Labour party Flashcards
Labour party was formed out of what groups or associations ?
Trade Unions
their first MP was ?
Keir Hardie
Their first PM was
Ramsey Mcdonald
After the second world war, their PM was ?
Clement Atlee
Atlee introduced reforms such as ?
the NHS and the modern welfare state
Jim Callaghan’s labour government of 1979 was brought down by which winter ?
‘the winter of discontent’
After the 1979 election, the labour party’s far left manifesto was nicknamed ?
the longest suicide note in history
Which 1980’s leader advocated leaving NATO, leaving the EU and abandoning nuclear weapons ?
Michael Foot
Labour rebranded themselves in 1997 as . . .?
New labour
Tony Blair moved the labour party on the political spectrum to . . . ?
The centre
Tony Blair described his party as between the new right and old socialism, called . . .?
the third way
Fearing the public would not accept socialism, New Labour called their ideology
communitarianism
Gordon Brown moved the labour party where on the political spectrum ?
the left
Gordon Brown was succeeded as labour leader by ?
Ed Milliband
Ed Milliband struggled to position his labour party because . . . ?
He couldn’t move to the left and look irresponsible, or the right and look like an austerity supporter
Jeremy Corbyn’s faction in the labour party is called ?
momentum
Which faction of the labour party wishes to return to Blairism ?
purple labour
Which faction of the Labour party wishes to move right and recapture traditional working class voters ?
Blue Labour
Name 3 policy achievements of new labour in 1997 :
- Devolved assemblies for Scotland, Wales and N Ireland
- increased spending on education and school buildings
- PPI contracts to offer services in NHS hospitals
Tony Blair’s new labour party controlled their media tightly through two spin doctors :
Peter Mandelson and Alistair Campbell
