Tony Blair 1997-2007

In the 1997 election, Tony Blair's labour party won a landslide majority of...

• 179 seats

• 159 seats

• 139 seats

• 109 seats

Blair's policy programme was known as...

• the third way

• the middle way

• the centrist way

• the labour way

Blair could be described as what type of leader?

• charismatic

• confrontational

• weak

• limited

During Blair's government, the cabinet as a whole was...

• powerful

• sidelined

• dominant

Which phrase describes Blair's decision-making process?

• bar stool government

• armchair government

• kitchen government

• sofa government

What is the word used to describe meetings between Blair and his senior ministers and key advisers?

What did Blair and Brown do as soon as Labour won the election, without consulting the cabinet?

• gave the Bank of England power over interest rates

• made plans for a big party

• decided to reform the House of Lords

• proposed a codified constition

Tony Blair was highly criticised for not consulting his cabinet about the advisability of which war?

• Iraq

• Syria

• Iran

• Yemen

Tony Blair was...

• eurosceptic

• supportive of EU membership

Blair won the 1995 election but the Labour majority was reduced again and his vote % was a record low of...

• 35%

• 40%

• 30%

• 39%