The End Of Post War Consensus, 1970-79

Question 1

When was Heath PM?
What sort of approach did he take?

Answer 1

1970-74
‘Seldsdon Man’ or the ‘new right’
Break away from post war consensus

Question 2

How was Heath’s approach on not imposing wage freezes u-turned?

Answer 2

Industry Act 1972

Question 3

Which act did the TUC formally reject?

Answer 3

1971 Industrial Relations Act

Question 4

How many working days were lost in 1972?
Highest since ….

Answer 4

23,909,000
General Strike 1926

Question 5

What did the NUM strike in 1973 cause?
What was another cause?

Answer 5

3 day week
Arab Israeli War 1973

Question 6

What happened to oil prices after the Arab-Israeli War?

Answer 6

4x usual levels

Question 7

Who was NUM leader for the 1972 and 1974 strikes?

Answer 7

Joe Gormley

Question 8

Who led the Yorkshire miners during the 1972 and 1974 strikes?

Answer 8

Arthur Scargill

Question 9

What did the Sunningdale Agreement propose?

Answer 9

Power sharing Executive of both unionists and nationalists
New NI Assembly elected under proportional representation
Council of Ireland with input from ROI

Question 10

Who opposed the Sunningdale Agreement?

Answer 10

UVF, UDA, UUP

Question 11

Republican paramilitary organisations

Answer 11

IRA (provisional)
INLA (formed out of Official IRA)

Question 12

Loyalist paramilitary groups

Answer 12

UDA
UVF

Question 13

When was the Sunningdale Agreement proposed?

Answer 13

1973

Question 14

When was Wilson PM again?
What situation did he inherit?

Answer 14

1974-76
15% inflation and BoP deficit of £3bn

Question 15

What did Wilson negotiate with the TUC whilst still in opposition?
Was it effective?

Answer 15

The Social Contract 1973
It failed to limit wage demands

Question 16

What two things undermined Wilson’s second term attempt at improving economy?

Answer 16

National Enterprise Board not effective
Nationalised British Leyland 1975, lame ducks

Question 17

What did the Pay Restraint Policy help achieve in 1975?
Who’s budget helped?

Answer 17

Inflation down from 27% to 13%
Denis Healey, Chancellor

Question 18

What happened to Wilson in March 1976?
Who replaced him?

Answer 18

He resigned
Callaghan

Question 19

When was Callaghan PM?
What is he remembered for?

Answer 19

1976-79
IMF loan and Winter of Discontent

Question 20

Why was the IMF loan not as bad as the press presented it?

Answer 20

Only half used, payed off by 1979
Healey was misinformed

Question 21

What gave Callaghan a majority?
Why did it break down?

Answer 21

Lib lab pact 1977
1978 devolution act failed

Question 22

Why did the Winter of Discontent happen?
When was it?

Answer 22

1978, TUC rejected 5% pay increase

Question 23

What was the average pay increase after the Winter of Discontent?

Answer 23

10%

Question 24

What did the government lose in 1979?
What mistake did Callaghan make?

Answer 24

A vote of no confidence over Scottish devolution
He should have called an election in August 1978

Question 25

What caused the Sunningdale Agreement to collapse?
When did it collapse?

Answer 25

Ulster Workers Council strike in 1974 limited power and telecommunications
Wilson had to reimpose direct rule

Question 26

What did Wilson create to determine NI government’s future?
Why did it fail?

Answer 26

Northern Ireland Constitution Commission
Unionists majority, they opposed power sharing, dissolved in 1976

Question 27

What happened after ‘Special Category Status’ removed from terrorist prisoners?
How many involved by 1979?

Answer 27

1976 Blanket Protest, 1978 Dirty Protest
250

Question 28

What improved the economic situation for Callaghan?
What happened to inflation?

Answer 28

North Sea Oil
10% by 1978

Question 29

What event was pivotal for promoting Women’s Liberation?

Answer 29

1970 Miss World Protest

Question 30

When was the first Rape Crisis Centre opened?

Answer 30

1976

Question 31

When was the Domestic Violence Act?
Why did it allow?

Answer 31

1976
Restraining orders for violent partners

Question 32

When was the Sex Discrimination Act?
What was set up?
How successful was it?

Answer 32

1975
Equal Commission Commission
Only 9 investigations between 1976-83, 10% claims in workplace successful

Question 33

What introduced maternity leave?
What did it outlaw?

Answer 33

1975 Employment Protection Act
Dismissal on grounds of pregnancy

Question 34

Women doing housework:
Full time: ?
Part time: ?
Men: ?

Answer 34

Full time: 23
Part time: 35
Men: 9

Question 35

How many Ugandan Asians moved to the UK in the 1970s?
What were they exceptions to?

Answer 35

28,000
The Immigration Act 1971

Question 36

How many non-white councillors in London in 1974? What about 1978?

Answer 36

10
35

Question 37

What act in 1976, what did it set up?
What did this organisation say?

Answer 37

Race Relations Act, Commission for Racial Equality
‘racial prejudice is rife, so is racial discrimination, while the response of the Government has been disappointingly inadequate’

Question 38

How many members did the National Front have in 1976?

Answer 38

20,000

Question 39

Only …. of 22,000 in MET police officers were of an ethnic minority background.

Answer 39

70

Question 40

Who was the first black England player?

Answer 40

Viv Anderson 1978

Question 41

Which radical environmental groups set up in the 1970s?

Answer 41

Greenpeace UK 1977
Animal Liberation Front 1976

Question 42

How many candidates did the Ecology Party have in the 1979 General election?

Answer 42

53

Question 43

When did Heath finally get Britain into the EEC?
Why did Powell disagree?

Answer 43

1973
Sovereignty

Question 44

When was the European Referendum?

Answer 44

1974

Question 45

Who was ‘yes’?

Answer 45

Roy Jenkins, Heath, most Conservatives, liberal leader Jeremy Thorpe
415/419 company chairmen

Question 46

Who was ‘no’?

Answer 46

Tony Benn, Enoch Powell, Ian Paisley

Question 47

‘Yes’ outvoted ‘no’ ….. : …..

Answer 47

2:1