UK recent examples

Question 1

How much money did Jeremy hunt pledge to the west midlands as part of the autumn budget?

Answer 1

£1.5 billion

Question 2

Which committee questioned Boris Johnson over the party gate scandal?

Answer 2

Privileges committee

Question 3

Who won the SNP leadership race in 2023?

Answer 3

Humza Yousuf

Question 4

What voting system was used by the SNP for the leadership race?

Answer 4

Single Transferable vote

Question 5

How many votes did Humza Yousuf win the SNP leadership by?

Answer 5

2000 in the second round of voting

Question 6

What did Suella Braverman say regarding the “stop the boats” scheme in a letter to Rishi Sunak?

Answer 6

There was a “50% chance” that the scheme did not follow the European Convention of Human Rights

Question 7

What did Labour say regarding Jeremy Corbyn for the next election?

Answer 7

They would not endorse him as a candidate

Question 8

What Article did the House of Lords remove from the Public Order Bill and what did it say?

Answer 8

Article 4 which would have banned certain protest tactics such as road blocks

Question 9

How did the UK Supreme Court respond to challenges to the Northern Ireland protocol by Irish unionists?

Answer 9

They stated the protocol was lawful

Question 10

What government legislation is the pressure group liberty challenging legally?

Answer 10

Investigatory powers act

Question 11

Which pressure group protested at the grand national by invading the track?

Answer 11

Animal rising

Question 12

What was Dominic Raab accused of in regards to his peers?

Answer 12

Bullying

Question 13

When and why did Dominic Raab resign as deputy PM?

Answer 13

21 April 2023 after reading the report on his bullying accusation by Adam Tolley KC

Question 14

Which Labour MP has been suspended over a racist letter sent to the Observer?

Answer 14

Diane Abbott

Question 15

Why did Nichola Sturgeon resign as Scottish first minister?

Answer 15

Failure to get Scottish referendum

Question 16

Which pressure group has demanded the removal of voter ID at elections following issues at the 4th of May 2023 council elections?

Answer 16

Unlock Democracy

Question 17

Which MP voted to leave the EU due to it being her constituencies will even though she was a Remainer?

Answer 17

Sarah Champion

Question 18

What did the Lib-Dems say regarding the scrutiny of the public order act?

Answer 18

Scrutiny of it had failed and they demanded post-legislative scrutiny

Question 19

Which PM made a mutual defence pact with Sweden and Finland following threat from Russia in 2021?

Answer 19

Boris Johnson

Question 20

What happened on the 5th July 2021?

Answer 20

Sunak resigned from Johnson’s cabinet resulting in Johnson announcing resignation the following day

Question 21

Why did Suella Braverman resign from Truss’ government?

Answer 21

For sending confidential emails through a personal account

Question 22

Why is Suella Braverman’s resignation from cabinet unique?

Answer 22

Sunak invited her onto his own cabinet less than a month after leaving Truss’

Question 23

Who is David Davis?

Answer 23

The only Tory MP to vote against the public order act in 2023

Question 24

How many Tory MP’s rebled against Johnson’s covid passport idea in December 2021?

Answer 24

99

Question 25

What was the turnout for the additional voting system referendum in 2011?

Answer 25

42%

Question 26

What conservative legislation has Jacob Rees-Mogg criticised his own party over?

Answer 26

Voter ID at local elections as it mainly effected the elderly who support the conservatives

Question 27

How many people signed the e-petition to remove article 50 (Brexit bill)?

Answer 27

6.1 million

Question 28

What is a recall petition?

Answer 28

When a constituency removes their MP from power

Question 29

What % of the constituency is needed to win a recall petition?

Answer 29

10%

Question 30

Name an MP who was removed by a constituency petition and why?

Answer 30

Fiona Onasanya for avoiding a speeding ticket in 2019

Question 31

How many times was Theresa May’s EU withdrawal agreement rejected by parliament before her resignation?

Answer 31

3

Question 32

Where did David Cameron want to issue air strikes against in 2013 but was rejected by the commons?

Answer 32

Syria