Major 1990-1997

• From 1991-1992 how much did unemployment rise?

  1.6 million to 2.6 million
• When did Britain join the ERM?


  1990
• What happened on Black Wednesday 1992?


  Britain were forced to leave the ERM
• What did the government do in an attempt to stay in the ERM?

  Bank of England spent huge amounts to buy pounds
• What happened on 16th September 1992?

  Norman Lamont announced Britain would leave the ERM
• What did Euro sceptics call the ERM crisis?

  White Wednesday
• What were opinion polls in the lead up to the 1992 election?

  Labour 41% Conservatives 29%
• What old-fashioned campaign method did Major use?

  soap box politics
• Why did the Conservatives win in 1992?

  Labour's bad reputation with the economy overrode the Conservative's unpopularity
• How many sex scandals were there involving tory MPs?

  Over 12
• What was the 1994 Scott Enquiry?


  Revealed government ministers had been enabling the illegal selling of arms to Iraq
• What was the 1997 Cash for Questions scandal?


  Tory MPs exposed for accepting money to lobby on behalf of Mohammed Al Fayed
• How did Major continue the policy of privatisation?

  Coal Industry 1994 and Railways 1996
• What was PFI?


  Private companies that would fund infrastructure improvements and deliver public services
• What was the Citizen's Charter 1991?

  Allow the public a say in the quality of public services
• Why was the Citizen's Charter ridiculed?

  'Cones Hotline'
• How many Nottingham pit closures did Heseltine announce 1991?

  31
• What led to British beef being banned in Europe?

  Mad Cow disease
• Who ran against Major for party leader 1995?

  John Redwood
• Who was the spin doctor behind 'New Labour' in 1985?

  Peter Mandelson
• Who became the Labour leader after Neil Kinnock?

  John Smith 1992
• What signalled Labour's split from the trade unions 1989?

  End of closed shop union agreements
• What was John Smith's 'One member One vote'?

  Lessened the influence of trade unions over the party
• What did Blair convince the party to do in 1995 to signify a shift from the past?

  Rewrite Clause IV
• What health scare worsened attitudes towards homosexuality?

  AIDS reached its peak in 1987
• Who challenged prejudices around AIDS in 1987?

  Princess Diana
• What book caused Section 28 to be passed in 1988?

  'Jenny lives with Eric and Martin'
• Who was a key human rights group for the LGBT community?

  Stonewall
• What had the percentage of babies born to unmarried parents reached in 1990s?

  30%
• What was the Video Recording Act 1994?

  British films classified to prevent under-age exposure to sex
• What did the Queen agree to do due to changing attitudes and criticism 1992?

  Pay tax on her private incomes and reduce the civil list
• What drug had influenced youth culture in the late 1980s?

  MDMA ecstasy
• What act allowed police to break up these acid rave parties?

  Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994
• What were some pop culture influences that led the feminist movement in the 1990s?

  Spice Girls and Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Who was the first female speaker of the house of commons in 1992?

  Betty Boothroyd
• Who became the head of MI5?

  Stella Rimmington
• When did marital rape become a criminal offence?

  1994
• By 1996 50% of employees were women
• In the 1987 election 4 ethnic MPs were elected displaying Britain's multiculturalism
• What was the significance of the Stephen Lawrence case 1995?

  The Met police failed to convict the murderers and criticised for not investigating properly