The challenge is enormous, and almost certainly insurmountable. The latest opinion polls [Oct 2016] place the Conservative Party 15-16% ahead of Labour, with Labour floundering at below... Читать далее
Historian, lecturer at the University of Chichester, pop culture expert, author of numerous books including ‘Rejoice! Rejoice! Britain In The 1980s’, @AlwynTurner
Having won the 1979 general election with a 44-seat majority, Margaret Thatcher led the Conservative Party to a second triumph in 1983, increasing her majority to a huge 144.
That... Читать далее
It seems to me that the Queen is a major political figure, perhaps, more important than people have realised for some time. Although I think, historians have recognised her importance in... Читать далее
What is clearly true is the traditional party landscape as it was in the 1950s and 60s has completely broken down. We are no longer a two party system, which were 90 percent of the... Читать далее
If the UK does not have access to the European single market after Brexit it will meet with a lot of serious obstacles to trade. It will not be so much of a problem for manufacturing and... Читать далее
I genuinely think he probably was. I think he was – and remains – ideologically closer to the Left of the Conservative Party than he was to Old Labour. Like many on the Left of the Conserv... Читать далее
It’s terribly unequal. Britain is by far the most unequal country in Europe – in fact, only America rivals us in the entire world – and right now, in times of income inequality, we are... Читать далее
Cameron was clear in the Referendum that this was a one-off decision, that if there was a vote to leave then that meant the UK was leaving. He didn’t promise that he would immediately... Читать далее
Great Prime Ministers are winners. Attlee won Labour its first-ever majority with the landslide in 1945 and his government delivered an enormously transformative manifesto, practically in... Читать далее
Historian, lecturer at the University of Chichester, pop culture expert, author of numerous books including ‘Rejoice! Rejoice! Britain In The 1980s’, @AlwynTurner
In March 1981 Margaret Thatcher reached the lowest point of her premiership, with opinion polls showing just 16 per cent of the country satisfied with her government. She remained... Читать далее