Difficulties faced by John Major
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- Difficulties faced by John Major 1990-1997
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- Major calls the rebels "bastards" in an interview with Michael Brunson. The comment was leaked to the Daily Mail and become headline news.
- "Tory Sleaze"
- contrasts with Major's "Back to Basics" campaign which called for the return of moral values
- "cash for questions"
- In return for payment, MPs asked questions in the Commons that were intended to promote the interest of particular commercial companies
- sex scandals
- exposure led to the resignation of cabinet ministers e.g. David Mellor and Tim Yeo
- sensational press coverage
- POLL TAX 1991
- abandoning the poll tax meant that the Conservatives had to admit to wasting £1.5 billion on implementing it
- played a BIG part in Thatcher's downfall
- recession
- Major's high public spending was partly forced as a result of Thatcher's economic policy
- marked by declining manufacturing output, high interest rates, a steep rise in unemployment and a serious slump in housing prices
- Black Wednesday 1992
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