Thande
Donor
I'm not sure if this has ever been done before.
OTL, the Tories came from behind in 1992 to achieve a rather surprising victory. In hindsight many commentators have said that Kinnock was unelectable, but I don't think that was the feeling at the time. He was far from the best leader Labour could have had, but the Tories were well into their 'spectacularly unpopular phase'. If it hadn't been for Major's spirited grassroots campaign and some gaffes on Labour's part, I think the election could easily have gone the other way.
Feel free to argue with the above and post counterarguments, but in any case I want to focus on the consequences rather than how we got there. Let's say Labour win with a similar majority to what the Tories got in OTL, ie around 20-25. Is this enough for them to push through what will (knowing Labour as of 1992) be probably a fairly radical policy agenda?
Will there be a Lib-Lab pact?
Does Black Tuesday still happen?
How will Major be viewed compared to OTL - he's never won an election on his own merits, so he could be a Callaghan figure, but on the other hand he hasn't lost as spectacularly as he did OTL in 1997.
Discuss.
OTL, the Tories came from behind in 1992 to achieve a rather surprising victory. In hindsight many commentators have said that Kinnock was unelectable, but I don't think that was the feeling at the time. He was far from the best leader Labour could have had, but the Tories were well into their 'spectacularly unpopular phase'. If it hadn't been for Major's spirited grassroots campaign and some gaffes on Labour's part, I think the election could easily have gone the other way.
Feel free to argue with the above and post counterarguments, but in any case I want to focus on the consequences rather than how we got there. Let's say Labour win with a similar majority to what the Tories got in OTL, ie around 20-25. Is this enough for them to push through what will (knowing Labour as of 1992) be probably a fairly radical policy agenda?
Will there be a Lib-Lab pact?
Does Black Tuesday still happen?
How will Major be viewed compared to OTL - he's never won an election on his own merits, so he could be a Callaghan figure, but on the other hand he hasn't lost as spectacularly as he did OTL in 1997.
Discuss.