Let me put this scenario to you
A white haired gentleman, who is a darling of the left of the Labour Party and is party leader. He goes up against a female leader of the conservative party and prime minister in a general election, she calls, and he is roundly beaten giving her a majority in parliament of well over 100+ seats.
Does this scenario seem far fetched or familiar?
Spoiler:
It was Michael Foot versus Margaret Thatcher in the 1983 General Election.
From a YouTube clip
(Link)
Quote:
The 1983 UK general election was held on 9 June 1983. It gave the Conservative Party under Margaret Thatcher the most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945.
The opposition vote split almost evenly between the SDP/Liberal Alliance and Labour. With its worst performance since 1918, the Labour vote fell by over 3 million from 1979 and this accounted for both a national swing of almost 4% towards the Conservatives and their larger parliamentary majority of 144, even though the Conservatives' total vote did fall slightly
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Sadly I can not find any Labour Party election broadcasts from 1983, so this news clip will have to suffice
So does anyone else see a parallel with current events?
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