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Remembering Kerry
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Also arista, parties go up and down all the time, it was said, labour could never come back and see the Alliance off in the mid 80s, they did.
The Conservatives looked doomed to many too in 1997 when Blair rode in,reducing them to under 170 seats. That looked even moreso when in 2001 he got almost the exact same result as in 1997. However back they came too. Politics is a series of peaks and troughs, the only thing that has really changed is the lower proportions of votes both main parties now win in elections. I am sure labour will begin to recover in Scotland over the next 5 years,not short term however. Also even for the next election,a very small number of seats changing hands will remove in an instant the overall majority this govt; currently has. In fact a few by elections can do that very easily over this parliament. I also believe the Lib Dems will come back too,maybe not to the level they attained in 2005 and 2010 but enough to be a force again too. The one I feel could now greatly recede,because it is a one man band and will have little relevance after the EU referendum, is UKIP. This is the election they should have their Lib Dem moment in, it never came near to doing so, despite achieving 3,800,000 votes,that was nothing like the over 6,000,000 votes the Lib Dems got used to. I would never write parties off however, once down on the bottom, the only way is back up. |
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