How much do you know about United Kingdom politics [and history]

[Antonio the Sixth]

GENERAL

1 - Who is the Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland? What party are they from?

David Cameron, Conservative

2 - Name the two houses of the British Parliament.

House of Commons
House of Lords

3 - Who is the current Leader of the Opposition and what party is he from?

Ed Miliband, Labour

4 - What parties make up the current government?

The Conservative Party (senior member), the Liberal Democrats (junior member)

5 - Name 3 parties, which are have MPs, outside of the three largest parties.

The Scottish National Party, the Democratic Unionist Party, Sinn Fein, etc...

6 - Prior to the current Prime Minister, who was the Prime Minister and from what party was he from?

Gordon Brown, Labour


HISTORICAL

7 - What was the main right-wing party in Scotland until the mid-60s?

The Unionist Party ? Thanks Hash.

8 - Which office gives the holder the official residence of 10 Downing Street? [hint: it's not as obvious as you'd think]

Wut ? If it's not the PM, then what could it be ?

9 - Who was Britain's longest serving Prime Minister?

Don't know, certainly some oldie...

10 - Since 1900, which party, under which leader, won the most seats, and, which party did he represent?

You mean in every election ? OMG... I'd first need to know when exaclty did all those elections take place...

Before 1945, I've no idea.

1945 : Labour under Attlee.
1950 : Labour under Attlee.
1951 : Torie under Churchill
1955 : Torie under McMillan ?
1960s : Let's not even try.
1970 (?) : Tory under Heath ?
1974 : Labour under Wilson
1979 : Tory under Thatcher
1983 : Tory under Thatcher
1987 : Tory under Thatcher
1992 : Tory under Major
1997 : Labour under Blair
2001 : Labour under Blair
2005 : Labour under Blair
2020 : Tory under Cameron

11 - What was Labour's official campaign song in the 1997 election?

No idea. Better late than never ?

12 - When did Labour first enter government, under which Prime Minister?

1924, with Ramsay McDonald.

13 - Who made up the so-called 'Gang of 4' and what did they do together?

Dunno.

14 - Which Prime Minister had a trademark smoking pipe?

Churchill.



DEVOLUTION

15 - Scotland. Who was the first First Minister of Scotland?

Dunno.

16 - Scotland. Who is the only First Minister to have won a parliamentary majority?

Dunno.

17 - Wales. Who's the current First Minister of Wales?

Dunno.

18 - Northern Ireland. Who's the current Deputy First Minister?

Dunno

DIFFICULT

19 - What event did Tony Blair say "wasn't a day for sound bites"?

Dunno.

20 - Name one of the four Communist MPs who were elected.

No idea.

21 - What are the other names that the Liberal Democrats have taken, in their various forms?

The Whighs back in the 1700s, the Liberals since the early XXth Century, they allied with the Social Democratic Party during the 1980 creating the Alliance, which then became a real party known as the LibDems.

22 - Who were the five candidates in the last Labour leadership election? [Bonus: Their current offices]

Besides Ed and David Miliband, don't know.

23 - What was Margaret Thatcher most famous (or, you might say, infamous) for before she became the leader of her party?

Being batsh*t insane ? Nah, don't know.

24 - What's the literal seat of the Lord Speaker?

Dunno.


Better stopping there.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Haha, yes. Labour joined the government in 1915 and even got its first cabinet minister then (Arthur Henderson).

I don't think this is the best example if you want to mock me. I've checked out, and almost everybody (Xahar comprised) made the same mistake. Most of them didn't even get the year of McDonald's cabinet right.