Publisher's Synopsis
The omens seemed set fair for Labour to win on 9 April 1992. The economy was still in recession. The poll-tax debacles was fresh in everyone's minds. The party?s unpopular left-wing policies had been ditched and the SDP had disappeared. The opinion polls agreed that thirteen years of Conservative rule were about to end. If Labour were to ever win an election again, this surely was its chance. - - Yet Labour crashed to defeat. - - What happened? Can Labour ever win again ? or has it thrown away its last chance? Based on the 1992 British Election Study, the most authoritative source of information on who voted how and why, a team of leading election specialists are brought together by Anthony Heath, Roger Jowell and John Curtice to answer the vital questions raised by the 1992 result. - - Did labour?s Policy Review fail? - Did the Tories escape blame for the recession? - Was it The Sun wot won it? - Is the working class just too small for Labour to win again?
