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- 1. Keir --- is the leader of the UK Labour Party
- 3. The Sbrenica massacre of --- by Serbs during the civil war in former Yugoslavia has been described as “the greatest failure in human history” by one of the Dutch UN commanders who had to stand by and watch the slaughter given their orders did not include engaging in combat.
- 6. Dwayne ‘the Rock’ Johnson ignored IPSO, the press regulator, when he saw made up quotes by him labelling generation Z (YOUR generation!) as ‘---‘, and put a video on his Instagram account directly stating he hadn’t, and wouldn’t use these words!
- 9. First-past-the---- is used to elect MPs, and is accused of favouring the two big parties, creating a 'two-party system' and pressuring voters into tactical voting.
- 11. Freedom of --- is another basic human right recognised by the UN.
- 16. The Daily --- caused uproar by labelling the Supreme Court ‘enemies of the people’ for daring to insist that the government needed to win a vote in Parliament to push Brexit through. During WW2 it supported the British fascists, the brownshirts, and favoured Britain becoming allies with Hitler.
- 17. The sole Green MP, Caroline Lucas, was stopped from speaking in the Commons when she wore a tee-shirt to show support for the #nomorepage--- campaign. Starting with Murdoch’s Sun in the 1970s, several UK tabloid papers published topless photos of women as young as 16 on page ---. Most have now ceased doing so.
- 21. The Lib Dems won just 11 seats under the FPTP system in 2019's UK general election, but would have won --- under PR!
- 22. The Leveson Inquiry was set up after public outrage at the News of the World’s --- ---, notably that of murdered schoolgirl Millie Dowler. Her parents though she was still alive after her mobile messages kept wiping … but it was tabloid journalists doing this to get more messages to report on.
- 23. Meghan Markle recently won a court case based on her right to --- over the publication by the Mail on Sunday of letters to her father. Former motorsports boss Max Moseley won a high profile --- case over footage of his use of Nazi clothing.
- 25. Former President --- is a hero in Kosovo, with his own statue and avenue named after him, with formal ceremonies each US Independence Day around it! His controversial decision to bomb Belgrade (Serbia’s capital) swiftly ended the Kosovo conflict.
- 27. The 2nd biggest party in Northern Ireland are ---, the Republican party linked to the terrorist group the IRA
- 29. Votes on single issues (---) are rare in the UK system, but in recent years there have been votes on Brexit, a new voting system and Scottish independence. Only the 1st of those got a yes vote!
- 30. Former UK PM Theresa May (the 2nd female PM in Britain’s history, both Conservatives) was known for her robotic public speaking style and reliance on repeating slogans, such as “there’s no --- money tree”, her way of saying the UK couldn’t increase public spending. This looked ridiculous when she found £1 billion to give to Northern Ireland to get the votes of the DUP!
- 34. The Conservatives announced in September 2020 that they would break international law and ignore parts of the deal they signed with the EU. Many say this will lead to a --- border (with customs checks) in Ireland, and the risk of armed conflict.
- 35. North Korea is an example of a ---, a non-democratic system with few rights or freedoms for its citizens.
- 38. The UNHCR is the --- Agency of the United Nations.
- 39. Working out the maths of how many seats a party or coalition needs to hold to control the House of Commons is complicated by --- ---, an Irish Republican party linked to the (now inactive) terror group the IRA. They don’t take up their 7 seats, refusing to swear an oath to the British monarch.
- 40. The UN lists 30 basic human rights that all people should enjoy under its --- Declaration of Human Rights.
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- 2. Trump is part of the --- Party, part of a two-party system with the more left-wing Democrats.
- 4. Freedom of the press (news media) is a basic element of a democracy. No such freedom to report exists in countries like China – but do the actions of the likes of Trump, with his constant claims of ‘--- news’ against anything reported which wasn’t supportive of him, meet these expectations?
- 5. The DUP are the biggest party in Northern Ireland, having replaced the --- Unionist Party (UUP) as the favoured party of the pro-British (mainly Protestant) voters
- 7. A --- is an election for a single MP (so, a single constituency) in between general elections.
- 8. Like the USA and many others, the UK has two legislature bodies (the places where new laws are debated and voted on, usually proposed by the executive - the PM/cabinet), making it ---.
- 10. Labour is the main --- party in the UK parliament
- 12. To the great annoyance of unionists in Northern Ireland, the Brexit deal means there is now a border in the --- --- between NI and Great Britain! NI remains within the EU’s trade zone.
- 13. The Greens would have won --- seats, not just 1, under PR in the 2019 general election!
- 14. IPSO, the --- Press Standards Organisation, the current regulator of the UK press, is controversial for its lack of impact. Unlike TV, radio, film etc, which are regulated by ‘statutory’ regulators (established by laws) it is a voluntary system – The Guardian, Financial Times and Independent all refused to join it!
- 15. Former Prime Minister David --- set up the Brexit referendum thinking it would win back to his party voters lost to this cause; even the UKIP leader Nigel Farage was shocked when the yes result came in.
- 18. Both the Sun and the Times are owned by Rupert ---’s conglomerate.
- 19. The Green Party have only one MP, Caroline ---, because of the way the voting system works
- 20. The Conservative (and Unionist, to give it its full title!) party is aka the --- Party.
- 24. A --- election is when all UK MPs face re-election
- 26. One of the 4 main policy areas we track across the course, this is a major issue for unit 2. Hostility towards --- is seen as a key factor in the yes vote for Brexit.
- 28. The 1998 Good Friday Agreement saw the end of 30 years of ‘Troubles’ (or civil war) in ---- ---. Over 3500 were murdered between 1968 and 1998.
- 31. From 2010-2015 the Lib Dems formed a --- government with the (much bigger!) Conservatives. This led some furious students to push dog faeces through the letterbox of their leader Nick Clegg - now a global spokesman for Facebook.
- 32. From 2017-19 the DUP formed a '--- and supply' agreement to vote with the minority (didn't have 326 seats) Tory government. This meant that if the Tory government faced a vote of no --- (basically, kicking them out of office and forcing a new election!) they could call upon the DUP’s votes to save them.
- 33. PM Boris Johnson was mayor of ---, which helped to raise his profile, not least when the Olympics were held there.
- 36. Jeremy --- was the Labour leader for the 2019 general election, when his party lost a lot of seats. Hostility from the right-wing press is seen as a key factor.
- 37. A nation with a $700 annual average income, --- paid $39m for a shirt sponsorship with Arsenal Football Club. The terrible civil war between Tutsis and Hutus is seen as one the UN’s greatest failures, though the country has regained stability since the fighting finally ended.