Posted by Chris Lowe on 19 October 2012
Monday: The agreement on a Scottish referendum was signed in Edinburgh. Who was the 4th signatory who has been cut out of this picture? Tuesday: To which Cabinet Minister did the Duke of Edinburgh utter the football-terrace-style question: “Who are you?” Wednesday: What event this coming weekend did the PM describe as “most lucrative sponsored walk [...]
Posted by Chris Lowe on 10 October 2012
What do you remember from the speeches of Nick Clegg, Ed Miliband and David Cameron. Who said what? 1. Building our future a. That spirit the British people never forgot, that spirit of one nation, one nation – a country where everyone plays their part, a country we rebuild together. b. Let us here in [...]
Posted by Chris Lowe on 9 October 2012
In less than 15 years we have gone from the possibility of a referendum on joining the Euro, to the expectation that we will have one on leaving the EU completely. With all three major political parties, all the City institutions, most of British industry, and all the major Trade Unions in favour of continued [...]
Posted by Chris Lowe on 4 October 2012
I previously investigated what the Conservatives need to achieve in the polls to give them an overall majority in the 2015 General Election, and I now turn to assess if Labour can achieve that goal. The current Labour lead is around 10 points but not even Ed’s mother could believe that this is a sustainable [...]
Posted by Chris Lowe on 3 October 2012
It’s only half time in the 2010-2015 parliament, but are the Conservatives already too far behind for an outright win at full time? The current polls make poor reading, with the UK Polling Report poll-of-polls showing a 10-point Labour lead (Con 32%, Lab 42%, LD 10%), which they calculate would give Labour a 112 seat majority. [...]
Posted by Chris Lowe on 14 September 2012
This week we focus on the ministerial reshuffle. If you haven’t yet learnt all the new roles, you could cheat and download our wonderful new wallchart which lists all the new ministerial teams by department! 1. Iain Duncan Smith didn’t want to be the Secretary of State for Justice. Who was given that role? 2. [...]
Posted by Chris Lowe on 6 July 2012
1. How many women are there in the current Cabinet? 2. Why did the first woman elected to Parliament (in 1918), Countess Markievicz, not take her seat? 3. Who was the first woman MP to take her seat in the Commons (in 1919)? 4. Who was the first woman Minister (in 1924), who went on [...]
Posted by Chris Lowe on 22 June 2012
An historic view of this week’s news 1.. Income tax avoidance has been in the news this week. The Tax was first introduced in 1799 as a temporary means of paying for the war against which overseas foe? 2. Aung San Suu Kyi addressed both Houses of Parliament in Westminster Hall this week. But which [...]
Posted by Chris Lowe on 15 June 2012
Now that the Speaker has ruled that it is perfectly OK for Chris Bryant MP to say that Jeremy Hunt MP has “lied to Parliament”, we look at other insults thrown across Parliament over the years. 1. Who did David Cameron accuse of being a “muttering idiot” last month? 2. Health minister Simon Burns apologised after calling who a [...]
Posted by Chris Lowe on 7 June 2012
Thinking about this 3-day working week, we look back to 1974 when the miners’ strike caused the government to introduce the 3-day week. 1. Who was the Prime Minister who lost the General Election of February 1974 brought about by the crisis? 2. The outgoing party of government ran under what slogan: “Who do you [...]