Major's shock confession
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UK Prime Minister John Major and Conservative Party leaders tried to keep the discussion focussed on economic, tax, and health care issues during the last days of the 1992 election campaign. However, campaigning in Scotland three days before the election, he announced his opposition to electoral reform.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1992
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The end is nigh; how did the triumphant winner of the 1992 election become the disregarded underdog of 1997
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Conservative Prime Minister John Major is virtually certain to be unseated by Labour Party leader Tony Blair in the May 1, 1997, elections. Major still has hopes of winning, but his popularity has waned greatly since 1992 when he succeeded Margaret Thatcher.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1997
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