1992-1997 : The Decline of the Conservative Party and the Rise of New Labour
- 1990-1997:
The collapse of the Conservative party ; the Major years
A. AFTER THATCHER
B. THE EUROPEAN PREDICAMENT
C. A STRING OF POLITICAL SCANDALS
D. THE 1997 G.E
- 1992-1997 : A Labour Revolution
A. 1992-1994 JOHN SMITH
B. TONY BLAIR, THE OPPORTUNIST
Major
newcomer, unexpected
collegial cabinet gov
1st among equals
// Power cabinet
Thatcher, Churchill, Johnson
May, Attlee, Winston
Classless socT
himself simple backgr
ptcal diffcT
the poll tax
the economy
deficit, inflation, unemployment
1st Gulf War
swift victory
never used as ptcal success
Birmingham 6
Irish in jail
innocents
forced to set them freee
reform NHS
Lab recovering in polls
Cons still won G.E 1992, but loss 44 seats
336//271
1992 Treaty of Maastricht
U.E
Major forced not to commit UK to Soc Charter + monetary union
"europe à la carte"
Status Quo
Major tried maintain compromise
16/09/92
Depart from ERM
BC of recession
crisis : Black Wednesday
devaluation £
Major + Cons Party
June 1995
leadership election
challenged by eurosceptics
criticized
x massive majT
1/3 in favor
Sleaze period
Sexual scandals
1996 Scott report
1984-1990 Sale of arms to Iraq
// embago
cash for q° scandal
MPs cash given by millionaires to ask q° which favored him
Stephen Lawrence Case
murdered by racists
x found guilty
Mad Cow disease
March 1996 Brit beef banned in eur
Cons Part
18y in pow
no longer appealing
Lab Part best result since 1945
329//165
Tory Leaders since
William Hague
Iain Duncan Smith
Michael Howard
David Cameron
Theresa May
Boris Johnson
97-2001
2001-2003
2003-2005
2005-2016
2016-2019
2019-
Modernisation of the party
reform system of vote
Clause IV
x longer suited
May 1994
unexpected heart attack
May 1994 Granita Pact
Gordon Brown // Blair
Brain // charisma
Blair supposed to leave to give Brown the place
Love == Hate
Blair opportunist
1995 Blair got rid of Clause IV
replaced
"the forces of partnership+ co-operation between private+ public sector"
x longer socialist
NEW LABOUR
agrees w capitalistic system
to get elected
New Labour, New Britain
red === pink
center left