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how important was the leadership of Tony Blair to Labour's electoral…
how important was the leadership of Tony Blair to Labour's electoral success from 1997 to 2005
LEADERSHIP OF BLAIR PROS
(2)
he was
charismatic
,
"new dawn" speech 1997
youngest PM since
1812
(43) and used to have long hair and be in a band called
ugly rumours
Cool Britainnia
party at downing street including
Noel Gallagher
and
Viviene Westward
Blair coined the term
peoples princess
after the death of
princess diana
1997
he had a
90%
approval rating in 1997
NEW LABOUR POLICY
(1)
ECONOMIC
promised not to raise tax and matched the conservatives
infact they cut tax by 3%
bank of England
independence,
public service investment
,
investment in infrastructure
,
public private partnerships
low inflation + low unemplyment, lower than france and germany
5th largest economy
POLITICAL
metro mayors, london mayors
house of lords reforms
92
heriditory peers remained
Devolution,
1998
creation of
hollyrood
Scottish parliament, devolution in Wales + Northern Ireland
freedom of information act
ECHR
SOCIAL
repeal of section 28
and the creation of civil partnership act in
2004
youth
"education, education, education"
30
pupils per class, child trust funds,
connexions
advisers for tennagers and jobs,
education maintainance allowance
, reduced child proverty by
*1/3
tough on crime and tough on the reasons for crime
ASBO's
and
community support officers
teenage pregnancy reduced by 9%
workers
,
national minimum wage
,
job seekers allowance
,
working tax credit
40% increase in jobs for lone parents following the
new start
initiative including 200,000 parents that went through the program
CONSERVATIVE WEAKNESS
(3)
leaders were
not new and exciting
, trite attempts at modernising
WILLIAM HAGUE
did not have broad political support
Divides in the party , mods vs. rockers
tried to seem
in touch
by going to
Notting hill carnival
and theme park
wanted a
"fresh"
start but was still a
Thatcherite
and whilst
Lilley
was giving a speech about
"burying thatcherism"
hague
was at a dinner celbrating the 20th anniversary of her 1979 election
IAN DUNCAN SMITH
Had not changed the party enough, he was a minster under Thatcher and major
a
eurosceptic
and the party held a vote of no confidence against him and was not allowed to run in the
2003
election
MICHEAL HOWARD
Unifier, still not changed enough and unpopular served under Major and Thatcher
DAVID CAMERON
reduced the labour majority
he was a moderniser and was able to win an election, the conservatives recognised they had to modernise in order to win an election
in
2005
the conservatives won in England
LEADERSHIP OF BLAIR CONS
HOWEVER
after 2003 and the
Iraq war
his popularity declined
His named was used as B
LIAR
and stop the war protests swept london
1 million
people protested against
iraq
in 2003