Why were Labour unsuccessful 1980s-1990s
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- Why were Labour unsuccessful 1980s-1990s
- The SDP
- broke away from Labour over Europe
- meant Labour lost votes in the 1983 election
- Shirley Williams, Roy Jenkins, David Owen & Bill Rodgers
- nicknamed the 'Gang of Four'
- Labour's Left Wing
- became increasingly militant
- Derek Hatton & Arthur Scargill
- Clause IV remained
- became increasingly militant
- Personalities
- leadership election divided the party
- Michael Foot eventually defeated Dennis Healey
- leadership election divided the party
- Ideology
- Europe was another issue that divided the party
- some were attracted to other issues like the environment or feminism
- Kinnock struggled to match Thatcher
- Other Factors
- Thatcher & Falklands Factor
- Major & soap box philosophy
- 'We're all right!!'
- 'It's the Sun wot won it'
- The SDP
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