Blair: Constitutional Change: Devolution

Question 1

NL fundamentally reshaped B ___

Answer 1

constitution

Question 2

unpopularity of Tories in Scotland strengthened calls for ___ ___ during 80s and 90s

Answer 2

Scottish independence

Question 3

growing resentment that Scotland ruled by ____ and a party that didn’t ___ __

Answer 3

Westminster, vote for

Question 4

by 1997, ___ Tory MPs in Scotland

Answer 4

0

Question 5

how did NL respond to growing Scottish nationalism?

Answer 5

1997 manifesto promised referendums on devolution

Question 6

devolution referendums were held in 199_

Answer 6

7

Question 7

Scottish and Welsh voted __ __ of devolving power

Answer 7

in favour

Question 8

what were the Scottish also in favour of?

Answer 8

the Scottish Parliament having tax-rising powers

Question 9

what was established in Scotland and where?

Answer 9

Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh

Question 10

Scottish Parliament based on what system?

Answer 10

proportional rep

Question 11

what was est in Wales and where?

Answer 11

Welsh Assembly, Cardiff

Question 12

was it Scottish or Welsh Parliament that had more limited powers?

Answer 12

Welsh

Question 13

what was devolved in 1998 after Good Friday A?

Answer 13

Gov in NI

Question 14

what % of Scottish people said ‘yes’ to devolution in 1997?

Answer 14

74%

Question 15

what % of Welsh said ‘yes’ to devolution in 1997?

Answer 15

50%

Question 16

name 1 other reform NL did that happened in1999?

Answer 16

intro Mayor of London

Question 17

some moves to intro further ____ in England

Answer 17

assemblies

Question 18

plans for further devolution were halted because…

Answer 18

2004 referendum in NE overwhelmingly rejected

Question 19

2 limitations of NL’s devolution efforts?

Answer 19

support for Scottish and Welsh nationalist parties grew, Ken Livingstone elected Mayor of London

Question 20

which 2 nationalist parties continued to gain support after devolution in Scotland and Wales?

Answer 20

Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) and Plaid Cymru (PC)

Question 21

why was Ken Livingstone a poor Mayor for New Lab?

Answer 21

he rep ‘looney left’ of 1980s that NL tried so hard to abandon

Question 22

why did Blair’s efforts to undermine Livingstone not work?

Answer 22

despite being forced out of Lab Party, Livingstone ran as Mayor of London as an independent candidate and won

Question 23

when was Livingstone elected Mayor of London?

Answer 23

2000

Question 24

NL made a political effort to reform the __ __ __ in 1999

Answer 24

House of Lords

Question 25

why did attempts to reform the House of Lords fail?

Answer 25

ended in a messy compromise where hereditary peers weren't abolished but cut to 92, almost everyone unsatisfied