IMF SAYS UK ECONOMY HAS REPORTED HALF GLOBAL AVERAGE GROWTH RATE SINCE BREXIT VOTE IN 2016
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“IMF SAYS UK ECONOMY HAS REPORTED HALF GLOBAL AVERAGE GROWTH RATE SINCE BREXIT VOTE IN 2016”
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This storyWhat UK party last led polls for a full year before Reform UK?
- Labour under Tony Blair
- UKIP under Nigel Farage
- Conservatives under Thatcher
- Liberal Democrats under Clegg
Guess, then reveal the answer
Labour under Tony Blair
The SDP polled 50% in 1981 — then won just 6 seats in 1983!
The Social Democratic Party's surge mirrors Reform UK's poll lead today. Despite topping polls in 1981, Britain's first-past-the-post system crushed the SDP, which later merged with the Liberals to form the Lib Dems.
