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'For a long time to come.'
1979-1983: Margaret Thatcher (Conservative)
1979 (Majority) def. Jim Callaghan (Labour), David Steel (Liberal)
1983-1984: Edward du Cann (Conservative majority)
1984-1995: David Steel (Liberal)
1984 (Alliance with Social Democratic Party) def. Michael Foot (Labour), Edward du Cann (Conservative)
1986 (Majority) def. Peter Shore (Labour), Ian Gilmour (Conservative), David Owen ('Continuity' Social Democrat)
1990 (Majority) def. Margaret Beckett (Labour), Ian Gilmour (Conservative and Democratic)
1995-2000: John Prescott (Labour)
1995 (Majority) def. Alan Beith (Liberal), Gillian Shephard (Conservative)
Basically, the events of @iainbhx 's TLIAW occur. Steel leads the country into round two with Galtieri's Argentina, alongside America after the dictator starts applying muscle to his neighbours and destabilising matters for Washington. Steel formalises the absorption of much of the SDP, though Owen leads a significant chunk out in protest. The Liberals win a majority at the khaki election of 1986, actually an overall loss from the height of the Alliance but a massive gain for the Liberals. Owen eventually leads his Continuity SDP into alliance and eventually entirely into the Tories which become more One Nation after the decimation of 1984, and by the 1990s have become a stodgy party focussed on rural affairs and farmers' concerns. Steel keeps a majority narrowly in 1990 due to Tory gains in the country and Labour gains in the cities. The failure of attempted economic integration in Europe and the rise of a eurosceptic wing within the Liberal Party causes ructions and an eventual loss in 1995 to Prescott's Labour.
1979-1983: Margaret Thatcher (Conservative)
1979 (Majority) def. Jim Callaghan (Labour), David Steel (Liberal)
1983-1984: Edward du Cann (Conservative majority)
1984-1995: David Steel (Liberal)
1984 (Alliance with Social Democratic Party) def. Michael Foot (Labour), Edward du Cann (Conservative)
1986 (Majority) def. Peter Shore (Labour), Ian Gilmour (Conservative), David Owen ('Continuity' Social Democrat)
1990 (Majority) def. Margaret Beckett (Labour), Ian Gilmour (Conservative and Democratic)
1995-2000: John Prescott (Labour)
1995 (Majority) def. Alan Beith (Liberal), Gillian Shephard (Conservative)
Basically, the events of @iainbhx 's TLIAW occur. Steel leads the country into round two with Galtieri's Argentina, alongside America after the dictator starts applying muscle to his neighbours and destabilising matters for Washington. Steel formalises the absorption of much of the SDP, though Owen leads a significant chunk out in protest. The Liberals win a majority at the khaki election of 1986, actually an overall loss from the height of the Alliance but a massive gain for the Liberals. Owen eventually leads his Continuity SDP into alliance and eventually entirely into the Tories which become more One Nation after the decimation of 1984, and by the 1990s have become a stodgy party focussed on rural affairs and farmers' concerns. Steel keeps a majority narrowly in 1990 due to Tory gains in the country and Labour gains in the cities. The failure of attempted economic integration in Europe and the rise of a eurosceptic wing within the Liberal Party causes ructions and an eventual loss in 1995 to Prescott's Labour.
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