WorksheetsTony Blair 1997-2007
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
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?
(a)
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%
