History of the Jews in Uganda in what is today Kenya and Uganda. The offer was a response to pogroms against the Jews in Russia, and it was hoped the area could be a refuge from persecution for the Jewish people. In 1972 relations with Israel soured. Although Israel had previously supplied Uganda with arms, in 1972 Idi Amin, enraged over Israel's refusal to supply Uganda with jets for a war with neighboring Tanzania, expelled Israeli military advisers and turned to Libya and the Soviet Union for support. Amin became an outspoken critic of Israel. In the documentary film "", he discussed his plans for war
1979 vote of no confidence in the Callaghan ministry another year before the succession of Michael Foot. The Scottish National Party also suffered in the 1979 general election, with its group reduced from 11 members to just two. The incoming Conservative government repealed the Scotland Act and devolution was not enacted until the 1997 referendum, after Labour had returned to power at Westminster. The 2012 play "This House" by James Graham depicted the work of the Whips from both the Government and Opposition sides during the period of minuscule and no Labour majorities. It culminated with the vote of no confidence itself. 1979 vote of no confidence in the