PM and Cabinet

Question 1

Who started the covid furlough scheme?

Answer 1

Rishi Sunak as chancellor

Question 2

What were the two types of conservatives with Thatcher

Answer 2

Wets and Drys

Question 3

Who is Fiona Onasanya?

Answer 3

jail for lying about speeding

2% of her constituents signed a recall petition which triggered a
bi-election in her constituency of
Peterborough.

She lost, showing that her constituents held her to account through direct democracy

Question 4

What does Theresa Mays failure to pass brexit bill show?

Answer 4

Weak governance due to weak executive control

Question 5

Example of a ‘big beast’ in Johnsons cabinet?

Answer 5

George Osborne

Question 6

Issue with Major and IMR

Answer 6

Various financial and sexual scandals involving junior ministers and backbenchers

Cash for Questions scandal
Conservative MPs were accused of accepting money to ask questions in Parliament on behalf of business interests
Such as Tim Smith

Question 7

What is Majors cash for questions scandal

Answer 7

Lobbyists - Cash for Questions scandal
Conservative MPs were accused of accepting money to ask questions in Parliament on behalf of business interests
Such as Tim Smith (forced to resign)

Question 8

What did Phillip Hammond say May would say after each session

Answer 8

‘Ill think about it’