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1
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When was Thatcher’s third election victory?

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1987

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when was thatcher’s bruges speech?

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1988

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in 1989 who did thatcher defeat in leadership?

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Anthony Meyer

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what happened in 1990

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Poll tax crisis
Britain joined the ERM
Thatcher lost leadership contest- led to her resignation
Major became PM

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5
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what happened in 1991?

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citizens charter
coalition forces liberated Kuwait

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what happened in 1992?

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Britain left the ERM
Maastricht treaty

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when was the euro-rebellion and ratification of the maastricht treaty?

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1993

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when did blair become leader of labour?

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1994

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9
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when did major win party leadership election? (2nd)

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1995

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which ministers did thatcher lose support of?

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Heseltine, Lawson and Howe

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11
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When did Heseltine resign?

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1986

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12
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when did Lawson resign?

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1989

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13
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When did Howe resign?

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1990

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14
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what did the 1986 big bag lead to?

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1987 stock market

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what did the Lawson boom do?

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increase inflation by 10.9%

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16
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when was poll tax replaced?

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1993- replaced with council tax

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17
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when did Major with the vote of no confidence?

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1990

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18
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who did Major compete with for leadership?

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Heseltine and Douglas-Hurd

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19
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how many seats did Major win with?

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367 votes to 247

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20
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when did Major win his first election?

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1992

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21
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who was predicted to win the 1992 election?

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Labour

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22
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what type of campaigning did Major do to win?

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soapbox campaign

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23
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how many seats did the conservatives win with (1992)?

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21 seats

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24
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in 1992 how many households were in negative equity?

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increased from 300,000 to 900,000

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why did so many people have negative equity on their house?

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people hurried to buy a house in fear there would be none left

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what was the ERM?

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european exchange rate mechanism

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27
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when did Britain join the ERM?

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October 1990- led by Major

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28
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what were the terms that Thatcher would enter the ERM with?

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the pound valued at a high rate

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29
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what did entering the ERM cause?

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over a million people lost their jobs due to international trade declined
reduced inflation
no prosperity like the Germans
negative equity

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what caused the pound to be devalued?

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German bank raised interest rates so Britain had to follow, traders bought the deutschmark and sell the pound –> devalues the pound

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when did the government refuse to devalue the pound and leave the ERM?

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1992

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32
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who was the chancellor of the Exchequer at the time of Black Wednesday?

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Norman Lamont

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33
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which country was struggling most with the German interest rates?

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Italy

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How did Lamont try to rectify the economic crashes in Britain and other countries due to german interest rates?

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Asked Germany to lower the rates - they refused

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what was Germany’s offer in regards to economies crashing in the ERM

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offered to cut interest rates if everyone else devalued

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36
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what happened on 11th September 1992?

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Italy tried to prevent their economy from collapse

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37
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what happened on 14th September 1992?

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sellers got spooked so people began selling the pound

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38
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when was black Wednesday?

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16th Wednesday 1992

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39
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what were people doing with the pound on black Wednesday?

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selling it at high ERM rates and buying it back for cheap sold £5b

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how much were the bank of England spending trying to save the pound?

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2b per hour

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41
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what were interest rates increased by?

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increased to 12% then 15% the same day

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42
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how much had the bank spent on black wednesday?

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£15b

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43
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what did Britain do after the events of black wednesday

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chose to pull out the ERM on black wednesday

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what happened the the economy after Britain pulled out the ERM?

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economy flourished and inflation stayed low

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45
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what did Neil Hamilton do?

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“cash for questions”
sleaze
was demoted

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46
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who did john major have an affair with?

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Edwina Curie

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47
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who did Alan Clark have an affair with?

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Valerie Harkess and her daughters

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48
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what did Johnathan Aitken do?

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charged with perjury and perverting the course of justice
declared bankrupt
procured prostitutes for arab businessmen
aware that BMARC sold guns to Iran

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49
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what did Jeffrey Archer do?

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paid a prostitute
committed perjury

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50
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what had union membership declined by?

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38.6% in 1989 to 30.2% in 1997

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how much did working days lost to strikes decline by?

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1903 in 1990 to 235 in 1997 (with a slight jump in 1996)

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52
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when was the Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Act (TURERA) and what did it do?

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1993 continued Thatcherist reforms by trying to minimise the influence of unions

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53
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what did the 1987 and 1994 Coal Industry Acts do?

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continued with the privatisation of mines
the Union of Democratic Mineworkers lost increasing influence, leaving the employees with less negotiating power​

54
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what did the citizens charter do?

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guaranteed standards in the public sector and made the public more like customers – successes were given ‘Charter Marks’

55
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how was the NHS improved?

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was reorganised as an internal market, where different parts could buy services from each othe

56
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what happened to schools?

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Local authorities’ influence was reduced in schools who were given more autonomy​

Performance league tables were introduced to give parents more choice​

57
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when and why was the national curriculum introduced?

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1997 to standardise schools

58
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when and why was teacher training agency introduced?

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1994 to improve standards of teachers​

59
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how did Howard reform the courts of justice?

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introduced fixed and minimum sentences and more restrictions on judges to demonstrate a tougher stance on crime, with the number of prisoners growing at 3.4% per year (up from 2.5%)

60
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when was the national lottery introduced?

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1993, which became a very large charitable organisation supporting arts and culture

61
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when was Major’s “back to basics” speech and what was the reaction?

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1993 conference was intended to instil ‘traditional’ values, but drew focus to the sleaze and apparent hypocrisy of politicians

62
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When was the Motar bomb attack on downing street and who by?

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1991- the IRA

63
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when was the manchester bombing and who by?

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1996- the IRA
250 people were injured

64
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What was the Downing Street Declaration 1993?

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a statement issued by John Major and Irish Taoiseach Albert Reynolds, giving Northern Ireland the right to self-determination to choose whether to remain part of the UK or become part of the RoI

65
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when was the Docklands bombing and who by?

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1996- the IRA
2 people killed

66
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how did John Hume deal with the IRA?

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held secret meetings with Sinn Fein over the course of 8 months

67
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when did Major win the Gulf war?

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1991

68
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when was the poll tax replaced?

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1992

69
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how was clause IV revised and when?

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1995- changed to a promise of commitment to a ‘dynamic economy’ that serves the public interest and also reinforces the enterprise and competition of market forces

70
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when did Kinnock end labour’s support for closed shop union agreements?

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1989- step taken by Tony Blair

71
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what was labour’s slogan after abandoning most of the 1983 manifesto policies by 1989?

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‘it’s time for change’

72
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what image did John Smith become shadow chancellor promote?

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a moderate image

73
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what signalled the beginning of labour’s split with the trade unions in 1989?

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some disquiet from the left and unions

74
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what did john smith introduce to abolish the trade unions block in labour?

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‘one member, one vote’ for parliamentary candidates in 1993

75
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who was Peter Mandelson?

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appointed in 1985 as Director of Communications

76
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what was peter mandelson known as?

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the spin doctor

77
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who was commissioned by Peter Mandelson to make a political broadcast?

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Hugh Hudson

78
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in the 1997 election who won and by how many seats?

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Labour - with 419 seats

79
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(Labour 1994 policies) what was ‘welfare to work’?

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a programme of subsidies and training for benefit claimants to get back onto the job market - including tac credits to bump income

80
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what was labour’s ‘new deal’?

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aimed at the disabled and single mothers to get back into work

81
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what is private finance initiative?

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introduced by conservates in 1992 to attract private investors to invest in public sector
expanded by labour in 1997

82
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what was Benn’s alternative proposal to PFI?

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the aims and objectives- unsuccessful

83
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who criticised the PFI?

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Scargill, Livingston and Heffer- said it would make no revolutionary changes

84
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when was the employment act?

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1990

85
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what did the employment act 1990 do?

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required unions to hold a ballot of they wanted to strike

86
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when were labour’s plan to leave the eec dropped?

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1988

87
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when did kinnock announce labour would not abolish nuclear weapons but still use trident?

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1988

88
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when did Charles and Camilla’s affair begin?

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1986

89
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when did Diana confront Camilla?

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1989

90
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when did Charles and Camilla’s affair become public

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1993- known as camilla gate

91
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when was Charles and Diana’s separation announced?

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1993

92
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when were diana and charles officially divorced?

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1996

93
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when was Diana’s affair public

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1995

94
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what affect did Charles’ affair have on the royal family

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made the royal family seem untrustworthy
encouraged anti-establishment views

95
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what did the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act of 1994 do?

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reduced the age of consent for gay men from 21 to 18

96
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what year did the green party receive 15% of the popular vote?

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1989

97
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in 1984 how much of the british public agreed with traditional gender roles?

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46%

98
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in 1989 how many people believed a mother should stay at home?

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64%

99
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when was Stephen Lawrence murdered for being black?

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1993

100
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when were the satanic verses published?

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1988

101
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in 1996 what did Stephen’s Lawrence’s mother do?

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carry out a private prosecution - first acknowledgement of institutional racism

102
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when did the daily mail call the 5 gang members involved in Stephen Lawrence’s murderers

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1997

103
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what happened at the second trial of stephen lawrence’s murder in 2011?

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2 out of the 5 men were convicted

104
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how many divorces were there in 1993

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165,000

105
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after signing the SEA in 1986 why did thatcher become more negative about europe

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believed entering the single market would restrict britain’s autonomy through federalism

106
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when was minimum wage introduced

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1999

107
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what did the Maastricht treaty introduce?

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a single currency in the EU and introduced EU citizen ship in 1992

108
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what did Major try to opt out of in the maastricht treaty?

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the social charter- members of the EU mjust meet social and economic standards eg min wage

109
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what were the pros of the Maastricht treaty

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strong military defence
improved trade
decisions can be at a national level
raisies living standards

110
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what were conservative cons of joining the maastricht treaty

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went against new right values
loss of the pound
if other economies failed so does britains
no autonomy over markets
weakened national government

111
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when did lithuania become independent?

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1990

112
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what did the Maastricht treaty 1992 vote do?

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in favour

113
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who were some pro-european conservatives?

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Clarke and Heseltine

114
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when was the delors report submitted?

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1989

115
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when did the Berlin wall fall?

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1989- led to a united germany under Helmut Kohl

116
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when did the soviet union collapse?

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1991- after Gorbachev

117
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how did Britain help Yeltsin after her became president of russia

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Britain spent diplomatic and financial resources to help him against Communist and national opponents

118
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how much was the defence spending brought down by in 1991

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down to 4% of GDP, a continuation of Thatcherite policy, and reduced again to 2.7% in 1992​

Cuts worth £3 billion were initiated over ten years in all forces and the Trident programme – spending should be focused on peacekeeping role

119
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when was the Dayton agreement signed?

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1995 and supported the peacekeeping force installed in the region​ after a war broke out in Bosnia (split of Yugoslavia)

120
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when did major visit russia?

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1994

121
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in relation to defence what did the conservatives announce?

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NATO would be responsible for defence
EU would be responsible for security

122
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when did Croatia become independent ?

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1991- the remaining Yugoslavia fought against them

123
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when was the 10 day war in Slovenia?

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1991-

124
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what and when was the sarjevo agreement?

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1992- ceasefire between croatia and yugoslavia

125
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what was the brioni agreement?

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yugoslavia would withdraw from slovenia -not croatia

126
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when was a peace treaty signed in Yugoslavia (between NATO and bosnian serbs)

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1995

127
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what happened between the UN and Saddam Hussein (who was invading Kuwait)?

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UN issued an ultimatum to withdraw but he refused

128
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when was operation desert storm?

A

1991

129
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what had the defeat of iraq lead to?

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deterioration of humanitarian so the safe haven campaign was introduced which ended Britain’s long time none intervention policy

130
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when were no-fly zones introduced in Kuwait?

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1993

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