UK General Election 1997 : Major concedes (ITV)

John Major's emotional concession speech during the UK General Election 1997. Taken from ITV's coverage.

Category:

News & Politics

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• united
• kingdom
• general
• election
• 1997
• john
• major
• concession
• defeat
• conservative
• party

[SeventiesMania]

The most annoying thing about this video is the yuppie tosser in the background. The phone rings... 'Tory telecom reforms!' 'It's those reforms again, John, it's those reforms'

HOW IS THAT FUNNY? IT ISN'T FUNNY YOU T1T!! Just some random sh1t to try and put the spotlight on himself. I bet that lad's an MP or top adviser now.

[Nighthawkx15]

I despise the Tories but this was one I liked and respected

[Upeter2]

@Nighthawkx15 WHY?????

[TheJaaysog]

his classes are dam iconic, just like wilsons pipe!

[AidanLunn]

@SeventiesMania woah, think you're over-reacting a tad!

[tnakai1971jp]

Democracy has its limits. The mass don't always make the right decision for themselves.

The state of the economy of any country is not entirely attributable to politics or civil service.

Why some people are rich and why some people are poor - this question is extremely complex and no one can bring up an answer that is absolutely correct.

But, most of us, out of our own instinct, can tell that whatever the fortune or misfortune befallen upon us has much to do with ourselves, not others.

[mellowNdark]

He was a nice bloke... shame his party was full of hideous, slimey pigs!!!

[irishgodfatherchris]

@istanbul0525 you already have a form of proportional representation, each electorate has to have a certain amount of voters contained therein (if its too large they create another electorate, if its too small they abolish it and have surrounding constituencies redrawn to take in that area), Preferential Voting as we call it here, forces the major and minor parties to preference other candidates basically is forces the winning candidate to have an absolute majority of the votes.

[shahideurope]

@istanbul0525 you are a tory, nobody, nobody in the world who really supported PR would vote in favour of SVS (Shit Voting System) on May 5.

[istanbul0525]

@shahideurope trust me I am not that intelligent but thanks anyway!!!!!! I honestly see no benefits to AV. I'd much prefer the proportional representation which is the best system.

[shahideurope]

@istanbul0525 I don't believe you, I think you are a tory pretending to be a disillusioned left winger in order to trick progressive voters into keeping SVS (Shit Voting System). You are using clever arguments like the fact that you are disappointed with Lib Dems, in reality you support Mrs Thatcher and hard right neo-Liberal economics. It is totally irrational for a progressive to support SVS (Shit Voting System).