Answer 6

1. north sea oil and gas coming online

2. faulklands war gave her strength

Question 7

where did thatcher not show good control

Answer 7

the ira bombs such as the brighton bomb which attacked her party conference

Question 8

what was the hestletine affair

Answer 8

hestletine resigned in 1986 over the selling on a helicopter company to the usa which led to issues

Question 9

what economic things happened badly which impacted thatcher

Answer 9

inflation was at 11% in 1990 and tensions in europe led to resignation of geoffery howe.

Question 10

blairs 97 majority

Answer 10

179

Question 11

blairs 01 majority

Answer 11

167

Question 12

blairs 05 majority

Answer 12

66

Question 13

when was blair first defeated in hoc

Answer 13

2005 about changing the terrorist suspects detention time to 90day without charge

Question 14

what inner party problem caused decline of blair

Answer 14

the agreement with blair and brown but blair didnt step down after the 2 terms which caused issues in 2005

Question 15

what was the issue with foreign policy that led to downfall of blair

Answer 15

the 9/11 war in iraq and the power vaccume that led to death

Question 16

what was camerons majority in 2015

Answer 16

12 and labour was very weak

Question 17

what was cameron and cleggs friendship called

Answer 17

the quad made up of cameron osbourne clegg and alexander

Question 18

what part of the parliament did cameron maintain

Answer 18

patronage so such as control of cabinet committees but not control over cabinet

Question 19

what was the coalition agreement for stability and reform

Answer 19

the idea that cameron doesnt have full control over cabinet

Question 20

why was the gov policy issues in 2010 unpopular

Answer 20

austerity measures were unpopular

Question 21

why was camerons budget and policies poor

Answer 21

2012 budget was reversed and the same sex marriage bill was mainly backed on liberal and labour votes

Question 22

why did cameron step down

Answer 22

he said in 2015 he would not stand another term but then resigned in 2017 after the brexit

Question 23

what is the name of the thing that is controversial and enables scottish to vote on our matters but we cant vote on theirs

Answer 23

west lothian question and EVEL

Question 24

what is an issue with a codified constitution?

Answer 24

unelected judges get the power from the elected mps such as the supreme court issue with brexit

Question 25

what did the royal commission under lord wakeham recommend in 2000

Answer 25

should be elected members in HOL up to 195/550 but not been enacted

Question 26

why would the british bill of rights be rubbish

Answer 26

it would only be an act of parliament so could be revoked. similarly, the fact law would be imposed by supreme court not ECHR is weird

Question 27

how popular is electoral reform right now?

Answer 27

• kier and labour seem pro
• 2011 little public support
• farage echoed calls for reform of voting system

Question 28

why has the fixed term parliament act been a failure

Answer 28

it created in 2011 but snap elections has just made it rubbish

Question 29

in 2021 what was the opinion poll for independence

Answer 29

30%

Question 30

what does the barnett formula mean

Answer 30

england is underfunded in comparison to the other ministers in comparison to spending per head

Question 31

what is evel

Answer 31

there is a special committee for them to vote on english but makes scotland seem as second class citizens but also is RUBBISH