Chapter 27

Question 1

Which prime minister, after 1945, refused to provide support for American military intervention abroad, and what was the third country involved?

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Harold Wilson, Vietnam.

Page Reference: See pages 634 and 637.

Question 2

Approximately, what was the turnout level for the 2005 election?

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60%.

Page Reference: See page 636.

Question 3

Shortly after its first election victory in 1997, New Labour took which two actions that brought it closer to the heart of Europe?

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Opting into the Social Charter and the European Convention on Human Rights.

Page Reference: See page 637.

Question 4

Roughly what percentage of GDP is produced by manufacturing?

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20%.

Page Reference: See page 638.

Question 5

Which sector of the economy did most to the growth of GDP in the 1990s?

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Service industries, particularly finance.

Page Reference: See page 638.

Question 6

What has (probably) been the most consistent feature of New Labour's social policies since 1997?

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To provide minimum economic standards for all.

Page Reference: See page 640.

Question 7

What has been the only major change to the machinery of central government administration carried through by New Labour?

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Devolution.

Page Reference: See page 642.

Question 8

According to the constitutional textbooks, what is the main coordinating committee of British central government?

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The cabinet.

Page Reference: See page 642.

Question 9

What term did Lord Hailsham coin to characterise British government?

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Elective dictatorship.

Page Reference: See page 642.

Question 10

Under what circumstances might a more proportional electoral system be adopted for general elections?

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A hung parliament in which the Liberal Democrats hold the balance of power.

Page Reference: See page 645.