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September 18th, 2012, 06:12 PM
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No Falklands War
1983: David Steel (SDP-Liberal Alliance) [1] 1987: David Steel (Liberal Democrats)[2] 1991: Shirley Williams (Democrats) [3] 1996: Michael Portillo (Conservative) [4] 2000: Michael Portillo (Conservative-Socialist coalition) [5] 2003: Peter Hennessy (Democrats) [6] 2007: Peter Hennessy (Democrats) [1] With huge unpopularity for both the Conservatives and Labour, the Alliance wins the General Election. David Steel becomes Prime Minister following his challenge of Roy Jenkins due to the Liberals being the larger party. [2] In the general election of 1987, the new "Liberal Democrats" (formed after Jenkins agrees to the merger) shrinks the Tories to 134 seats and Labour to just 32, as many former Labourites switch to the Lib Dems. Steel announces that in 1989 there will be a leadership election and that he will be not participating... [3] Following the election of Shirley Williams as leader the Lib Dems formally change their name to "The Democrats" as a final compromise between the left and right of the party. The Conservatives under John Major increase their seat number to 250 and Labour flat line to just 30. By the end of the year the last right wing of the Party defect to the Democrats leaving Tony Benn leader of the newly named "Socialist Party". [4] After 13 years in the wilderness the Conservative Party returns to power under their new leader Michael Portillo. [5] The Tories tear themselves to pieces in a very public fashion over the Treaty of Naples and Portillo is forced to court the Europhobic vote by promising a referendum on EU membership within two years of the next election. Going to the polls early (in 2000 with a buoyant economy) helps greatly, but the Tories are whittled down by moderates voting Democrat and are 21 seats short of a majority. They are forced to work with the equally Europhobic Socialists, led by Bernard Grant, who becomes Foreign Secretary and the first black man to hold a great office of state. The Socialist membership, however, is devastatingly divided over the decision to 'prop up the Tories'. [6] The hopes of a Conservatives return were dashed after the European referendum went against the ruling parties and pushed favour back towards the Democrats. Portillo was forced to call an election, and Hennessy would win by a landslide. He was also extremely popular for honouring his pledge to lower university tuition fees and addressing the 'big-bank yuppie culture' developing in the City. [7] The Democrats win re-election in an easy landslide Tory leader Ken Clarke shortly resigns leaving his party with just over 150 seats. Meanwhile the Socialists pay the ultimate price of the coalition for the what many called a complete betrayal of the socialist ideal. The party is left with just 11 seats and many already begin joining the Democrats. Two years into Hennessy resigns as PM declaring he had "done all he needed to do" and called a leadership election. 
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September 18th, 2012, 06:18 PM
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No Falklands War
1983: David Steel (SDP-Liberal Alliance) [1] 1987: David Steel (Liberal Democrats)[2] 1991: Shirley Williams (Democrats) [3] 1996: Michael Portillo (Conservative) [4] 2000: Michael Portillo (Conservative-Socialist coalition) [5] 2003: Peter Hennessy (Democrats) [6] 2007: Peter Hennessy (Democrats)[7] 2009: Dave Cameron (Democrats)[8] [1] With huge unpopularity for both the Conservatives and Labour, the Alliance wins the General Election. David Steel becomes Prime Minister following his challenge of Roy Jenkins due to the Liberals being the larger party. [2] In the general election of 1987, the new "Liberal Democrats" (formed after Jenkins agrees to the merger) shrinks the Tories to 134 seats and Labour to just 32, as many former Labourites switch to the Lib Dems. Steel announces that in 1989 there will be a leadership election and that he will be not participating... [3] Following the election of Shirley Williams as leader the Lib Dems formally change their name to "The Democrats" as a final compromise between the left and right of the party. The Conservatives under John Major increase their seat number to 250 and Labour flat line to just 30. By the end of the year the last right wing of the Party defect to the Democrats leaving Tony Benn leader of the newly named "Socialist Party". [4] After 13 years in the wilderness the Conservative Party returns to power under their new leader Michael Portillo. [5] The Tories tear themselves to pieces in a very public fashion over the Treaty of Naples and Portillo is forced to court the Europhobic vote by promising a referendum on EU membership within two years of the next election. Going to the polls early (in 2000 with a buoyant economy) helps greatly, but the Tories are whittled down by moderates voting Democrat and are 21 seats short of a majority. They are forced to work with the equally Europhobic Socialists, led by Bernard Grant, who becomes Foreign Secretary and the first black man to hold a great office of state. The Socialist membership, however, is devastatingly divided over the decision to 'prop up the Tories'. [6] The hopes of a Conservatives return were dashed after the European referendum went against the ruling parties and pushed favour back towards the Democrats. Portillo was forced to call an election, and Hennessy would win by a landslide. He was also extremely popular for honouring his pledge to lower university tuition fees and addressing the 'big-bank yuppie culture' developing in the City. [7] The Democrats win re-election in an easy landslide Tory leader Ken Clarke shortly resigns leaving his party with just over 150 seats. Meanwhile the Socialists pay the ultimate price of the coalition for the what many called a complete betrayal of the socialist ideal. The party is left with just 11 seats and many already begin joining the Democrats. Two years into Hennessy resigns as PM declaring he had "done all he needed to do" and called a leadership election. [8] In a surprise result, the 'young blood' candidate Cameron defeats party grandee and long-serving Home Secretary Tony Blair to become the youngest PM since Lord Liverpool. He sets about governing 'by consensus, and for continuity'. The Socialists are further reduced to 4 seats, but there is growing unrest in the Social Democratic wing of the party after their man Blair failed to win the leadership, with some (such as the influential Gordon Brown and the brilliant theorist Michael Gove) making rumblings along the lines of 'we left Labour for leaving us out in the cold, and we can do the same to the Liberals'.
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September 18th, 2012, 06:20 PM
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No Falklands War
1983: David Steel (SDP-Liberal Alliance) [1] 1987: David Steel (Liberal Democrat)[2] 1991: Shirley Williams (Democrat) [3] 1996: Michael Portillo (Conservative) [4] 2000: Michael Portillo (Conservative-Socialist coalition) [5] 2003: Peter Hennessy (Democrat) [6] 2007: Peter Hennessy (Democrat) [7] 2009: Anthony Blair (Democrat) [8] [1] With huge unpopularity for both the Conservatives and Labour, the Alliance wins the General Election. David Steel becomes Prime Minister following his challenge of Roy Jenkins due to the Liberals being the larger party. [2] In the general election of 1987, the new "Liberal Democrats" (formed after Jenkins agrees to the merger) shrinks the Tories to 134 seats and Labour to just 32, as many former Labourites switch to the Lib Dems. Steel announces that in 1989 there will be a leadership election and that he will be not participating... [3] Following the election of Shirley Williams as leader the Lib Dems formally change their name to "The Democrats" as a final compromise between the left and right of the party. The Conservatives under John Major increase their seat number to 250 and Labour flat line to just 30. By the end of the year the last right wing of the Party defect to the Democrats leaving Tony Benn leader of the newly named "Socialist Party". [4] After 13 years in the wilderness the Conservative Party returns to power under their new leader Michael Portillo. [5] The Tories tear themselves to pieces in a very public fashion over the Treaty of Naples and Portillo is forced to court the Europhobic vote by promising a referendum on EU membership within two years of the next election. Going to the polls early (in 2000 with a buoyant economy) helps greatly, but the Tories are whittled down by moderates voting Democrat and are 21 seats short of a majority. They are forced to work with the equally Europhobic Socialists, led by Bernard Grant, who becomes Foreign Secretary and the first black man to hold a great office of state. The Socialist membership, however, is devastatingly divided over the decision to 'prop up the Tories'. [6] The hopes of a Conservatives return were dashed after the European referendum went against the ruling parties and pushed favour back towards the Democrats. Portillo was forced to call an election, and Hennessy would win by a landslide. He was also extremely popular for honouring his pledge to lower university tuition fees and addressing the 'big-bank yuppie culture' developing in the City. [7] The Democrats win re-election in an easy landslide Tory leader Ken Clarke shortly resigns leaving his party with just over 150 seats. Meanwhile the Socialists pay the ultimate price of the coalition for the what many called a complete betrayal of the socialist ideal. The party is left with just 11 seats and many already begin joining the Democrats. Two years into Hennessy resigns as PM declaring he had "done all he needed to do" and called a leadership election. [8] Anthony Blair wins the leadership election, with his slogan of "New Democrats" aka shifting the party to the left. Hennessy wishes Blair all the best luck, and returns to being a MP. The right wing of the party, under David Cameron, is growing uneasy about the new direction of the Democratic Party.
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#2084
September 18th, 2012, 06:21 PM
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That Alliance-wank is so big it'd probably make iainbhx cry "I say, steady on!"
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#2085
September 18th, 2012, 06:22 PM
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September 18th, 2012, 06:28 PM
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No Falklands War (before 2009) 1983: David Steel (SDP-Liberal Alliance) [1] 1987: David Steel (Liberal Democrat)[2] 1991: Shirley Williams (Democrat) [3] 1996: Michael Portillo (Conservative) [4] 2000: Michael Portillo (Conservative-Socialist coalition) [5] 2003: Peter Hennessy (Democrat) [6] 2007: Peter Hennessy (Democrat) [7] [1] With huge unpopularity for both the Conservatives and Labour, the Alliance wins the General Election. David Steel becomes Prime Minister following his challenge of Roy Jenkins due to the Liberals being the larger party. [2] In the general election of 1987, the new "Liberal Democrats" (formed after Jenkins agrees to the merger) shrinks the Tories to 134 seats and Labour to just 32, as many former Labourites switch to the Lib Dems. Steel announces that in 1989 there will be a leadership election and that he will be not participating... [3] Following the election of Shirley Williams as leader the Lib Dems formally change their name to "The Democrats" as a final compromise between the left and right of the party. The Conservatives under John Major increase their seat number to 250 and Labour flat line to just 30. By the end of the year the last right wing of the Party defect to the Democrats leaving Tony Benn leader of the newly named "Socialist Party". [4] After 13 years in the wilderness the Conservative Party returns to power under their new leader Michael Portillo. [5] The Tories tear themselves to pieces in a very public fashion over the Treaty of Naples and Portillo is forced to court the Europhobic vote by promising a referendum on EU membership within two years of the next election. Going to the polls early (in 2000 with a buoyant economy) helps greatly, but the Tories are whittled down by moderates voting Democrat and are 21 seats short of a majority. They are forced to work with the equally Europhobic Socialists, led by Bernard Grant, who becomes Foreign Secretary and the first black man to hold a great office of state. The Socialist membership, however, is devastatingly divided over the decision to 'prop up the Tories'. [6] The hopes of a Conservatives return were dashed after the European referendum went against the ruling parties and pushed favour back towards the Democrats. Portillo was forced to call an election, and Hennessy would win by a landslide. He was also extremely popular for honouring his pledge to lower university tuition fees and addressing the 'big-bank yuppie culture' developing in the City. [7] The Democrats win re-election in an easy landslide Tory leader Ken Clarke shortly resigns leaving his party with just over 150 seats. Meanwhile the Socialists pay the ultimate price of the coalition for the what many called a complete betrayal of the socialist ideal. The party is left with just 11 seats and many already begin joining the Democrats. Two years into Hennessy resigns as PM declaring he had "done all he needed to do" and called a leadership election. Cameron replaces Hennessy (aka No Falklands War-1) 2009: Dave Cameron (Democrat) [8] [8] In a surprise result, the 'young blood' candidate Cameron defeats party grandee and long-serving Home Secretary Tony Blair to become the youngest PM since Lord Liverpool. He sets about governing 'by consensus, and for continuity'. The Socialists are further reduced to 4 seats, but there is growing unrest in the Social Democratic wing of the party after their man Blair failed to win the leadership, with some (such as the influential Gordon Brown and the brilliant theorist Michael Gove) making rumblings along the lines of 'we left Labour for leaving us out in the cold, and we can do the same to the Liberals'. Blair replaces Hennessy (aka No Falklands War-2) 2009: Anthony Blair (Democrat) [8] [8] Anthony Blair wins the leadership election, with his slogan of "New Democrats" aka shifting the party to the left. Hennessy wishes Blair all the best luck, and returns to being a MP. The right wing of the party, under David Cameron, is growing uneasy about the new direction of the Democratic Party.
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#2087
September 18th, 2012, 06:30 PM
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No, let's not. This kind of thing is what killed this thread - overcomplicating it, tangents being exploited, new people can't be bothered to read through long posts and add to them. I appreciate you like your idea but rules is rules, as they say. What I would be interested in is you drawing up an alternative yourself and putting it in the 'completed lists' thread.
Canon No Falklands War 1983: David Steel (SDP-Liberal Alliance) [1] 1987: David Steel (Liberal Democrats)[2] 1991: Shirley Williams (Democrats) [3] 1996: Michael Portillo (Conservative) [4] 2000: Michael Portillo (Conservative-Socialist coalition) [5] 2003: Peter Hennessy (Democrats) [6] 2007: Peter Hennessy (Democrats)[7] 2009: Dave Cameron (Democrats)[8] [1] With huge unpopularity for both the Conservatives and Labour, the Alliance wins the General Election. David Steel becomes Prime Minister following his challenge of Roy Jenkins due to the Liberals being the larger party. [2] In the general election of 1987, the new "Liberal Democrats" (formed after Jenkins agrees to the merger) shrinks the Tories to 134 seats and Labour to just 32, as many former Labourites switch to the Lib Dems. Steel announces that in 1989 there will be a leadership election and that he will be not participating... [3] Following the election of Shirley Williams as leader the Lib Dems formally change their name to "The Democrats" as a final compromise between the left and right of the party. The Conservatives under John Major increase their seat number to 250 and Labour flat line to just 30. By the end of the year the last right wing of the Party defect to the Democrats leaving Tony Benn leader of the newly named "Socialist Party". [4] After 13 years in the wilderness the Conservative Party returns to power under their new leader Michael Portillo. [5] The Tories tear themselves to pieces in a very public fashion over the Treaty of Naples and Portillo is forced to court the Europhobic vote by promising a referendum on EU membership within two years of the next election. Going to the polls early (in 2000 with a buoyant economy) helps greatly, but the Tories are whittled down by moderates voting Democrat and are 21 seats short of a majority. They are forced to work with the equally Europhobic Socialists, led by Bernard Grant, who becomes Foreign Secretary and the first black man to hold a great office of state. The Socialist membership, however, is devastatingly divided over the decision to 'prop up the Tories'. [6] The hopes of a Conservatives return were dashed after the European referendum went against the ruling parties and pushed favour back towards the Democrats. Portillo was forced to call an election, and Hennessy would win by a landslide. He was also extremely popular for honouring his pledge to lower university tuition fees and addressing the 'big-bank yuppie culture' developing in the City. [7] The Democrats win re-election in an easy landslide Tory leader Ken Clarke shortly resigns leaving his party with just over 150 seats. Meanwhile the Socialists pay the ultimate price of the coalition for the what many called a complete betrayal of the socialist ideal. The party is left with just 11 seats and many already begin joining the Democrats. Two years into Hennessy resigns as PM declaring he had "done all he needed to do" and called a leadership election. [8] In a surprise result, the 'young blood' candidate Cameron defeats party grandee and long-serving Home Secretary Tony Blair to become the youngest PM since Lord Liverpool. He sets about governing 'by consensus, and for continuity'. The Socialists are further reduced to 4 seats, but there is growing unrest in the Social Democratic wing of the party after their man Blair failed to win the leadership, with some (such as the influential Gordon Brown and the brilliant theorist Michael Gove) making rumblings along the lines of 'we left Labour for leaving us out in the cold, and we can do the same to the Liberals'.
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September 18th, 2012, 06:49 PM
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OK moving on.
No Falklands War 1983: David Steel (SDP-Liberal Alliance) [1] 1987: David Steel (Liberal Democrats)[2] 1991: Shirley Williams (Democrats) [3] 1996: Michael Portillo (Conservative) [4] 2000: Michael Portillo (Conservative-Socialist coalition) [5] 2003: Peter Hennessy (Democrats)[6] 2007: Peter Hennessy (Democrats)[7] 2009: Dave Cameron (Democrats)[8] 2014: Tony Blair (New Radicals) [9] [1] With huge unpopularity for both the Conservatives and Labour, the Alliance wins the General Election. David Steel becomes Prime Minister following his challenge of Roy Jenkins due to the Liberals being the larger party. [2] In the general election of 1987, the new "Liberal Democrats" (formed after Jenkins agrees to the merger) shrinks the Tories to 134 seats and Labour to just 32, as many former Labourites switch to the Lib Dems. Steel announces that in 1989 there will be a leadership election and that he will be not participating... [3] Following the election of Shirley Williams as leader the Lib Dems formally change their name to "The Democrats" as a final compromise between the left and right of the party. The Conservatives under John Major increase their seat number to 250 and Labour flat line to just 30. By the end of the year the last right wing of the Party defect to the Democrats leaving Tony Benn leader of the newly named "Socialist Party". [4] After 13 years in the wilderness the Conservative Party returns to power under their new leader Michael Portillo. [5] The Tories tear themselves to pieces in a very public fashion over the Treaty of Naples and Portillo is forced to court the Europhobic vote by promising a referendum on EU membership within two years of the next election. Going to the polls early (in 2000 with a buoyant economy) helps greatly, but the Tories are whittled down by moderates voting Democrat and are 21 seats short of a majority. They are forced to work with the equally Europhobic Socialists, led by Bernard Grant, who becomes Foreign Secretary and the first black man to hold a great office of state. The Socialist membership, however, is devastatingly divided over the decision to 'prop up the Tories'. [6] The hopes of a Conservatives return were dashed after the European referendum went against the ruling parties and pushed favour back towards the Democrats. Portillo was forced to call an election, and Hennessy would win by a landslide. He was also extremely popular for honouring his pledge to lower university tuition fees and addressing the 'big-bank yuppie culture' developing in the City. [7] The Democrats win re-election in an easy landslide Tory leader Ken Clarke shortly resigns leaving his party with just over 150 seats. Meanwhile the Socialists pay the ultimate price of the coalition for the what many called a complete betrayal of the socialist ideal. The party is left with just 11 seats and many already begin joining the Democrats. Two years into Hennessy resigns as PM declaring he had "done all he needed to do" and called a leadership election. [8] In a surprise result, the 'young blood' candidate Cameron defeats party grandee and long-serving Home Secretary Tony Blair to become the youngest PM since Lord Liverpool. He sets about governing 'by consensus, and for continuity'. The Socialists are further reduced to 4 seats, but there is growing unrest in the Social Democratic wing of the party after their man Blair failed to win the leadership, with some (such as the influential Gordon Brown and the brilliant theorist Michael Gove) making rumblings along the lines of 'we left Labour for leaving us out in the cold, and we can do the same to the Liberals'. [9] Following huge infighting the left wing of the Democrats splits to form the "New Radical Party" lead by Tony Blair. With the long awaited birth of a new party. The Radicals come to power with a strong working majority of 88. The Democrats take a shift to the right under David Cameron pushing for "Classical British Liberalism" and soon merges with the tired out Conservative Party.
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September 18th, 2012, 07:02 PM
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No Falklands War
1983: David Steel (SDP-Liberal Alliance) [1] 1987: David Steel (Liberal Democrats) [2] 1991: Shirley Williams (Democrats) [3] 1996: Michael Portillo (Conservative) [4] 2000: Michael Portillo (Conservative-Socialist coalition) [5] 2003: Peter Hennessy (Democrats) [6] 2007: Peter Hennessy (Democrats) [7] 2009: Dave Cameron (Democrats) [8] 2014: Tony Blair (New Radicals) [9] 2018: Caroline Spelman (Conservative-Democrat) [10] [1] With huge unpopularity for both the Conservatives and Labour, the Alliance wins the General Election. David Steel becomes Prime Minister following his challenge of Roy Jenkins due to the Liberals being the larger party. [2] In the general election of 1987, the new "Liberal Democrats" (formed after Jenkins agrees to the merger) shrinks the Tories to 134 seats and Labour to just 32, as many former Labourites switch to the Lib Dems. Steel announces that in 1989 there will be a leadership election and that he will be not participating... [3] Following the election of Shirley Williams as leader the Lib Dems formally change their name to "The Democrats" as a final compromise between the left and right of the party. The Conservatives under John Major increase their seat number to 250 and Labour flat line to just 30. By the end of the year the last right wing of the Party defect to the Democrats leaving Tony Benn leader of the newly named "Socialist Party". [4] After 13 years in the wilderness the Conservative Party returns to power under their new leader Michael Portillo. [5] The Tories tear themselves to pieces in a very public fashion over the Treaty of Naples and Portillo is forced to court the Europhobic vote by promising a referendum on EU membership within two years of the next election. Going to the polls early (in 2000 with a buoyant economy) helps greatly, but the Tories are whittled down by moderates voting Democrat and are 21 seats short of a majority. They are forced to work with the equally Europhobic Socialists, led by Bernard Grant, who becomes Foreign Secretary and the first black man to hold a great office of state. The Socialist membership, however, is devastatingly divided over the decision to 'prop up the Tories'. [6] The hopes of a Conservatives return were dashed after the European referendum went against the ruling parties and pushed favour back towards the Democrats. Portillo was forced to call an election, and Hennessy would win by a landslide. He was also extremely popular for honouring his pledge to lower university tuition fees and addressing the 'big-bank yuppie culture' developing in the City. [7] The Democrats win re-election in an easy landslide Tory leader Ken Clarke shortly resigns leaving his party with just over 150 seats. Meanwhile the Socialists pay the ultimate price of the coalition for the what many called a complete betrayal of the socialist ideal. The party is left with just 11 seats and many already begin joining the Democrats. Two years into Hennessy resigns as PM declaring he had "done all he needed to do" and called a leadership election. [8] In a surprise result, the 'young blood' candidate Cameron defeats party grandee and long-serving Home Secretary Tony Blair to become the youngest PM since Lord Liverpool. He sets about governing 'by consensus, and for continuity'. The Socialists are further reduced to 4 seats, but there is growing unrest in the Social Democratic wing of the party after their man Blair failed to win the leadership, with some (such as the influential Gordon Brown and the brilliant theorist Michael Gove) making rumblings along the lines of 'we left Labour for leaving us out in the cold, and we can do the same to the Liberals'. [9] Following huge infighting the left wing of the Democrats splits to form the "New Radical Party" lead by Tony Blair. With the long awaited birth of a new party. The Radicals come to power with a strong working majority of 88. The Democrats take a shift to the right under David Cameron pushing for "Classical British Liberalism" and soon merges with the tired out Conservative Party. [10] After the decimation of the North Sea fish stocks caused a major economic crash in the north, the response of Blair's government garnered little support. Public opinion rapidly turned against the Radicals, and Spelman's Conservative-Democrat Party took the stage for the first time - ushering in a new era of British politics devoid of any remnant of the 'old-order.'
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September 18th, 2012, 07:06 PM
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Another one:
John Smith Lives 1997: John Smith (Labour)[1] [1] John Smith and a modernized Labour Party win the General Election bringing an end to 18 years of Conservative rule with a comfortable majority of 96. The Lib Dems also make strong gains with 50 seats, the Conservatives just manage to stay on 200 seats.
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September 18th, 2012, 08:26 PM
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John Smith Lives
1997: John Smith (Labour) [1] 2000: Donald Dewar (Labour) [2] [1] John Smith and a modernized Labour Party win the General Election bringing an end to 18 years of Conservative rule with a comfortable majority of 96. The Lib Dems also make strong gains with 50 seats, the Conservatives just manage to stay on 200 seats. [2] After Smith stood down due to health concerns after an extremely successful term, Donald Dewar (his friend and obvious replacement) took the reigns of the party and to another election victory.
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#2092
September 18th, 2012, 08:41 PM
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John Smith Lives
1997: John Smith (Labour) [1] 2000: Donald Dewar (Labour) [2] 2004: Michael Portillo (Conservative) [3] [1] John Smith and a modernized Labour Party win the General Election bringing an end to 18 years of Conservative rule with a comfortable majority of 96. The Lib Dems also make strong gains with 50 seats, the Conservatives just manage to stay on 200 seats. [2] After Smith stood down due to health concerns after an extremely successful term, Donald Dewar (his friend and obvious replacement) took the reigns of the party and to another election victory. [3] Following a spite of ill health and the poorly handled fuel protests Dewar's support falls (though not a complete drop) and the Conservatives win the general election, mostly however due to Michael Portillo's "New Tory" movement.
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September 18th, 2012, 08:58 PM
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1997: John Smith (Labour) [1]
2000: Donald Dewar (Labour) [2] 2004: Michael Portillo (Conservative) [3] 2008: Michael Portillo/David Davis (Conservative) [4] [1] John Smith and a modernized Labour Party win the General Election bringing an end to 18 years of Conservative rule with a comfortable majority of 96. The Lib Dems also make strong gains with 50 seats, the Conservatives just manage to stay on 200 seats. [2] After Smith stood down due to health concerns after an extremely successful term, Donald Dewar (his friend and obvious replacement) took the reigns of the party and to another election victory. [3] Following a spite of ill health and the poorly handled fuel protests Dewar's support falls (though not a complete drop) and the Conservatives win the general election, mostly however due to Michael Portillo's "New Tory" movement. [4] As promised, Portillo leads his party into another general election victory with a comfortable 60-seat majority. However, privately, Portillo felt increasingly vexed by government and the nitty-gritty of daily politics. He told his inner circles that he would quit within 2 years, but just as the economic crisis began to unfurl, he suddenly "fell ill", deciding to quit, being replaced unopposed by the charismatic David Davis.
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September 18th, 2012, 09:09 PM
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1997: John Smith (Labour) [1]
2000: Donald Dewar (Labour) [2] 2004: Michael Portillo (Conservative) [3] 2008: Michael Portillo (Conservative) [4] 2008: David Davis (Conservative) 2011: Anthony Blair (Labourite leading Labour/Liberal Democrat coalition) [5] [1] John Smith and a modernized Labour Party win the General Election bringing an end to 18 years of Conservative rule with a comfortable majority of 96. The Lib Dems also make strong gains with 50 seats, the Conservatives just manage to stay on 200 seats. [2] After Smith stood down due to health concerns after an extremely successful term, Donald Dewar (his friend and obvious replacement) took the reigns of the party and to another election victory. [3] Following a spite of ill health and the poorly handled fuel protests Dewar's support falls (though not a complete drop) and the Conservatives win the general election, mostly however due to Michael Portillo's "New Tory" movement. [4] As promised, Portillo leads his party into another general election victory with a comfortable 60-seat majority. However, privately, Portillo felt increasingly vexed by government and the nitty-gritty of daily politics. He told his inner circles that he would quit within 2 years, but just as the economic crisis began to unfurl, he suddenly "fell ill", deciding to quit, being replaced unopposed by the charismatic David Davis. [5] Labour wins the 2011 general election over the unpopular Tories as the economic crisis increases. However, the Tories resist enough to prevent an outright majority, and Labour enters in coalition with the Liberal Democrats, which increased in popularity and seats drastically in this election. Vince Cable is Deputy PM as an consequence of this coalition.
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#2095
September 18th, 2012, 11:17 PM
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John Smith Lives
1997: John Smith (Labour) [1] 2000: Donald Dewar (Labour) [2] 2004: Michael Portillo (Conservative) [3] 2008: Michael Portillo (Conservative) [4] 2008: David Davis (Conservative) 2011: Anthony Blair (Labourite led Labour/Liberal Democrat coalition) [5] 2016: Vince Cable (Liberal-Democrat led national government) [6] [1] John Smith and a modernized Labour Party win the General Election bringing an end to 18 years of Conservative rule with a comfortable majority of 96. The Lib Dems also make strong gains with 50 seats, the Conservatives just manage to stay on 200 seats. [2] After Smith stood down due to health concerns after an extremely successful term, Donald Dewar (his friend and obvious replacement) took the reigns of the party and to another election victory. [3] Following a spite of ill health and the poorly handled fuel protests Dewar's support falls (though not a complete drop) and the Conservatives win the general election, mostly however due to Michael Portillo's "New Tory" movement. [4] As promised, Portillo leads his party into another general election victory with a comfortable 60-seat majority. However, privately, Portillo felt increasingly vexed by government and the nitty-gritty of daily politics. He told his inner circles that he would quit within 2 years, but just as the economic crisis began to unfurl, he suddenly "fell ill", deciding to quit, being replaced unopposed by the charismatic David Davis. [5] Labour wins the 2011 general election over the unpopular Tories as the economic crisis increases. However, the Tories resist enough to prevent an outright majority, and Labour enters in coalition with the Liberal Democrats, which increased in popularity and seats drastically in this election. Vince Cable is Deputy PM as an consequence of this coalition. [6] The Great Credit Shock of 2015 saw the support for the Labour Party near-collapse. Indeed, Cable would withdraw from the coalition, and leading a highly-progressive yet economically conservative manifesto was elected with a narrow majority over the rump Conservative Party. In the interests of national wellbeing, however, Cable offered the creation of a national government with members from all four major parties - the Liberal Democrats, Conservatives, Labour and Greens (who had performed well at the election).
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September 19th, 2012, 09:31 AM
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Heath Survives
1974: Edward Heath (Conservative) [1] 1978: Roy Mason (Labour-Liberal coalition) [2] [1] Ted Heath wins a second term in office due to a rise in Liberal seats under Jeremy Thorpe instead of Labour, from which Wilson resigns as leader. [2] The 1978 election resulted in a hung parliament, and after the Conservatives failed to find support in the Liberals to form a government, the latter approached Labour with a similar deal. Inter-party intrigue, however, forced Michael Foot to stand down and the hardliner Roy Mason took the podium for the first coalition government since the Second World War.
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September 19th, 2012, 12:09 PM
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Heath Survives
1974: Edward Heath (Conservative) [1] 1978: Roy Mason (Labour-Liberal coalition) [2] 1983: Denis Healey (Labour) [3] [1] Ted Heath wins a second term in office due to a rise in Liberal seats under Jeremy Thorpe instead of Labour, from which Wilson resigns as leader. [2] The 1978 election resulted in a hung parliament, and after the Conservatives failed to find support in the Liberals to form a government, the latter approached Labour with a similar deal. Inter-party intrigue, however, forced Michael Foot to stand down and the hardliner Roy Mason took the podium for the first coalition government since the Second World War. [3] Mason resigns, to be replaced by Denis Healey, who within three months wins with a majority of 42, in the first election held using STV.
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September 19th, 2012, 12:48 PM
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Heath Survives
1974: Edward Heath (Conservative) [1] 1978: Roy Mason (Labour-Liberal coalition) [2] 1983: Denis Healey (Labour) [3] 1985: Peter Shore (Labour) [4] [1] Ted Heath wins a second term in office due to a rise in Liberal seats under Jeremy Thorpe instead of Labour, from which Wilson resigns as leader. [2] The 1978 election resulted in a hung parliament, and after the Conservatives failed to find support in the Liberals to form a government, the latter approached Labour with a similar deal. Inter-party intrigue, however, forced Michael Foot to stand down and the hardliner Roy Mason took the podium for the first coalition government since the Second World War. [3] Mason resigns, to be replaced by Denis Healey, who within three months wins with a majority of 42, in the first election held using STV. [4] The Blackpool Hotel Bombing takes Healey's life as well as those of two police constables and Labour MP Tony Blair. Shore, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party since Healey's election as leader, wins unopposed amid rumblings from the right of the party that he is not up to the task of 'sorting out The Troubles'. Sure enough, he vindicates Tory and right-of-Labour outrage by calling for a truce in Northern Ireland and presents a 'cast iron guarantee' that British troops will be withdrawn from Ulster entirely within 2 years of a complete IRA disarmament. Sinn Fein's leadership are surprisingly receptive and a conference is arranged for March 1986, but the DUP and UUP go into meltdown.
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September 19th, 2012, 02:05 PM
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Heath Survives
1974: Edward Heath (Conservative) [1] 1978: Roy Mason (Labour-Liberal coalition) [2] 1983: Denis Healey (Labour) [3] 1985: Peter Shore (Labour) [4] 1987: Leon Brittan (Conservative)[5] [1] Ted Heath wins a second term in office due to a rise in Liberal seats under Jeremy Thorpe instead of Labour, from which Wilson resigns as leader. [2] The 1978 election resulted in a hung parliament, and after the Conservatives failed to find support in the Liberals to form a government, the latter approached Labour with a similar deal. Inter-party intrigue, however, forced Michael Foot to stand down and the hardliner Roy Mason took the podium for the first coalition government since the Second World War. [3] Mason resigns, to be replaced by Denis Healey, who within three months wins with a majority of 42, in the first election held using STV. [4] The Blackpool Hotel Bombing takes Healey's life as well as those of two police constables and Labour MP Tony Blair. Shore, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party since Healey's election as leader, wins unopposed amid rumblings from the right of the party that he is not up to the task of 'sorting out The Troubles'. Sure enough, he vindicates Tory and right-of-Labour outrage by calling for a truce in Northern Ireland and presents a 'cast iron guarantee' that British troops will be withdrawn from Ulster entirely within 2 years of a complete IRA disarmament. Sinn Fein's leadership are surprisingly receptive and a conference is arranged for March 1986, but the DUP and UUP go into meltdown. [5] Despite the success of the Irish talks, the political situation failed to radical improve. As a result, a resurgent Conservative Party called for a general election. However, after the death of leader John Major in a car accident whilst on campaign the party quickly rallied around Leon Brittan (regardless of other more senior candidates). The result was an extremely narrow victory.
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