Higher Politics

Who was known as the 'Father of Conservatism'?

• Thomas Hobbes

• Robert Peel

• Edmund Burke

• Benjamin Disraeli

Karl Marx famously said 'workers of the world unite, you have nothing to lose but...'

What is 'bussing in'?

What day do PMQs take place?

• Monday

• Tuesday

• Wednesday

• Thursday

Who can appoint people to the House of Lords?

Define the 'rational choice' model of voting behaviour.

What percentage (roughly) of government bills become law?

• 50%

• 75%

• 90%

• 95%

Who stated that leaders should know how to 'steer the ship'?

• Plato

• Jean Jacques Rousseau

• Joseph Schumpeter

• Lenin

Give two reasons that Marx argued capitalism was bad.

Which event did Burke see as bringing change but also maintaining what was good about he country?

• The French Revolution

• The Russian Revolution

• The Glorious Revolution