UK General Election of 1992 and the 'Shy Tory' Factor

Political journalist and documentarian Adam Curtis examines the UK General Election of 1992 and discusses the 'Shy Tory' factor - a phenomenon observed by British pollsters which explained why despite poor opinion poll ratings in the late 1980's and 1990's, the Conservatives continued to win elections.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Britain
• Politics
• 1980s
• 1990s
• History
• 1992
• General
• Election
• John
• Major
• Neil
• Kinnock
• Labour
• Conservatives
• Shy
• Tory

[scotstory]

Yay, John Major. Best UK PM ever. Kept us out of the Euro, revived the economy in the mid '90s, defeated Saddam, led for peace in Northern Ireland and abolished the Unfair Community charge. The UK has a lot to thank Major for and we should be more grateful for him. He cleaned up after Thatcher's controversial reign and paved the way for a prosperous Britain. Pity Blair had to ruin those plans and look where we are now.

[Regalseven]

This is perhaps one of the most awful, embarasing,silliest moments in British politics. This US style rasmatas conference which was put on in a vane attempt to win votes. The presumptious Kinnock & co who's folly was to trust opinion polls leaves one feeling this conference should have been fire bombed to save us from more cringing moments of utter foolishness, " Are you alright!" Well Neil did they ask you that when the results came through. He flew of in his chopper to a political wilderness!

[NatDemUK]

@Indul1 It was not conservative but rather liberal for the Conservative Party to do that since they changed to a new ideology

[gopconservative78]

@19189073 That would be great combat

[shahideurope]

@scotstory He didn't keep us out of the euro, his backbenchers did that, he did not revive the economy, the pound's collapse created an export boom, he did not defeat Saddam - the Americans did that, he did nothing for peace in NI - Labour did that, he abolished the poll tax because it was unenforceable.

[markinyo76]

@charlieiscool1000 A stupid, ill informed comment if ever I heard one.

[markinyo76]

@charlieiscool1000 You'll be fed up of the failed Tories too after a couple of years of Cameron and his clueless spivs.

[moyneugo8]

yes, where is the next part. Very Compelling. The electorate are going to have major reservations about voting for Ed Miliband as Taoiseach in the same way that they had reservations about Neil Kinnock.

[charlieiscool1000]

labour are bacisally anti English pro immgrant twats who favour europe and other middle easten countries over there own blair and brown ingored the ppl and look how our once great country has been destoryed the tories actaully want too conserve britian not give it all up or sell it down the river

[Indul1]

@sehort I really think the English are bascially conservative...to have given 14 million votes to a party whose economic management in the late 1980's was beyond incompetent, Poll tax, water privitization, huge growth in poverty and inequality...interest rates double digit and home repossessions...

[199019852007]

@Regalseven i agree so much

[199019852007]

at 1:117 the labour party got to cocky alreadly claiming the gold before the medals had been handed out