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.