Poor “best PM” ratings: How Ed Miliband can take some comfort from Mrs. Thatcher
Putting those “best PM” ratings into context
Polling day came a few days later May 3rd 1979. The Tories won an emphatic victory with an 8% lead on votes and an overall majority of 44 seats and went on to secure overall majorities in the next three general elections. They stayed in power for eighteen years.
Mrs Thatcher, however, continued to trail in the MORI “best PM” ratings for another year until Jim Callaghan stepped down.
Mike Smithson
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