Amid talk of a snap election, could Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt do what John Major did in 1992? The new prime minister could hardly have chosen a worse moment to enter Downing Street. Growth had stalled, there was serious trouble in the Middle East, the government's flagship policy had made it deeply unpopular. Yet at the next general election, the Conservative party won an overall majority against all the odds. That was how things panned out for John Major after he took over from Margaret That...
The struggling economy presents the new PM with an electoral teaser
The Guardian - 23 Jun 2019 13:01
Amid talk of a snap election, could Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt do what John Major did in 1992? The new prime minister could hardly have chosen a worse moment to enter Downing Street. Growth had stalled, there was serious trouble in the Middle East, the government's flagship policy had made it deeply unpopular. Yet at the next general election, the Conservative party won an overall majority against all the odds. That was how things panned out for John Major after he took over from Margaret That...
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