UK Politics (4) General Election Case Studies Flashcards
Snap election
An election called sooner than expected
Wets…
Members of the Conservative party who Thatcher and her supporters thought were weak and who would compromise with the unions
Since Thatcher came to power in 1979
Unemployment doubled
De-industrialisation
Cuts in public spending to bring down inflation
Leader of Labour in 1983 election
Michael Foot
Breakaway party from Labour in 1981
Social Democratic Party (SDP)
Reason for SDP breakaway
Labour Party moved to the left
Party the SDP formed an alliance for the 1983 election?
Liberal Party
War that increased the popularity of Margaret Thatcher
Falklands (1982)
What was Michael Foot criticised for wearing at the cenotaph…
A donkey jacket
What was the ‘longest suicide note in history’?
The 1983 Labour party manifesto
1983 election result
Con 397
Lab 209
Alliance 23
Others 21
The 1983 election saw a fall of Labour support within…
The working class (class dealignment)
Which party was seen to have ‘the best team of leaders’ in 1983?
Conservative
In 1983 the media largely supported which party?
Conservative
In 1983 BAME voters flocked to support the Conservatives…
False
Sleaze…
Immoral, sordid and corrupt behavior
‘Back to Basics’
1993 campaign by Conservative PM John Major to restore ‘traditional family values’
The 1992 - 1997 Conservative government was rocked by a number of…
Scandals
Examples of Conservative scandals…
Norman Lamont (Miss Whiplash)
David Mellor (Affair and free holidays)
Cash for Questions
Before the 1997 election the Conservative Party were divided over…
Europe
Who challenged John Major for the Conservative leadership in 1995?
John Redwood
What did Labour reform in 1995
Clause IV
In comparison to Major, Tony Blair was seen as…
A strong leader
Media mogul who Tony Blair courted
Rupert Murdoch
