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mwooldri

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1. It's kind of the John Major years again.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Thu Oct 27, 2022, 08:29 AM

Oct 2022

Somehow the Tories eked out a win in 1992.. but the UK was ready for change... suffered 5 years of Tory sleaze that honestly makes Bill Clinton's BJ look tame in comparison. Also people didn't trust the Tories after the mess of Black Wednesday and then fighting over the Maastricht Treaty... they knew they couldn't win so held out until the bitter end when Tony Blairs New Labour walloped them in 1997.

Turkeys won't vote for Thanksgiving and Tories won't vote for an early general election when they're down in the polls.

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Britain wants an election. It's not getting one [View all] brooklynite Oct 2022 OP

It's kind of the John Major years again. mwooldri Oct 2022 #1