On the other hand, Labour did not take the lead in the 1987 Parliament until almost two years after Thatcher's win. Similarly in the 1959 Parliament , Gaitskell's Labour party did not take the lead u… (View Post)

Had the electoral earthquake in Scotland not happened in 2015 , we would be looking at a 2% Labour lead. (View Post)

Why was Labour ahead in the polls as recently as Spring 2019 with Corbyn still in charge? (View Post)

I don't think of 1970 as so far back really - nor do I accept that life has changed that dramatically. 1970 was very much into the modern world - the year the Beatles packed up and the year after the… (View Post)

The Tories performed strongly at the May 1992 Local Elections held a month later than the GE. (View Post)