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Morning Call: Why we are not in 1991

Inside: The Tories can’t take solace in history – their ratings are too far gone

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May 19, 2023
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Good morning. This is Ben. Polls move. In 1991 Labour led the Tories by 15 points, as they do today. That lead then rapidly narrowed and the Tories won a majority in 1992. Today’s Labour lead may also collapse. Mention 1991 to a Tory loyalist and they will write you an excited column in the Telegraph – as Gordon Rayner did this week – about how the T…

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