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Blair Flashcards

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What did Labours pledge card say about class sizes

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Cut class sizes to 30 for under 5,6 and 7 year olds by using money from the assisted places scheme

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What did Labours pledge card say about the NHS

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Cut NHS waiting lists by treating an extra 100,000 patients as a first step by releasing 100 Million saved from NHS red tape

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What did Labours pledge card say about benefits

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Get 250,000 under 25 year olds off benefits and into work by using money from a windfall levy on the privatised utilities

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What did Labours pledge card say about tax

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No rise in income tax rates

Cut VAT on heating to 5% and inflation and interest rates as low as possible

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What had Labour moved away from

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“Socialist extremism”

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What were 2 conservative arguments against Labour

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That Labour had “stolen Conservative policies”

That “new labour” was “old labour” in disguise

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Who defeated the “big beast” Michael Portillo

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Stephen Twigg

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What was tactical voting like in the 1997 election

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Labour voters were voting Liberal democrat and vice versa

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How many Seats did Labour win in the 1997 election

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418

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How many seats did the Conservatives win in the 1997 election

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166

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What did Blair ensure that Labour wasn’t perceived as

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“Tax and spend” economics

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What song did Labour use in their election campaign

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Things can only get better

Popular pop song

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Who improved Labours relations with the media

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Former journalist
Blairs press secretary Alastair Campbell

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What was Aids reffered to in the 1980s

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“The gay plague”

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What kind of character was Blair

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Charismatic leader who was comfortable with the media

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How did Blair present himself

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Portrayed as an ordinary person despite his privileged background

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What phrase did Blair say about princess Diana increased his popularity

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“The peoples princess”

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18
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What did Labour promise regarding devolution

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Promised new referendums on devolution

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19
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Remember constitutional change- learned in politics

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20
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When was the freedom of information act

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2000

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What did the freedom of information act do

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Gave people the right to request information from public bodies

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How many requests had been made from the public per year for information

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100,000

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What did Blair describe himself for passing the freedom of information act

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“Naïve, foolish, irresponsible nincompoop”

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What had Blair said about education

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“Education, education, education”

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What had Blair said about crime

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“Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime”

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What did rising fuel prises lead to in 2000

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A blockade by farmers and lorry drivers
- Foot and mouth disease hit farmers of cattle and sheep leading to a cull of 10 million animals

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What did Gordon Brown try to prove regarding the economy

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That Britain was pro business and could be trusted with running the economy

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What did Brown do to the economy after 2001

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Injected money into the economy to improve public services

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What were the key elements of the Good Friday agreement

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Independent commission to oversee reform of policing

Devolved assembly along with a power sharing executive would be set up

Both the UK and ROI would give up their claim on northern Ireland as it would be up to NI

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When was the referendum for the good Friday agreement

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22nd May 1998

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In Northern Ireland what percentage of people voted for the good Friday agreement

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71%

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32
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What was an incident following the good Friday agreement

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The Omagh bombing

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33
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How many people were killed in the Omagh bombing

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30

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34
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When was the Northern Ireland assembly suspended

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2002

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What brought the Northern Irish assembly back

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The St Andrews agreement of 2006 which reiterated the key elements of the good Friday agreement

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Who carried out the Omagh bombing

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dissident republicans

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In 1999 who delivered a speech criticising Thatcherism

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Peter Lilley

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What did Peter Lilley say in his speech in 1999

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That the public was suspicious of further reform that was Thatcherite despite accepting previous economic reforms

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What was the result of Peter Lilleys speech

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Caused huge uproar within the conservative party

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How did Hague feel even more threatened in 1999

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Portillo was elected to parliament in a by election

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What did some think about Portillo

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He should’ve been leader in 1997

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When did William Hague resign from being Conservative leader

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2001

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43
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Why did Iain Duncan Smith win the leadership election

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Negative voting against Clarke and Portillo

44
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What is compassionate conservatism

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political philosophy characterised by an awareness of the social implications of economic policy

45
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Where did Iain Duncan Smith visit that convinced him to do more to tackle poverty

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Deprived Easterhouse estate in Glasgow

46
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What did Iain Smith vote against the repeal of

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Section 28

Against allowing unmarried couples to adopt

47
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How did voting against section 28 demonstrate divisions within the party

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Modernisers such as David Cameron and George Osbourne refused to follow the party line

48
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What had Duncan Smith done before which undermined him demanding loyalty from backbenchers

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Key architect of the rebellions that Major faced over Maastricht

49
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Did Iain Duncan Smith support entry into the Iraq war

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Yes he supported the Iraq war

50
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What was the reaction of Duncan Smith supporting entry into the Iraq war

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Heavily criticised by some including Kenneth Clarke

51
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What was the result of the conservatives and Iain Smith supporting entry into the Iraq war regarding Labour

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They found it difficult to criticise Labour for the unpopular decision of invading Iraq

52
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Which groups both supported Michael Howard

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Both Mods and Rockers supported Howard

53
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What did Howard re-establish in the party

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Party unity

54
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Who did David Cameron defeat to become Conservative Leader

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Defeated David Davis

55
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What was Camerons priority regarding the Conservatives target demographic

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Reach out beyond the Conservatives narrow core support to make the party more tolerant and inclusive

56
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What did Cameron do to make himself appealing

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Visited the Arctic and cycled to Westminster

57
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What opposition did Cameron face within the party

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From the right of the party for rejecting Thatcherism

Norman Tebbit

58
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what was William Hague mocked for

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His speech in 1981

Mocked for wearing a baseball cap

Appearing in the Notting hill carnival

Boasted that he drank 14 pints a day as a teen

59
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What did Hague return to for the 2001 election

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Retreated to right wing policy positions
appeal to conservative core vote

“The fight to save the pound”

60
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Which notable figure appeared in an election rally for Hague in 2001

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Margaret thatcher

61
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What affect did Thatcher being involve have

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Involvement was attractive to many Conservative supporters

Did not broaden the support

Undermined Hague’s leadership

Reminded some voters of why they had rejected the conservative party previously

62
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How many seats did Labour win in the 2001 election

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412

63
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How many seats did the Conservatives win in the 2001 election

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165

64
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What was the extent of the Conservatives defeat in 2001

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Worst defeat since 1832

Cant make argument that electorate wanted a change in government

65
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What did Michael Portillo describe the 2005 manifesto to be

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Victor Meldrew
-Grumpy old man complaining about the state of Britain

66
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When was UKIP founded

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1993

67
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At the 2005 general election where did UKIP place

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4th

68
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What did New Labour believe about Trade unions

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The parties links with trade unions and memories of the winter of discontent was one of the reasons they hadn’t been electable in the 1980s

69
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What did Labour do regarding privatisation

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Did not reverse them
Extended them

70
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By 2004 which trade union had been expelled from the party

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The RMT m

71
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When was the national minimum wage introduced

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1998

72
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What commission was set up to manage the national minimum wage

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Low pay commission

73
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In 1997 how many women were elected as Mps

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120

74
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How many of the 120 female MPs in 1997

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101

75
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What did Labour introduce regarding female MPs

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Introduced all women shortlists to half of its winnable seats

76
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Who was the female secretary appointed in 2006

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Margaret Beckett

77
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By 2007 how many hours of free nursery education were all 3 and 4 year olds entitled to

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12.5
Rise to 15 in 2010

78
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What percentage of what men were earning how much did women earn in 2007

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87%

79
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When was the social exclusion unit set up

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1997

80
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What else did the social exclusion aims lead to

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Sure start centres

81
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What did Sure start centres do

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Aimed to help families with children by providing guidance and information and ensure that children were supported to be ready for school

82
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By 2005 how much had child poverty been reduced by since 1999

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A quarter

83
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Despite Labours positive reforms regarding youth what was the number of NEEts increased by

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increased to almost 20% by 2007

84
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What was the Antisocial behaviour Order (ASBO)

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Court order which put limits on what the defendant could do.
Ban/curfew on someone going somewhere

Breaching an ASBO was a criminal offence

85
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What was the Macpherson report

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Published in 1998

about murder of Stephen Lawrence

Identified problems of institutional racism in the Metropolitan police

86
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What did BBC chairman Greg White say about his workforce

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He said that his workforce was “hideously white”

87
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When did a terrorist attack happen in London

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July 2005

88
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What happened in the terrorist attack in London

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52 killed
4 suicide bombers
attacked 3 underground trains

89
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What happened 2 weeks after the attacks in early July 2005

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Another terrorist attack

4 more suicide bombers attempted a similar attack but the bomb failed to explode

Culprits were British citizens

90
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What incident happened following the failed suicide bombing

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On 22nd July

Young Brazillian Jean Charles de Menezes wrongfully killed

91
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What was one belief for why British Muslims felt alienated

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Blair deciding to invade Iraq

92
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What 2 acts did Labour pass in 2006

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the National identity card act

Terrorist act

93
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What did the 2006 terrorist act do

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Increased the amount of time a suspect could be held without charge to 28 days

Fewer than 90 days that government wanted

94
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What was a MORI opinion poll result on in August 2005

Multiculturalism makes Britain a better place

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62% in favour

95
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When was the Euro launched

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1999

96
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What was Blairs outlook on Europe

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Enthusiastic about strengthening the role of the EU with the wider world

97
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What were relations with Europe like at the end of Blairs reign

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Still excellent relations with French prime minister Sarkozy and German chancellor and with “new europe”

98
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What were relations with Europe like at the end of Blairs reign

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Still excellent relations with French prime minister Sarkozy and German chancellor and with “new Europe”

99
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Who was American president during start of Blairs reign

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Blairs reign

100
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What did Blair think about the importance of the special relationship

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Vitally important to maintain the special relationship

101
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Blair believed in Liberal interventionism what is this

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Belief that a country should intervene in another country for “liberal” aims like supporting human rights

102
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When did the war on terror begin

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After 9/11 attacks

103
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What happened in Serbia in 1999

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NATO bombings against Serbia forced them to pull their forces out of Kosovo

104
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What opposition went against the intervention in Iraq

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“stop the war” march in 2003
Over 1 million people there

105
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What was the Iraq war called

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“Blairs war”

106
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What was Labours foreign policy aims in 1997

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Making UK a leading player in Europe

Supply an ethical content to foreign policy

Making Britain a leading partner in a world community of nations

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