Labour Party

Question 1

Starmer’s policy similarities with Old Labour

Answer 1

Common ownership of railway, mail, energy and water

Question 2

Corbyn 2017 Labour Manifesto

Answer 2

Most socialist since 1983, emulating 1945

Question 3

Starmer’s economic policy is in line with Corbyn’s

Answer 3

Abolish universal credit, reverse cuts in corporation tax and increase income tax for top 5% of earners

Question 4

How is Starmer’s crime policy similar to New Labour

Answer 4

He wants to introduce tougher sentences for rapists and domestic abusers
Tough on antisocial behaviour

Question 5

Constitutional reforms advocated by Starmer which are similar to New Labour

Answer 5

Abolish House of Lords and replace it with an elected chamber
Set up a federal system to devolve powers, like regional investment banks

Question 6

How is Starmer’s leadership similar to Old Labour

Answer 6

Yet to make any massive alternatives to Corbyn’s policy

Question 7

Corbyn’s Labour leadership election

Answer 7

Gained a larger majority than Blair did in 1994

Question 8

What socialist aspect of Labour did Corbyn bring back

Answer 8

Clause 4

Question 9

Starmer’s 2022 New Year Speech quote on Attlee

Answer 9

Referred to the 1945 Attlee government as the ‘Titans of 1945’

Question 10

How is Starmer’s leadership more like New Labour

Answer 10

Portrayed as soft left and New Labour candidate in Labour leadership elections

Question 11

Corbyn’s failures within the party

Answer 11

Was never popular with the Labour MPs as he was with the public
He had a vote of no confidence filed against him in 2016

Question 12

Corbyn’s electoral failures

Answer 12

Lost 60 seats in the 2019 general election

Question 13

How is the membership of Labour similar to that of Old Labour

Answer 13

Growth of momentum suggest that the youth want to move back to Old Labour

Question 14

How many members does Momentum have in 2021

Answer 14

25,000

Question 15

How popular was Corbyn with the labour supporters

Answer 15

Won the support of 70% of registered supporters in the second leadership election in 2016

Question 16

How is Labour’s support different to that of Old Labour

Answer 16

Lost 60 seats in last election, lost 8% of national vote

Question 17

How is the Labour Party not trusted in the current climate

Answer 17

Conservatives linked to stable economic policy, and with the impact of Brexit and the pandemic Labour doesn’t get much of a look in

Question 18

Increased NHS spending

Answer 18

4.3%

Question 19

What does Starmer want to do to the NHS

Answer 19

Eliminate outsourcing

Question 20

What left Labour MP resigned in Starmer’s cabinet shuffle

Answer 20

Cat Smith, from Shadow ministry of young people and democracy

Question 21

How is Starmer’s cabinet more similar to Blair’s than Wilson’s

Answer 21

It is smaller, with ministers having multiple titles