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

[republicanism]

GENERAL

1 - Who is the Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland? What party are they from?
- David Cameron, Conservative Party

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 Party

4 - What parties make up the current government?
- Conservative Party, Liberal Democrats

5 - Name 3 parties, which are have MPs, outside of the three largest parties.
- Scottish National Party, Plaid Cymru, Green Party of England and Wales

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

HISTORICAL

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

8 - Which office gives the holder the official residence of 10 Downing Street? [hint: it's not as obvious as you'd think]
- No idea.

9 - Who was Britain's longest serving Prime Minister?
- Not sure. Gladstone? If you mean longest continuous Prime Minister, that should be Thatcher.

10 - Since 1900, which party, under which leader, won the most seats, and, which party did he represent?
- Baldwin in 1931, Conservatives / National government.

11 - What was Labour's official campaign song in the 1997 election?
- Ah, I forgot. Part of the refrain was, iirc: *We can do so much better!*

12 - When did Labour first enter government, under which Prime Minister?
- Ramsay McDonald. 1922(?)

13 - Who made up the so-called 'Gang of 4' and what did they do together?
- Don't know.

14 - Which Prime Minister had a trademark smoking pipe?
- Clement Attlee. Though I would guess he wasn't the only pipe-smoking PM in your history.


DEVOLUTION

15 - Scotland. Who was the first First Minister of Scotland?
- Don't know

16 - Scotland. Who is the only First Minister to have won a parliamentary majority?
- Don't know

17 - Wales. Who's the current First Minister of Wales?
- Don't know

18 - Northern Ireland. Who's the current Deputy First Minister?
- Don't know

DIFFICULT

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

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?
- Historically? First "Liberal Party", and than the "Social Democratic & Liberal Alliance".

22 - Who were the five candidates in the last Labour leadership election? [Bonus: Their current offices]
- Ed Miliband, David Milibands, Ed Balls. And one more man and one left-wing black woman, but I don't remember their names.

23 - What was Margaret Thatcher most famous (or, you might say, infamous) for before she became the leader of her party?
- You're probably talking about that milk-snatching affair.

24 - What's the literal seat of the Lord Speaker?
- Don't know.


IMPOSSIBLE

25 - What part of Westminister Palace was the House of Commons originally?
- No idea.

26 - Who was the only Prime Minister not to speak English as a first language?
- Lloyd George

27 - What constituency did the leader of the BNP run in and who beat him, in the 2010 election?
- Nick Griffin ran in Barking, but I don't know to which Labour guy he lost to.

[republicanism]

Some questions of my own now...

Easy

1. Which party won the 1959 General Election?
--- Tories

2. Who was the first Leader of the Labour Party?
--- I know that one of the very first Labour MPs elected was named Keir Hardie. Let's try it.

3. Name the constituencies of the leaders of the three largest parties in the Commons.
--- Nick Clegg is either City of Durham or City of Cambridge, I think. Don't know for Miliband and Cameron.

4. Who is the current Father of the House?
--- Is that the oldest MP? That was Ian Paisley for some time I think, but he is gone. Or is it the longest serving MP? What ever, I'll try Dennis Skinner, since he is old and long-serving.

5-22. No idea. Would only be blind guessing.