18 named cases with significance and which argument each fits. Then a match-the-example quiz.
The examples
Amber Rudd 2018 - Home Secretary resigned over Windrush after inadvertently misleading Commons about removal targets. Standard modern IMR-personal example. [IMR - personal (misled Commons)]
Damian Green 2017 - First Secretary of State resigned after misleading the PM about pornography found on his Commons computer plus separate harassment claims. IMR-personal. [IMR - personal (misled PM)]
Priti Patel 2017 - International Development Secretary resigned after holding unauthorised meetings with Israeli officials. Breach of Ministerial Code on transparency. [IMR - personal (Ministerial Code breach)]
Liam Fox 2011 - Defence Secretary resigned over the Adam Werritty affair (unofficial adviser given inappropriate access). IMR-personal under the Ministerial Code. [IMR - personal (Ministerial Code breach)]
Suella Braverman October 2022 - Home Secretary resigned six days into Truss's premiership after a security breach (sent official document from personal email). IMR-personal. [IMR - personal (security breach)]
Suella Braverman November 2023 - Home Secretary sacked by Sunak after publishing a Times op-ed criticising the Met's policing of pro-Palestine marches - against No 10's line. CMR breach. [CMR - public dissent from cabinet line]
Dominic Raab April 2023 - Deputy PM and Justice Secretary resigned after an independent inquiry by Adam Tolley KC upheld two bullying complaints. IMR-personal under the Code. [IMR - personal (Code breach)]
Lord Carrington 1982 - Foreign Secretary resigned days after Argentine invasion of the Falklands - even though he was not personally to blame. The classic IMR-departmental case. [IMR - departmental]
Estelle Morris 2002 - Education Secretary resigned saying she did not feel up to the job. A rare case of voluntary IMR resignation on personal-honesty grounds. [IMR - personal (honesty)]
Theresa May at Home Office 2010-16 - Multiple immigration failures (deportation flights cancelled, Windrush groundwork laid) but no resignation. Textbook case of IMR-departmental NOT biting. [IMR - non-resignation case]
Boris Johnson Partygate as PM - PM fined by Met (first sitting PM fined for breaking the law). Sue Gray report. Johnson did not resign over the breaches themselves. CMR also strained - Gove publicly briefed against him before being sacked. [Both - convention NOT biting]
Gavin Williamson 2020 A-level algorithm - Education Secretary did not resign over the A-level grading fiasco. A standout modern case of IMR-departmental failing to enforce. [IMR - non-resignation case]
1975 EEC referendum - Harold Wilson formally suspended CMR. Cabinet ministers (including Tony Benn) campaigned No against the official Yes line. The precedent that 2016 followed. [CMR - formal suspension]
2016 EU referendum - David Cameron suspended CMR. Six cabinet ministers campaigned Leave: Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, Iain Duncan Smith, Priti Patel, John Whittingdale, Theresa Villiers. [CMR - formal suspension]
Robin Cook March 2003 - Leader of the Commons resigned because he could not publicly support the Iraq War. Resignation speech to the Commons. Classic CMR constructive resignation. [CMR - constructive resignation]
Clare Short May 2003 - International Development Secretary delayed her resignation over Iraq, then went two months later. Awkward CMR case - cited the absence of UN authority for reconstruction. [CMR - delayed resignation]
Truss-Kwarteng October 2022 - Cabinet ministers briefed openly against the PM after the mini-budget. Penny Mordaunt sent to Despatch Box in PM's absence. CMR effectively collapsed before Truss resigned. [CMR - collapse before PM falls]
Sue Gray report January 2022 - Senior civil servant's inquiry into Partygate. Showed institutional adaptation - investigation continued despite political pushback. The system processing a CMR/IMR crisis even when the PM did not resign. [Process - institutional response]
Match the example to the argument
Each example does primary work for one argument and supporting work for others. Pick the strongest fit.
Example-to-argument matcher
Five questions.
Question 1 of 0
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