70-79 Politics

Question 1

Heath as leader

Answer 1

-had been tory leader for 5 years pre election
-had been chief eec negotiator 1961-63
-well prepared policies for economy/industry
-first tory leader state school educated

Question 2

Heaths manifesto

Answer 2

-tax reform
-improved law and order
-trade union reforms
-immigration controls
-no public subsidy of lame duck industries

Question 3

Heaths reforms

Answer 3

-school leaving age raised to 16
-local government reorganised
-british currency went decimal

Question 4

1974 election

Answer 4

-called 28th feb 1974, asked who governs britain?
-labour 301 seats to tories 297
-labour form minority government

Question 5

Paramilitary organisations

Answer 5

-IRA, Republican
-Irish National Liberation Army, Republican
-Ulster Defence Association, Loyalist
-Ulster Volunteer Force, Loyalist

Question 6

Internment

Answer 6

-heath backed uup leader brian faulkner
-went along with policies of internment (1971)
-alienated nationalist communities, 95% of those interned 1971-75 were catholics

Question 7

Bloody Sunday

Answer 7

-Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association marching against internment, 30th jan 1972
-british soldiers shot 26 unarmed civilians, 13 killed

Question 8

Bloodiest year of the troubles

Answer 8

-1972
-1382 explosions
-10,628 shooting incidents
-480 killed

Question 9

Heaths reaction to IRA trouble

Answer 9

-suspended stormont parliament march 1972
-brought in direct westminster rule
-willie whitelaw made secretary of state

Question 10

Sunningdale agreement

Answer 10

-negotiated 1973 in a hotel in berkshire
-power sharing executive of nationalists and unionists
-new northern ireland assembly elected under proportional representation
-council of ireland, had some input from ROI

Question 11

Reaction to sunningdale

Answer 11

-extremists denounced sunningdale as a sell-out
-UUP voted to pull out jan 1974
-brian faulkner replaced as UUP leader by harry west
-11/12 constituencies candidates were against it

Question 12

Issues when Wilson retook power

Answer 12

-inflation 15%, £3 billion balance of payments deficit
-labour party less united
-northern ireland precarious
-trade unions needed dealing with

Question 13

Oct 1974 general election

Answer 13

-wilson won a small overall minority of 3 seats
-labour gained 18 seats to 319, tories lost 21 to 277

Question 14

Lib-Lab pact

Answer 14

-1977 labours house of commons majority disappeared
-formed lib-lab pact + won vote of no confidence
-12 liberal mps voted with labour in parliament
-in return devolution for wales and scotland

Question 15

Devolution discussion in parliament

Answer 15

-many tory and some labour mps against devolution
-1978 devolution acts passed, referendums allowed
-labour mp inserted a clause, 40% of electorate must approve for it to pass

Question 16

Devolution results scotland

Answer 16

-march 1st 1979
-62% turnout, 52% yes and 48% no
-voted in favour but not enough of a majority
-scottish nationalist mps withdrew support from labour

Question 17

Devolution results wales

Answer 17

-59% turnout, 20% yes, 80% no
-march 1st 1979

Question 18

Labours downfall

Answer 18

-mar 1979 lost a vote of no confidence due to devolution
-winter of discontent used in tories favour by press
-tories won a majority of 43 seats in the election

Question 19

Downfall of sunningdale

Answer 19

-harry murray set up ulster workers council
-strike started 15th may 1974
-faulkner resigned as ceo of executive
-wilson reimposed direct rule sunningdale collapsed

Question 20

Northern Irish prisoners

Answer 20

-1976 terrorist prisoners treated as criminals
-blanket protest by inla and ira prisoners
-dirty protest 1878, republican prisoners refused to leave cells, 250 prisoners took part by 1979