Party Relations - Key Facts Flashcards
What did Macmillan do in the Party
Restore Party unity
Macmillan’s Chief Whip
Edward Heath
Ideology that was beginning to emerge in the Conservative Party
New Right
Name of the people involved in the spy scandals
- John Vassall (1962)
- Kim Philby (1963)
Controversial Divorce
Argyll Divorce
Headless Man was believed to be …
Duncan Sands
Government position of John Profumo
Secretary of State for War
Name of the person that Profumo had an affair with
Christine Keeler
Name of the man who was on trial for living off prostitution
Stephen Ward
How was the trial of Stephen Ward connected to the problems of the Rent Act
One of the ‘call girls’ was Mandy Rice-Davis, ex-girlfriend of slum landlord Peter Rachman
Name of the events that followed the resignation of Macmillan
The Blackpool Intrigue
Two most obvious candidates for the leadership position
- Lord Hailsham - Quintin Hogg
- RAB Butler
Name of the person that succeeded Macmillan
Sir Alec Douglas-Home
Where was the 1959 Labour Party Conference
Blackpool
Where was the 1960 Labour Party Conference
Scarborough