The trouble is JR, that people aren't as interested in politics as us. People don't really have a preferance to socialism or conservatism. There are always reasons for people being elected 1979- Tories win because of strikes 1983- Left split, Falklands factor 1987- Left split again 1992- Media coverage 1997- Black Wednesday, Torie sleaze, splits on Europe, want for change, Blair young leader 2001- Blair has better coverage than Hague, Tories still haven't recovered 2005- 'We're not as bad as the Tories', Howard creepy So you can say, that socialism isn't as popular. Or we can look at the fact that people are ignorant of politics and policies, and certain people will get elected because of factors other than policies.

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