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I remember when they got a hammering back in 2010 (i think) and UKIP went from zero to hero. The conservatives' agenda literally changed over night and they started focusing on a lot of things which cincerned me as a voter so we'll see.

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As I said earlier the problems now though are harder to solve. You can't have an agenda of 'stop inflation', 'stop the cost of living increase' and so on.

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Originally Posted by Damien (Post 36121419)

As I said earlier the problems now though are harder to solve. You can't have an agenda of 'stop inflation', 'stop the cost of living increase' and so on.

agreed. There will need to be a major event (e.g. a war or natural disaster) to distract from domestic issues and focus the attention on the actions of the government to bolster public support. The situation in Ukraine came just at the right time in February and March to take all the attention away from partygate (in the short term) because that is the only thing which was in the news day after day after day.

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Snigger! Lib Dems won overall for the first time here. Snigger. Complacency wiped off a few faces. However our sitting Tory MP will be another case entirely.

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Originally Posted by Maggy (Post 36121445)

Snigger! Lib Dems won overall for the first time here. Snigger. Complacency wiped off a few faces. However our sitting Tory MP will be another case entirely.

But they aren't liberal and they aren't democratic. Snigger.

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Originally Posted by Damien (Post 36121419)

As I said earlier the problems now though are harder to solve. You can't have an agenda of 'stop inflation', 'stop the cost of living increase' and so on.

Thatcher won on an agenda which included taming inflation, didn't she?

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Taming inflation was Mrs Thatcher's first priority. Tough budgetary policies, aimed at controlling public spending combined with a tight monetary stance, were designed to reduce inflation expectations. Getting people to believe inflation would fall, and so reduce their wage demands, was the aim.

For a while it worked. Cost of living increases fell rapidly in the early 1980s. An acceptance that monetary discipline should be central to policymaking shaped the inflation targeting of subsequent decades.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22073527

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36121730)

Thatcher won on an agenda which included taming inflation, didn't she?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22073527

Yes, but as you just quoted, the focus of that strategy was to dampen wage demands. The country then was in a wage/price inflationary spiral. So far, in 2022 it isn’t.

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Just an update on Damien’s post on the 5th May.

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...3&d=1652115853

Actual results

Labour gains - 108
Conservative losses - 488

So, according to the DM, it was greater than a "disaster" for the Conservatives and just above "gaining ground" for Labour…

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36121762)

Without wishing to nit-pick, the graphic introduces itself as a discussion of the English council elections rather than the uk as a whole. In that case the relevant data is Tories -339 (disaster narrowly averted), Labour +22 (disappointing).

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:tu:

Clarification appreciated

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This to me was one of the worst outcomes in the local elections

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East London mayor re-elected despite ban for ‘corrupt and illegal practices’

A former mayor who was forced to step down due to ‘corrupt and illegal practices’ has been relected.

Lutfur Rahman, of the Aspire party, came out on top in Tower Hamlets, London.

He was previously banned from running for mayor after a 2015 trial in an election court.

However, he never faced criminal prosecution.

During the trial, election commissioner Richard Mawrey said evidence aired revealed an ‘alarming state of affairs’ in Tower Hamlets.

As a result of the ruling, Mr Rahman was forced to stand down as the borough’s mayor, and a relection was won by Labour’s John Biggs.

But yesterday, Mr Rahman took back his old role after defeating the incumbent Mr Biggs.

https://metro.co.uk/2022/05/07/londo...-ban-16602772/

From 2015:

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Tower Hamlets election fraud mayor Lutfur Rahman removed from office

An east London mayor has been removed from office and a poll declared void after he was found guilty of electoral fraud.

An Election Commissioner concluded Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman breached election rules and must vacate his post immediately.

Four voters alleged he used "corrupt and illegal practices" in last year's election, which must now be re-run.

Mr Rahman, who denied any wrong-doing, has been banned from standing again.

At the special High Court hearing, Election Commissioner Richard Mawrey also ordered Mr Rahman to pay £250,000 in costs.

One of Mr Rahman's aides, Alibor Choudhury, was also found guilty of corrupt and illegal practices.

Tower Hamlets First, Mr Rahman's party, said the judgement was a "shock" and it was seeking further legal advice in relation to a judicial review.

Mr Mawrey - who sat as a judge - said the mayor had "driven a coach and horses through election law and didn't care".

In the Election Court judgement, he said the effect of his ruling that Mr Rahman's election was void meant it was as if the election "had never taken place" and he had not lawfully been mayor since he was re-elected for a second term on 24 May 2014.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-32428648