UK General Election

Question 1

Negatives under boris Johnson:

Answer 1

• partygate
• Johnson knew about allegations of sexual asssult against his chief whip Chris pincher - ‘pincher by name, pincher by nature’

Question 2

Negatives under liz truss

Answer 2

• mini budget(trussonomics) - nearly caused collapse of UK’s pensions schemes
• lasting only 50 days
• ruined conservtive reputation of economic competence

Question 3

Negatives under rishi sunak

Answer 3

-‘things can only get wetter’ - backdrop to Blair’s 1997 quote - ‘things can only get better’
- left d-day celebrations early - heavily critiqued

Question 5

Describe the labour land slide

Answer 5

• 172 seat majority for labour
• Lib Dem’s gained 64 seats mostly in ‘blue wall’
• conservatives lost 251 seats