BBC Election 83 theme and opening segment

The 1983 UK general election was held on 9 June 1983. It gave the Conservative Party under Margaret Thatcher the most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945.

The opposition vote split almost evenly between the SDP/Liberal Alliance and Labour. With its worst performance since 1918, the Labour vote fell by over 3 million from 1979 and this accounted for both a national swing of almost 4% towards the Conservatives and their larger parliamentary majority of 144, even though the Conservatives' total vote did fall slightly.

Taken from the re-broadcast on BBC Parliament

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[madabbafan]

RIP Michael Foot.

I may not agree with any of what he stood for but at least he suck to his political beliefs - very unlike the wet lot in power now

[GusF]

They showed footage from this in an episode of "Ashes to Ashes" about a month ago. That was pretty cool.

[AidanLunn]

"THIS . . . IS BBC-1"

[wissam24]

BEIGE! IT'S SO BEIGE!

[AidanLunn]

@TheMarlinspike You haul him over the coals about generalising, yet you've just generalised yourself. The North is nowhere near as bad as the media makes out.

[fkfj16]

Very nice set!

[alzeNL]

now we can see where the styling from the austin montego came from... just look at that beige set..

[Marnerbanana]

@TheMarlinspike

Right so if the South's tourist industry is closed down by the government because France is outperforming us, and unemployment plagues Kent and Sussex and the likes, if we were to complain then by rights we should get off our arses and 'find work', despite the fact that the unemployed to available jobs ratio would be massive....

[ephabouyed]

Hard to believe I was born that year. Seems like a long time ago, actually it is lol.

[Lab356]

@TheMarlinspike As a socialist I promote immigration, it's you right wingers that feel the need to put a cap on it. The northern communities of the 1980s were affected by industrial decline in the mining and ship making industries, you make the mistake of comparing the current situation of the 80s to today, of course it's not the same, but Thatcher didn't help by putting 800,000 on the bloody benefits in the first place

[TheMarlinspike]

@Lab356 PS the "northern communitites" you generalise about need to get off their fat arses and realise the world does not owe them a living. There are millions of Chinese and Indians who can do the job better and cheaper they can, and if they cannot adapt, that's just tough luck.

[TheMarlinspike]

@Lab356 The "cutting" you refer to is because Labour spent 13 years and ran a deficit during the boom years, so that when the global financial crisis came, it hit us worse than it should have done.

The country is always left in a mess after Labour - look at history, there is not one exception. I feel for the Tories, as they get the bad press for having to clean the shit up.