![]() ![]() 30) Whose tweet was used by Keir Starmer to sack left MP Rebecca Long-Bailey from his shadow cabinet, after falsely claiming it was antisemitic?.29) What was renationalised by the Tories?.28) Whose statue ended up in Bristol Harbour?.27) Name the unarmed black man killed in Minneapolis by police?.26) Where was a law imposed to outlaw “secession, subversion, foreign interference and terrorism”.25) Who was dubbed the “Death Secretary”?.24) Apart from Boris Johnson, which other serving British prime minister was incapacitated by a coronavirus?.23) Who gave just four hours’ notice in imposing a nationwide pandemic lockdown?.22) Name the act which Trump invoked to force thousands of meat processing workers back to work.21) Name the strikers whose picketing was disrupted by police using Covid restrictions.20) Name the sports star at the centre of a campaign that forced a Tory government U-turn on free school meals during holidays.19) Name the revolutionary socialist murdered 80 years ago.18) Which revolutionary socialist’s birth 150 years ago was celebrated this year?.17) Who described Covid-19 as “just a little flu”?.16) Name the disastrous health strategy pursued by the Tory government at the start of the pandemic.15) What 17th Century word became familiar during lockdown?.14) Name Royal Mail’s CEO who was pushed out of office under pressure from CWU union members?.13) Whose reballot for strike action secured a 94.5% yes vote?.12) According to the Sunday Times Rich List, who is the wealthiest person in Britain?.11) What turned out to be the worst for over 300 years?.10) Name the dark comedy about capitalist inequality that won best film at the Academy Awards (Oscars)?.9) Who intervened to allow billionaire ex-pornographer Richard Desmond to avoid paying £45 million in taxes to Tower Hamlets council?.8) Whose drive to Baghdad International Airport came up short?.7) At the start of the year, what turned the skies blood red and the beaches black?.6) Which politician should’ve gone to Specsavers?.5) Who said: “It’s statistically impossible that I lost”?. ![]() 3) Who retorted that two Scotch eggs is a starter?.2) Who reckoned a Scotch egg constituted a substantial meal?.1) What did Boris Johnson describe as “game changing”?.Well, let’s see how much you remember of the ‘year from hell’ in our annual quiz. What a year! The Covid pandemic, the worst recession in living memory, the Black Lives Matter movement, the US presidential election, the Brexit debacle, growing class inequalities… Khaydock/CC (Click to enlarge: opens in new window) ![]()
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