Question Time 1 October 2008
Questions
1. Who, surprisingly, introduced Gordon Brown's speech to the Labour Party Conference?
( )President Bush ( )David Cameron
( )Sarah Brown ( )The Queen
2. Who decided to 'spend more time with her family' soon after the Labour conference?
( )Hazel Blears ( )Ruth Kelly
( )Jacqui Smith ( )Harriet Harman
3. Who decided to tone down his speech in order not to have a 'Heseltine' moment?
( )Ed Milliband ( )Geoff Hoon
( )Gordon Brown ( )David Milliband
4. Which Tory spokesman announced support for 'have‐a‐go‐heroes' at his conference?
( )Dominic Grieve ( )George Osborne
( )David Cameron ( )Michael Gove
5. George Osborne announced a freeze on what during his speech to the Tory conference?
( )Military spending ( )Car tax
( )Council Tax ( )Tax on beer
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( )Labour ( )Conservative
( )Liberal Democrats ( )SNP
7. Michael Gove outlined which education initiative at the Tory conference?
( )400 more academies ( )Abolition of university tuition fees
( )Abolition of independent schools ( )A new 'Super A Level'
8. Under Tory plans which group of people could get free teacher training?
( )Convicts ( )Newly arrived asylum seekers
( )Ex‐soldiers ( )Newly‐redundant merchant bankers
9. Which party leader told his conference that they were headed for power?
( )David Cameron ( )Nigel Farage
( )Nick Clegg ( )Lembit Opik
10. The Lib Dem leadership quashed a revolt to pass plans to cut what at their conference?
( )Defence spending ( )Tax
( )NHS waiting lists ( )CO2 emissions
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1 Sarah Brown
2 Ruth Kelly
3 David Milliband
4 Dominic Grieve
5 Council Tax
6 Conservative
7 400 more academies
8 Ex‐soldiers
9 Nick Clegg
10 Tax
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