#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.
#HaroldWilson got back in in #GEFeb1974 with broad support for a #MinorityLabourGovt from almost all MPs outside Cons Party even including #EnochPowell and the #UUP who up until 1973 had been Cons affiliates for almost a century & Powell a former Cons cabinet minister.
March 22, 2024 at 10:46 AM
#HaroldWilson got back in in #GEFeb1974 with broad support for a #MinorityLabourGovt from almost all MPs outside Cons Party even including #EnochPowell and the #UUP who up until 1973 had been Cons affiliates for almost a century & Powell a former Cons cabinet minister.