Lesson 40 (both)

Question 1

Class dealignment

Answer 1

When class began to lose its importance as the deciding factor of voting

Question 2

How did the working class vote until 1970?

Answer 2

Labour

as It was linked to the trade union movement

Question 3

Why did class dealignment happen under Thatcher?

Answer 3

Reduced trade union power

Working class people liking Thatcher’s right to buy scheme

Working class not resenting the upper - classes but wishing to become them

Question 4

in 1995, what Labour commitment did Blair drop?

Answer 4

the public ownership of industry

Question 5

Why are older people more likely to vote tory?

Answer 5

Have wealth

Have property

Less idealistic and more pragmatic ( ‘optimists with experience’ )

Question 6

What happened in March 1979?

Answer 6

James Callaghan

was forced to call an immediate general election

as he lost a vote of no confidence by 1 vote

(311 to 310)

Question 7

What party was James Callaghan?

Answer 7

Labour

Question 8

What type of government was Callaghan’s?

Answer 8

A minority one

Question 9

What made Callaghan unpopular?

Answer 9

The increasing trade union strikes

Which he didn’t want to do much about as he was Labour

Plus was a minority goverment creating a zombie parliament

Question 10

What is an example of class dealignment during Boris’ general election?

Answer 10

The North always votes Labour

due to their history with Thatcher

but they voted for Boris