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Originally Posted by Riley.
In the 1970 General Election it was certain that Labour leader Harold Wilson would return with a majority as Prime Minister and that Conservative Leader Edward Heath had no chance of getting into Number 10. Opinion polls showed that Labour had a lead of anywhere between a 1% to 9% point lead on the Conservatives but to the countries shock (Ted Heath was the only one who thought he would win - not even the Conservatives thought they had a chance) the Conservatives threw Labour out of power by winning 330 seats to Labours 228.
All I'm saying is never expect a result until the result comes through!
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I mentioned this a few weeks ago and was told it was pointless looking back to different times.
Not by you Riley.
I like looking back and politics and elections do have history repeating itself.
The 1970 election too was called after having good local election results by Harold Wilson,and as you said leads ranging from 1% to nearer 10%.
Then the Cons and Heath came through overturning a Labour previous majority of around 90 into a Con one of 30.
Obviously,not yourself, but I would love a similar scenario but as you say,it's been done before.
I'd say it won't this time but there's no way of really assessing that last second decision of voting in the ballot booth by voters.
Glad you looked that up as I did.