Peterborough, June 7th 2001
One of the big myths Tories that like to make up about the Blair-Brown years is that they were an unholy period of tyranny in which the nation was held to ransom by a debauched and malevolent cabal of godless devils and perverts.
Or at least this is what Michael Gove says.
There are a few problems with this theory, however. Namely:
- Barely anybody seems to have felt this way at the time.
- Secondly, if the government was so horrible, why on Earth did the people re-elect the government not once but twice by fairly hefty margins?
Take 2001, usually considered a fairly dull General Election. Labour were re-elected with a majority of 166! This is only slightly less than their famous victory in 1997 and still more than any other victory achieved since 1945, including those won by Thatcher, Attlee or anyone else.
This was…
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