1Who won the Feb 1974 general election?
Harold Wilson PM, leading a minority govt
2What was the inflation rate in 1974?
15%
3What was the payment deficit in 1974?
£3bn
4What was the result of the Feb 1974 GE?
Harold Wilson PM, gets majority of 3
5What was the Social Contract?
1973, negotiated with the TUC
6What were Tony Benn and Michael Foot head of?
In charge of Industry and Employment
7What was the National Enterprise Board?
1974, administer govt shareholding in private companies
8What happened in March 1976?
Wilson resigns as Prime Minister to James Callaghan
9When and what was the Lib-Lab Pact?
1977-78, between Steel and Callaghan
10Who was chancellor for Labour?
Denis Healey
11How large was the 1976 IMF fund?
£2.3bn
12When and what was the sterling crisis?
March 1976, falls below $2 in value
13How was the IMF loan announced?
At the Blackpool Conference hastily, with a 5-minute speech
14When was Special Category status removed from terrorist prisoners in Ireland?
1976, by Merlyn Rees
15When were the blanket and dirty protests?
1977-1979, 250+ prisoners taking part
16When did Amnesty International intervene in the Troubles?
1978
17List the strikes from 1976-77
- Seamen 1976
- Firemen 1977
- Grunwick Photographic Works 1977
18When and what was the Winter of Discontent?
1978-79, poor economic state of the country is both scaring and angering people
19What triggered the Winter of Discontent strikes?
Ford car plant workers receiving a 17% pay rise after striking
20When was the EEC referendum and what was the outcome?
1975, 2:1 in favour of EEC
21When did Callaghan lose to a vote of no confidence?
1979, by one vote
22When did Thatcher become Conservative leader?
1975
23When were the devolution referendums in Scotland and Wales? And what was the threshold that prevented the 'yes' in Scotland?
1979, 40%
24When were the three IMF loans?
1964, 1967, 1976
25Labour majority in Feb 1974
3 seats - hung parliament
26Labour majority in Oct 1974
42 seats
27National Enterprise Board
1974, set up to increase investment in industry
291977-78 spending cuts value
£1bn
301978-79 spending cuts value
£1.5bn
311978 North Sea oilfields in production
9 in production
32Fall in inflation rates after loan
25% -> 10%
33Social Contract
Wilson’s negotiations with TUC to reduce strikes
34Blanket Protest
1976, political prisoners’ protest due to unfair treatment
35Dirty Protest
1978, Irish prisoners protest
36Labour loses majority
1977; cause of Lib-Lab
37Winter of Discontent trigger
TUC refusal of 1978 proposed wage cap of 5% increase
38The Sun headline
“Crisis? What crisis?” - Callaghan
39Special Category status
1976, removed from Irish political prisoners to make them criminals
40Ulster Workers’ Council Strike
May 1974; collapsed Sunningdale Agreement
41National Enterprise Board
1974, Tony Benn, aimed to increase investment
421974 budget deficit
£3bn inherited
43Concessions to TUC in Social Contract
Repeal of Industrial Relations Act 1971 and pay rises
44Labour Conference
1976; Healey had to announce IMF loan