The UK election: Lessons from the past

The starting gun for the UK election, set for May 6, has been fired. This is the most open election since 1992. In 1997, polls predicted a landslide for Labour given the prior prime minister John Major's faction-riven and discredited Conservative government. 

Opposition disarray left the door open wide for Labour re-elections (2001 and 2005), even in the latter despite the Iraq War, which again was reflected in strong Labour leads in polls. Labour took 35.2% of the vote in 2005, versus 32.4% for

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