#HaroldWilson and #BoJo had the excuse in #GE1966, #GEOct1974 & #GE2019 that they didn't have a majority.
#StanleyBaldwin, #ClementAttlee, #EdwardHeath and #TheresaMay all fell foul of what was felt to be an unneccessarily early #GeneralElection when they did. #GE1923 #GEFeb1974, #GE2017.
#StanleyBaldwin, #ClementAttlee, #EdwardHeath and #TheresaMay all fell foul of what was felt to be an unneccessarily early #GeneralElection when they did. #GE1923 #GEFeb1974, #GE2017.
August 12, 2026 at 4:43 PM
#HaroldWilson and #BoJo had the excuse in #GE1966, #GEOct1974 & #GE2019 that they didn't have a majority.
#StanleyBaldwin, #ClementAttlee, #EdwardHeath and #TheresaMay all fell foul of what was felt to be an unneccessarily early #GeneralElection when they did. #GE1923 #GEFeb1974, #GE2017.
#StanleyBaldwin, #ClementAttlee, #EdwardHeath and #TheresaMay all fell foul of what was felt to be an unneccessarily early #GeneralElection when they did. #GE1923 #GEFeb1974, #GE2017.
They then won #GE1955 and #GE1959 with increasing majorities
Then there was #HaroldWilson, Labour scraped in at #HE1964 and won a near landslide at #GE1966, there was talk of #LabourParty being the #naturalpartyofgovernment, but Cons got back in at #GE1970 with #EdwardHeath.
Then there was #HaroldWilson, Labour scraped in at #HE1964 and won a near landslide at #GE1966, there was talk of #LabourParty being the #naturalpartyofgovernment, but Cons got back in at #GE1970 with #EdwardHeath.
March 22, 2024 at 10:43 AM
They then won #GE1955 and #GE1959 with increasing majorities
Then there was #HaroldWilson, Labour scraped in at #HE1964 and won a near landslide at #GE1966, there was talk of #LabourParty being the #naturalpartyofgovernment, but Cons got back in at #GE1970 with #EdwardHeath.
Then there was #HaroldWilson, Labour scraped in at #HE1964 and won a near landslide at #GE1966, there was talk of #LabourParty being the #naturalpartyofgovernment, but Cons got back in at #GE1970 with #EdwardHeath.