Brown government even more unpopular than Major's
 

Labour seems to have set a new watermark for unpopularity by being even more unloved than Major's government.that's some thing that i thought could never ever be beaten by any government that came after it.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...s-1817667.html

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Great - I will sleep a lot better tonight now.... :D

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All governments are bad, it's just that some are really... really bad.

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Major's government was unpopular simply because the tories had run out of steam.

Brown's government is unpopular because they really are [beep].

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Well i doubt this comes as any surprise to anyone outside of the bunker in number 10 and no doubt ol gordon will continue because he is always right no matter the reality.

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well it could be worse i suppose, could be worse than thatchers lol

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So the Spelling B government is worse than the the Grey Man government, what a palava or is that pullover?

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Go and re-read the OP, it's about popularity - and Mrs T. never lost a general election as Conservative Party leader, no matter how good or bad a PM you think she was. ;)

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Oh come on Chris you've been on here long enough to know someone couldn't help themself and had to mention Thatcher lol.

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I hate Thatcher but I have to admit she had a certain charisma.

Hell even the Grey Man has Brown beat hands down in the charisma stakes. Something I never thought possible. :rolleyes:

Brown seems to be doom and gloom personified. I can't bear to even watch him. :(

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Is Labour the new really bad, Your dam right they are :LOL:

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I wonder if, in 12 years time, they'll be discussing how Osborne's government is even more unpopular than Brown's government. Of course, someone is bound to bring up Blair!

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John Major was unpopular? Wonder why Dave is bringing him back them

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ons-bench.html

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Never lost no, just stabbed in the back by the rest of the cabenet and party lol

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Say what you like about Major, but at least he won a general election as leader of his party, with a record share of the vote and therefore had a real mandate to rule the country. Brown just had a hissy fit for years until Blair had got his record for length of service and then dumped the useless scottish **** on us.

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What? "Record share?"

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1992 General Election: Major won in excess of 14 million votes, the highest popular vote recorded by a British political party in a general election, although his actual majority was down by about 20 seats.

How many votes will Gordo get?

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I have no idea how many Gordon Brown will get, I don't have a crystal ball, do you?

His share was 41.9% in nineteen ninety-two. Thatcher's share in ninety eighty-seven was 42.2%, so he did not enjoy a "record share" of the vote at all, did he! :rolleyes:

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Was that part of a larger vote count overall then? I thought the election was quite close so a record share would surprise me?

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Votes cast for Conservatives
1992 - 14,093,007
1987 - 13,760,935

Last 3 General Election wins for Labour
1997 - 13,518,167
2001 - 10,724,953
2005 - 9,562,122

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I'm not disputing those numbers, but Charlie_Bubble's assertion was that Major had won a record share of the vote. This is clearly untrue.

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Ok he got a record number for the last five elections that suit you more.

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There is a difference. Record share of the vote implies he was overwhelmingly preferred to the other candidates, Record numbers could mean that but could also simply reflect more people voted in the election. Maybe in 1992 Labour got more votes than any other losing party did before?

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But Damien, that kind of logic doesn't exist in some people's minds.;)