Britain’s upcoming general election is widely expected to lead to a change of government for the first time in 14 years. The last time the Labour Party came to power was in 1997, when the youthful Tony Blair led his party to a landslide victory after it had been in opposition for 18 years.
FILE - Britain’s new Prime Minister Tony Blair , waves to well wishers in Downing Street, London, May 2, 1997. The upcoming general election on July 4, 2024, is widely expected to lead to a change of government for the first time in 14 years.
When it lost the 1992 election to John Major’s Conservatives, many questioned whether it would ever be able to win power again. Under Blair, Labour won a majority of 179 seats, even bigger than the party’s victory over Winston Churchill’s Conservatives soon after the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945. The Conservatives ended up with just 165 of the 650 seats in the House of Commons, their worst result since 1906.In the final days before the UK election, Rishi Sunak insists that he can stay in powerOne factor for the Tories’ defeat was the economic crisis of Sept.
Blair would lead Labour to three straight election wins and spend a decade as prime minister, longer than any other leader of the party.in 1998, which largely brought an end to decades of sectarian violence in Northern Ireland. Blair’s government also ratcheted up spending in the public services, such as schools and hospitals, and oversaw the longest period of economic growth in Britain in the post-war era.
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