Labour 1970s

Question 1

What was the balance of payment deficit and inflation % when Wilson came into power in march 1974

Answer 1

3 Billion and 15%

Question 2

What year did Wilson negotiate the social contract with the trades union congress

Answer 2

1973

Question 3

Who was Wilsons Chancellor?

Answer 3

Denis Healy

Question 4

Which failing car manufacturer was nationalised

Answer 4

British Leyland

Question 5

When was the 3 day week

Answer 5

1st January-7th March 1974

Question 6

When did Wilson reign as Prime minister

Answer 6

3rd March 1976

Question 7

when/how did Labour lose their majority

Answer 7

March 1977, lost in by elections

Question 8

What did Callaghan call “the two evils”

Answer 8

unemployment and inflation

Question 9

What did inflation decrease to from 1975-1976

Answer 9

27% to 13%

Question 10

Which month had the highest balance of payments surplus on record

Answer 10

August 1977

Question 11

When was the 1976 IMF loan payed off

Answer 11

Payed in full by 1979

Question 12

Why was 1977 a state of emergency

Answer 12

Firefighters Strike, Winter of discontent, Public health (binmen strike, eg Leicester square)

Question 13

What did TUC not support in 1978?

Answer 13

5% pay cap

Question 14

What did Labour whip Joe Ashton say about Callaghan?

Answer 14

“A magnificent job with hardly a majority”

Question 15

What did Ford lorry drivers achieve after a 9 weeks strike

Answer 15

15% increase in wage

Question 16

What was the average pay increase from the winter of discontent

Answer 16

10%

Question 17

When did Callaghan fail to call an election when he was likely to win?

Answer 17

Autumn 1978

Question 18

What did Callaghan promise to move ahead with following 12 liberal MPs voting against conservative vote of no confidence

Answer 18

Devolution in Scotland and Wales

Question 19

When did Labour lose a vote of no confidence?

Answer 19

1979 due to Scottish devolution

Question 20

Which media outlets supported the conservatives?

Answer 20

The Sun, The Times, The Economist (more academic)

Question 21

What was the Conservatives majority from the 1979 general election

Answer 21

43

Question 22

What did foreign Journalists call Labours industrial relations problems

Answer 22

‘The British Disease’

Question 23

What did Labours amendment to the 1978 Scotland act mean

Answer 23

At least 40% of Scotland’s Electorate had to vote for devolution for it to pass