General election results for Labour over the last 40 years: Defeat - Callaghan Defeat - Foot Defeat - Kinnock Defeat - Kinnock Win - Blair Win - Blair Win - Blair Defeat - Brown Defeat - Miliband Defeat - Corbyn Defeat - Corbyn Spot the pattern.
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Als antwoord op @JamesMelville
Important (you might think). One rider: some sympathy for Kinnock, who inherited a party on its knees & a 144-seat Tory majority. He slashed that majority to 20 & made Labour a credible force again
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Als antwoord op @StewartLewis2
Exactly. He rooted out the worst elements of the militants and made Labour electable again.
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Als antwoord op @JamesMelville @StewartLewis2
In this simplistic analysis you're missing that Blair *also* shed 5m vote& (with Brown/Miliband) left N/Mids feeling abandoned (oh, + Scotland). Logical conclusion of that was Thursday. Point being, Blair doesn't know it all & Corbyn shouldn't take rap for long term decline.
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Als antwoord op @Ruralmaestro @JamesMelville
In Blair's last GE (2005) he got a higher vote % than in the one before he took over (1992), despite stronger opposition & natural fatigue factor. Corbyn shouldn't take the rap for long-term decline - but striking that he did much worse after 4 years of leadership than after 2
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Als antwoord op @StewartLewis2 @JamesMelville
This 'natural fatigue factor' is a myth. Thatcher got 13m+ votes in 79, 83 and 87, & Major 14m in 92. There has never been a party lose many votes as quickly as Lab 97-05. Why? Because they took the core vote for granted and didn't deliver the promised change. It's that simple.
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The Blair government redistributed wealth from the rich at a scale unprecedented since the 1940s
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