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ELECTION FEVER
| 1. | In 1992 Neil Kinnock lost the general election and was replaced as leader of the Labour party by whom? |
| 2. | Following success at the 1979 election whose party conference speeech included the lines 'you turn if you want to, the lady's not for turning'? |
| 3. | Having returned from a four nation summit in Guadeloupe during the winter of January 1979, who was responsible for the Sun headline 'Crisis, what crisis?'? |
| 4. | Churchill went to the country in the summer of 1945 but was defeated by which Labour leader? |
| 5. | Of the 1983 Labour party manifesto Gerald Kaufman famously said it was the 'longest...' what in history? |
| 6. | Excluding gordon Brown, 5 people have taken over as primeminister in mid term, only two have failed to win the following election, can you name them? |
| 7. | In the run up to the 1997 election, Tony Blair outlined his parties' three priorities for office, can you name them? |
| 8. | Satchi and Satchi were responsible for the 1979 Conservative advertising campaign. The most famous poster being of a line of people queing at the job centre, with what famous strap line? |
| 9. | Before going on to win the 1964 election, who made the 'white heat of technology' speech to their party conference? |
| 10. | After defeat at the 1997 general election the Conservative party had a string of leaders before David Cameron, can you name one of them? |
quiz kindly submitted by Mikey on 12th April 2010